Good morning, digital neighbors! Happy Thursday in this wondrous world entrusted to us by the Luminous. If you are not a fan of the Divine or a believer in the Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans, then fate has graciously provided that you are a reader of Substack & Locals and not a single-celled amoeba going about amoeba-ing. A few quotes about religion and related topics. Have a great day, readers blessed by the Divine.
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. — Anne Lamott
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. — Søren Kierkegaard
Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known. — Blaise Pascal
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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