Our journey with Pascal continues… …it is equally dangerous for man to know God without knowing his own wretchedness and to know his own wretchedness without knowing the redeemer, who can free him from it. (Pascal, 556) Over Christmas, we delighted in the sending of a savior to free us from our wretchedness. For we […]
Our journey with Pascal continues… It seems to be another wink from God that our advent posts peak with our need for a savior. For we’ve lamented in our lack of understanding whether it’s revealed in our frustration with mathematics or our inability to understand creation. We have seen Pascal’s observation: There is a God
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Our walk through the truths of Pascal continues… …if there be a true religion on earth, the course of all things must tend to it as to a centre. (Pascal, 556) Our own ineptness reveals to us something greater. For it is never more clear to man that he is not god more so
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I know what you’re thinking. “She’s just trying to get me to study more math.” To which I’d reply, “You are correct. Mostly” The fact is that the lack of complete understanding in our study of mathematics reveals a great truth to us that goes beyond the classroom. It is for this purpose that we
We continue our tour of Blaise Pascal’s thoughts today where we left off: It is when a man embraces his ‘whole duty… to think as he ought’ (126) that he is faced with his inadequacies within himself. We must look outward, at something higher than ourselves “According to the doctrine of chance, you ought to
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