But it does not need to be this way. Blaise Pascal has been called one of the architects of modern civilization. He was a brilliant scientist at the frontiers of mathematics, even when he was a teenager. He is viewed by many as the founder of the probability theory and as the creator of the first digital calculator. Pascal explored in depth our dilemmas of human evil, human suffering and death.
People can achieve extraordinary heights in science, the arts and human enterprise.
Yet people also are full of anger, hypocrisy and self-hatred. Pascal saw this as a remarkable mixture of genius and self-delusion. Total and sweet renunciation. Total submission to Jesus Christ. Pascal came to believe that only the love and the grace of God could bring us back into harmony with God.