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By the time I read this book, I was already not a Christian, but it was still hard for me to read. It was kinda like accidentally figuring out a magician's trick. You knew he wasn't *really* doing magic, but seeing how he did it somehow made the world less fun.
That said, this is a great book. It's not without bite, but it's also not bitter. Having been a big fan of Russell's epistemological books, I was impressed that this book displayed the same clarity of thought and communication. His logical ...more
That said, this is a great book. It's not without bite, but it's also not bitter. Having been a big fan of Russell's epistemological books, I was impressed that this book displayed the same clarity of thought and communication. His logical ...more
Bertrand Russell was a man ahead of his time. This book, first published in 1957 is one of the few philosophical books that has actually made it to some popular fame, as has Russell himself. Again, recent writers such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and earlier writers such as George Smith in the seventies have taken ideas that Russell was speaking and writing about decades before.
This book is a collection of essays, some are lectures, that deal with situations in which religion often tries to r ...more
This book is a collection of essays, some are lectures, that deal with situations in which religion often tries to r ...more
Not that deep; but good enough to be one of the favs. Berty rocks!
Bertrand Russells essays on religion and other related subjects will make you think hard. Many of these essays were written in early 1900's. My favorite quote from the book was, "What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likenesee of the believer".
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