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Bertrand Russell represents one of the most outspoken, free minded philosophers of the 20th century. In his lecture “Why I Am Not a Christian” he discusses and outlines the reasons and arguments that bring him to conclusion of not believing in Christian Morality and its doctrines. In the beginning of his lecture he outlines what it is to be a Christian. Russell defines the definition of being a Christian in two different ways. ... If a person does not believe in either of those two things then to Russell states that “I don’t think that you can properly call yourself a Christian”. As the name implies, a true Christian must have some kind of belief in Christ in one form or another. The other way in which Russell defines a Christian comes from the Whitaker’s Almanack and in geography books, “where the populations of the world is said to be divided into Christians, Mohammedans, Buddhists, fetish worshippers…” Russell then examines the existence of god by first analyzing the dogma that the Catholic Church has laid down.
Catholic dogma tries to explain the existence of a God by simply stating that it can be proved by “unaided reason, Russell regards this as a “curious dogma” Catholic reasoning is designed this way because the “free-thinker” showing arguments where the Existence of God failed against the test of reason.
Approximate Word count = 903
Approximate Pages = 3.6
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