There are two ways of persuading men of the truths of our religion; one by the power of reason, the other by the authority of the speaker. We do not … - Blaise Pascal

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There are two ways of persuading men of the truths of our religion; one by the power of reason, the other by the authority of the speaker.
We do not use the latter but the former. We do not say: 'You must believe that because Scripture, which says it, is divine,' but we say that it must be believed for such and such a reason. But these are feeble arguments, because reason can be bent in any direction.