Background for _Vineland_?

[Madeleine Maudlin]

Russell is great in an argument, say, if people even actually bother
arguing with Christians anymore about their faith.  Rather than argue along
Nietzschean lines about weakness, etc., you just point to history.  People
can deny they're weak and fearful but they can't really deny history.

I threw in fearful there just to point out how Russell, being political, in
my opinion, so ferociously attacked Nietzsche for being King Lear and
nothing more than fearful himself.

"It takes strength and courage to have Faith!!"

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bertrand Russell explains ‘Why I am Not a Christian’
>
>
> http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/bertrand_russell_explains_why_i_am_not_a_christian
>
> “I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are
> untrue.”
>
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