04-14-2026, 04:04 PM
Mgr. Louis de Ségur: Short Answers to Common Objections Against Religion
FIFTH OBJECTION. RELIGION IS A VERY GOOD THING FOR WOMEN.
Answer. And why not, then, for men?
Either religion is true or it is false. If it is true, it is as true (and consequently as good) for men as for women. If it is false, it is no better for women than for men; because falsehood is not good for any one.
Yes, certainly, "religion is a very good thing for women," but also, and for the same reasons, it is good for men.
Like women, men have passions, often very violent ones, to struggle against; and like women, men cannot conquer them without the fear and the love of God, without those powerful means that religion alone can furnish. For men, as well as women, life is full of difficult and painful duties; duties toward God, toward society, toward their families, toward themselves.
For men as for women, there is a God to worship and to serve, an immortal soul to save, vices to shun, virtues to practice, a paradise to gain, a hell to avoid, a final judgment to fear, an ever-menacing death to be prepared to meet. For one sex, the same as for the other, Christ died on the cross, and His commandments regard them both alike.
Religion is, then, as good for men as for women, and if there is a difference, it is that religion is even more indispensable to men than to women. They are, in fact, exposed to more dangers, they can do wrong more easily, and they are more surrounded by bad examples, particularly as regards loose morals, intemperance, and the neglect of religious duties. Religion is good for every one. It is especially necessary for those who say it was not intended for them.
FIFTH OBJECTION. RELIGION IS A VERY GOOD THING FOR WOMEN.
Answer. And why not, then, for men?
Either religion is true or it is false. If it is true, it is as true (and consequently as good) for men as for women. If it is false, it is no better for women than for men; because falsehood is not good for any one.
Yes, certainly, "religion is a very good thing for women," but also, and for the same reasons, it is good for men.
Like women, men have passions, often very violent ones, to struggle against; and like women, men cannot conquer them without the fear and the love of God, without those powerful means that religion alone can furnish. For men, as well as women, life is full of difficult and painful duties; duties toward God, toward society, toward their families, toward themselves.
For men as for women, there is a God to worship and to serve, an immortal soul to save, vices to shun, virtues to practice, a paradise to gain, a hell to avoid, a final judgment to fear, an ever-menacing death to be prepared to meet. For one sex, the same as for the other, Christ died on the cross, and His commandments regard them both alike.
Religion is, then, as good for men as for women, and if there is a difference, it is that religion is even more indispensable to men than to women. They are, in fact, exposed to more dangers, they can do wrong more easily, and they are more surrounded by bad examples, particularly as regards loose morals, intemperance, and the neglect of religious duties. Religion is good for every one. It is especially necessary for those who say it was not intended for them.
"So let us be confident, let us not be unprepared, let us not be outflanked, let us be wise, vigilant, fighting against those who are trying to tear the faith out of our souls and morality out of our hearts, so that we may remain Catholics, remain united to the Blessed Virgin Mary, remain united to the Roman Catholic Church, remain faithful children of the Church."- Abp. Lefebvre