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Originally Posted by Greyfox
Simply stated, Bertrand Russell was not a Christian because he couldn't bring himself to believe that there is a Hell.
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That oversimplifies and distorts his position.
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Belief in eternal hell fire was an essential item of Christian belief until pretty recent times. In this country, as you know, it ceased to be an essential item because of a decision of the Privy Council, and from that decision the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York dissented; but in this country our religion is settled by Act of Parliament, and therefore the Privy Council was able to override Their Graces and hell was no longer necessary to a Christian. Consequently I shall not insist that a Christian must believe in hell.
* Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian
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