Perché non sono cristiano

After reading most of the "new Atheist" books -- I read the ones by Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens -- this old one by Betrand Russell is still miles better than they. To be sure, I disagree with most of what he says, but his writing is much more clear-headed and articulate than Leggi tutto

دوستانِ گرانقدر، برایِ آشناییِ شما عزیزانِ خردگرا، با اندیشه هایِ زنده یاد «برتراند راسل» ریویوهایِ زیادی تا کنون نوشته ام... اینبار از این کتاب، جملاتی را برایتان برگزیدم، که میدانم خواندنِ آن برایِ دوستانِ خردگرا و هوشی وار، میتواند لذت بخش باشد.... عزیزانم، برتراند راسل، نه تنها مسیحی نیست.. بلکه Leggi tutto

By the time I read this book, I was already not a Christian, but it was still hard for me to read. It was kinda like accidentally figuring out a magician's trick. You knew he wasn't *really* doing magic, but seeing how he did it somehow made the world less fun. That said, this is a great book. It's n Leggi tutto

I probably would have liked this book a lot more if I had read it when I was younger, but now I find Russell's critique of religion profoundly disappointing. For a logician and philosopher of his caliber, his proofs--on the reasons why the basis of religious belief is existential terror, for example Leggi tutto