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To: one_less who wrote (9216)3/20/2001 7:17:09 PM
From: epicure  Respond to of 82486
 
It doesn't sound like you've read Russell- perhaps you read someone named Russel and are merely confused?



To: one_less who wrote (9216)3/21/2001 2:52:01 AM
From: Greg or e  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 82486
 
"Russel is a cry baby, looking for excuses not to be a man."

Interesting observations about Russell, By Dr. Greg Bahnsen


"Russell's essay "Why I Am Not a Christian" reveals to us that even the intellectually elite of this world are refuted by their own errors in opposing the truth of the Christian faith. There is no credibility to a challenge to Christianity which evidences prejudicial conjecture, logical fallacies, unargued philosophical bias, behavior which betrays professed beliefs, and presuppositions which do not comport with each other. Why wasn't Russell a Christian? Given his weak effort at criticism, one would have to conclude that it was not for intellectual reasons."

This reminds me of his friends here.
Greg



To: one_less who wrote (9216)3/21/2001 10:57:17 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
The fundamental nature of faith is to trust that the universe is a hospitable place, where human concerns are part of the fabric of things, and will be vindicated in the end. In a manner of speaking, it is simply the confidence that life is, in fact, worth living. Thus, lack of faith can be perceived as loss of nerve......