Bertrand Russell Quote

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  mavie

  Right on Bert.

  As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one can prove that there is not a God. On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think that I ought to say that I am an Atheist, because, when I say that I cannot prove that there is not a God, I ought to add equally that I cannot prove that there are not the Homeric gods. —Bertrand Russell, Collected Papers, vol. 11, p. 91
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  whereami

  Here's another good one:

  "It is true that he modern Christian is less robust, but that is not thanks to Christianity; it is thanks to the generations of freethinkers, who, from the Renaissance to the present day, have made Christians ashamed of many of their traditional beliefs."

  -by Russell, Bertrand
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  behemot

  Here my favourite Russell's quote:

  I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I should't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine. - Bertrand Russell
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  behemot

  Oh, forgot another nice one:

  "Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. " - Bertrand Russell
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  PSacramento

  I've always loved most of Russell's stuff, even if I don't agree with all of it of course.