Section GOD
Voltaire
Voltaire's critique cuts at the hollow core of his age's religious orthodoxy. Amidst the Enlightenment, a time when dogma held sway and the church wielded significant power, he challenges the purity of divine justice marred by human invention. The Enlightenment prized reason and evidence over superstition, and Voltaire urges a return to a rational faith, warning that superstition masquerading as belief corrupts the soul. His aim is not to dismiss faith, but to rescue it from the clutches of zealotry.