Bertrand Russell Quotes About Christ

• Historically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.

  Bertrand Russell

  Religion, Atheism, Christ

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.573, Routledge

• Christ said "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" and when asked "who is thy neighbour? went on to the parable of the Good Samaritan. If you wish to understand this parable as it was understood by his hearers, you should substitute "Germans and Japanese" for Samaritan. I fear my modern day Christians would resent such a substitution, because it would compel them to realize how far they have departed from the teachings of the founder of their religion.

  Bertrand Russell

  Christian, Teaching, Departed

• Christ . . . said that a man who had looked after a woman lustfully had sinned as much as the man who had seduced her. How absurd!

  Bertrand Russell

  Men, Christ, He Man

• The teaching of Christ, as it appears in the Gospels, has had extraordinarily little to do with the ethics of Christians.

  Bertrand Russell

  Christian, Teaching, Littles

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “Why I Am Not a Christian”, p.50, Lulu Press, Inc

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