'... The title of Why I am Not a Christian? intrigues me, because your whole attitude on the TV (Brains Trust) seemed to me, in its gentleness and tolerance, its humour, and its desire for an impartial knowledge and expression of the truth, so utterly and profoundly Christian. ...'
Dear Dr Bouquet,
... I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind. Geneal Fanco, whom Sir Winston Churchill praised as a 'gallant Christian Gentleman', has forbidden any work of fiction alluding to adultery, ...
The virtues which you would consider specifically Christian, are thought in Japan to be specifically Buddhist and in India to be specifically Hindu. I consider all these claims unfounded...
Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell
Source: Dear Bertrand Russell, 1969.
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