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What i believe by bertrand russell5/13/2023 ![]() I do not mean by a Christian any person who tries to live decently according to his lights. In that sense I suppose there would be Christians in all sects and creeds but I do not think that that is the proper sense of the word, if only because it would imply that all the people who are not Christians-all the Buddhists, Confucians, Mohammedans, and so on-are not trying to live a good life. Some people mean no more by it than a person who attempts to live a good life. It is used these days in a very loose sense by a great many people. ![]() Perhaps it would be as well, first of all, to try to make out what one means by the word ‘Christian’. It should be added that the author alone is responsible for the political and other opinions expressed.Īs your Chairman has told you, the subject about which I am going to speak to you tonight is ‘Why I am not a Christian’. It is issued in booklet form at the request of many friends. ![]() ![]() The Lecture that is here reproduced was delivered at the Battersea Town Hall on Sunday March 6, 1927, under the auspices of the South London Branch of the National Secular Society. ![]()
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