Many of you know, I was a philosophy major in college. One of my favorite philosophers was Blaise Pascal. He was really a French mathematician who did philosophy on the side. Here is a great quote from him about proving God's existence, or why he thinks it's a waste of time.
"Wherefore I shall not here undertake to prove by natural reasons either God's existence, or the Trinity, or the immortality of the soul, nor anything of the kind; not only because I cannot possibly feel competent to draw from nature arguments to convince the hardened atheist, but, further, because such knowledge without Jesus Christ is useless and sterile."
It's interesting that in Pascal's day, "reason" ruled the day. This day and age hundreds of years later, "reason" is not so important. Now you can believe anything you want, and no one cares if it's true. What matters now is, is it true for you? Or, does it make you feel good? Somehow I find it hard to believe that society is better off today than in Pascal's day. Just ask a Frenchman today what he believes.
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