Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell (1927)

Bertrand Russell first delivered this lecture on March 6, 1927 to the National Secular Society, South London Branch, at Battersea Town Hall. See below for a section breakdown: What Is a Christian? :05 The Existence of God 2:58 The First-cause Argument 4:05 The Natural-law Argument 6:16 The Argument from Design 10:30 The Moral Arguments for Deity 13:32 The Argument for the Remedying of Injustice 16:13 The Character of Christ 18:23 Defects in Christ’s Teaching 21:10 The Moral Problem 23:24 The Emotional Factor 28:15 How the Churches Have Retarded Progress 31:10 Fear, the Foundation of Religion 32:59 What We Must Do 34:24 Full text: ~jlenz/ His longer book on the same subect, “Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays“: =la_B000AP6YJG_1_3 Bertrand Russel Wikipedia page: