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Today's Quote.

  • Jun. 11th, 2003 at 8:51 PM
it arrived in my email, and it said:

"I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organised in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

Bertrand Russell
--Why I Am Not A Christian."

nothing like down right hostility to make you smile, huh?
  • Notes:Alice In Chains and Chris Cornell- I Am Inside

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wonderclown
Jun. 11th, 2003 10:03 am (UTC)
While I tend to agree with his general sentiment, I have to question what he actually means by "moral progress". That would tend to imply that he believes in some sort of universal morality, which is, in my opinion, a substantial part of what's wrong with the Christian church and organized religion in general.
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benpeek
Jun. 11th, 2003 04:22 pm (UTC)
well, yes, making such blanket statements about morality helps no one, really, and while i'm not a fan of the church it seems rather simple to condemn all church folk, and do i do agree with the moral concern.

but, since i don't know what betrand's moral concerns are, i can't say if they're a good thing or not. but the comment made me smile, and sometimes, downright hostility does that.
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wonderclown
Jun. 12th, 2003 07:46 am (UTC)
Oh, it made me smile, too. :)
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