Bertrand Russell — "Religion is based primarily upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown an…"

Religion is based primarily upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly as the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. Fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
Bertrand Russell — Bertrand Russell Modern · Logic, philosophy, pacifism

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Why I Am Not a Christian

Date: 1927

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