Why I am not A Christian & What I Believe

By Bertrand Russell

Why I am not A Christian & What I Believe were written by British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and public intellectual Bertrand Russell. Why I Am Not a Christian was originally given as a talk at the South London Branch of the National Secular Society in Battersea, in 1927, and published later that year. What I Believe is a famous essay, originally published in pamphlet format in 1925. In Why I am not A Christian , Russell questions the morality of religion, which he believes is primarily dominated by fear. He criticises the emotional disposition of hereditary Christians and the flaws in Catholic theology, by deconstructing first cause, natural law, design, and moral arguments. He criticises Christ on the grounds that he is an unbalanced moral role model and potentially historically spurious. Furthermore, he attacks the church as a permanent obstacle to moral and scientific progress. In What I Believe , nothing is sacred. Sex, morality, politics, society. All are the target for Bertrand Russell's intellect. He aims his sights at organized religion. Along with Why I am not a Christian , this work ranks as the most powerful example of Russell's renowned atheism. It is also one of the most well-known. It was brought up as evidence in a 1940 court case in which Russell was declared unfit to teach college-level philosophy. Through this, What I Believe became one of his most important works.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D81YNVCQ
• ISBN13: 9798329429022
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 87 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"