Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cybvax0.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Why Bertrand Russell was not a Christian Message-ID: <189@cybvax0.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 12:34:51 EDT Article-I.D.: cybvax0.189 Posted: Tue Oct 16 12:34:51 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Oct-84 10:02:06 EDT References: <1026@bbncca.ARPA> <361@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Cybermation, Inc., Cambridge, MA Lines: 17 > Having read WHY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN, it seems evident to me that BR's > hatred of christianity is so far from rationality that I see no reason > to give any credence to his arguments. BR's intolerance exceeds JC's. > > Charley Wingate I'd rather hear you criticize BR's arguments than his attitude. The question is whether his arguments are rational. You can't logically dismiss his arguments because his beliefs are polarized oppositely to yours. And as far as I can see, his personal experiences justify a great dislike for Christianity and many who practice it. My volume has an addendum describing some of the persecution he suffered when his appointment to a NYU faculty position became the target of religious groups. -- Mike Huybensz ...mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh