 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
It is difficult to know exactly what is meant by this statement, owing to the qualifications with which it is introduced. By the “psychical” definition of religion the author means, as he has previously explained, whatever a man accepts in the way of religion, and not only what Christians regard as true religion. But it is not clear what is meant by “feeling no religious sentiment of any sort”. I myself have “sentiments” -- emotions and moral convictions -- which are apt to be associated with Christian beliefs, but I have no “ideas of deity or of the super-natural”.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 7：sin
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* (Traslated by Google translator)
If you ask someone who believes in a certain religion what they actually believe, both the person asking the question and the person believing in it will be unsure of what exactly they believe. It's likely to happen a lot.
Is the ``God'' of the religion that the person believes in an ``almighty being,'' and for what purpose did that ``almighty God'' create this world? (If God is omnipotent, why would a person betray God? If he was omnipotent, he could have predicted what would happen to humans in advance), how are Russell's "Christian" feelings different from similar feelings held by Christians, and other questions. Various questions arise, such as whether to accept or disapprove of people who believe in other religions (Do Christians not approve of Muslims, or vice versa?).
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