Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Philosopher Bertrand Russell " got into trouble " for " Christian love " remark

 [In his Autobiography Bertrand Russell speaks of a Columbia lecture where he got into trouble for saying that “what the world needs is ‘love, Christian love.... " This was a disappointment to the atheists and a source of joy to believers. Russell goes on to add:

 " I spoke of Christian love, I put in the adjective ‘Christian’ to distinguish it from sexual love, and I should certainly have supposed that the context made this completely clear. I go on to say that, ‘If you feel this you have a motive for existence, a guide in action, a reason for courage, and an imperative necessity for intellectual honesty. If you feel this, you have all that anybody should need in the way of religion. "]   EXCERPT

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