Excerpts from the book Why I am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell
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"Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown, and partly ... the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. Fear is the basis of the whole thing - 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."
" One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it"
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Hope you'll have a nice weekend :)
Emma