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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Bertrand Russell's reasons for not being a Christian

* If God made me than who make God? Christianity “is not logical.”

* The arguments for a God have changed over time.

* Nature (i.e. animals, etc.) were not “designed” by God because they have and continue to evolve.

* The reason most people believe in God is because they were taught to from infancy.

* If there were a God why would there be injustice in the world.

* Fear “is the foundation of religion.”

Mr. Russell is correct or at least makes sense on half of his arguments; however, his deductions on three are flawed:

Reason # 4 is very weak. For example, I was raised a right-winged Republican (my parents had a picture of President Nixon in their den well after he was impeached) and a hell fire and brimstone evangelical. Today, I am neither.

Reason # 5 makes no sense. Just as man has the capacity to do good, he has the free will to do really bad things. Even Adam and Eve had a choice. Besides, if you are a Christian, justice is reserved for the afterlife.

Reason # 2. Of course “the arguments for a God have changed overtime” just like our knowledge of the earth (when it was flat) has changed. We as a society are constantly evaluating and reevaluating our beliefs. Science and technology have grown (and changed) exponential in the last 50 years (thank God {no pun intended})

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