We have to believe in a God who is like the true God in everything except that he does not exist, since we have not reached the point where God exists.
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Simone Weil was a 20th-century French philosopher. Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic and political activist. Despite her short life, her ideas concerning religion, spirituality and politics have remained widely influential in contemporary philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia →

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