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NOTHING NEW Yeah, whatever. Preaching to the choir innit. Sure it was more controversial at the time. Now, it's just like reading the views of a similar-minded person. One or two good points I hadn't considered, but nothing that's going to change your world, whichever side of heaven's gate you're on.
Sensible arguements by a logical thinker A whole variety of essays put together in this interesting book. Russells clear thinking is as some others have said 'A breath of fresh air'. Never was it more so than in the transcript of the televised arguement of 1948 with Bishop Copeland. I could barely understand what the erudite bishop was talking about but Russell kept his calm and politely put him in his place on several occasions - oh to see this for myself, it sounds hilarious. Russell was a champion of womens rights during some fairly sexist... more info
A most important book I read this book at Loughborough University in 1967. A friend (Andy) suggested I read it. I got it from the university library and was amazed. It changed my life. No more did I feel I was alone in my beliefs. From then on I read like a mad person. My most recent hero is of course Richard Dawkins, but it was Russell who first introduced me to atheism in this wonderful but very naughty book. If everyone read it, the world would be a safer place.
Lucid, provocative and utterly sensible Bertrand Russell's greatest skill was to communicate complex and provocative ideas with clarity and logic. Why I Am Not A Christian includes a variety of essays, some more immediately accessible than others, but the title work is as calm and reasonable dismantling of Christianity as could possibly be written. There is no point me reiterating his arguments here, but Russell makes so persuasive a case that the only conclusion is thus: if you believe Christianity is what it claims to be, you clearly haven't... more info
