Daily (François-Marie Arouet--Voltaire–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton

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Lord,
in this age of instant opinions
and very slow reflection,
teach me to cultivate my own garden online.

Grant me the courage
to think for myself
before I share for everyone else.

When rumors spread faster than reason,
let me pause to ask
for evidence, for context,
for the simple question:
“How do we know this is true?”

Protect me from both tyranny and superstition
in the digital realm:
from authorities who demand blind trust,
and from conspiracies that demand I abandon all trust.

Help me walk the narrow path
of critical faithfulness—
skeptical without becoming bitter,
curious without becoming gullible.

Guard my words
so that wit does not curdle into cruelty,
and satire does not become an excuse to punch down.

And grant that my stewardship
of this bright, noisy salon
will favor clarity over noise,
liberty over manipulation,
and a stubborn commitment to defending the dignity
of those with whom I most strongly disagree.

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [Voltaire)] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [Voltaire)], and should not be taken as his real views or words.

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