Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
The man who feels deeply the problems of human destiny, the desire to diminish the sufferings of mankind, and the hope that the future will realize the best possibilities of our species, is nowadays often said to have a religious outlook, however little he may accept of traditional Christianity. In so far as religion consists in a way of feeling, rather than in a set of beliefs, science cannot touch it.
Source: Religion and Science, 1935, chapter 1: Grounds of Conflict.
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