"You will remember that in Erewhon there is a certain Higgs who arrives in a remote country, and after spending some time there he escapes from that country in a balloon. Twenty years later he comes back to that country and finds a new religion in which he is worshiped under the name of the "Sun Child," and it is said that he ascended into heaven. He finds that the Feast of the Ascension is about to be celebrated, and he hears Professors Hanky and Panky say to each other that they never set eyes on the man Higgs, and they hope they never will; but they are the high priests of the religion of the Sun Child. He is very indignant, and he comes up to them, and he says, "I am going to expose all this humbug and tell the people of Erewhon that it was only I, the man Higgs, and I went up in a balloon." He was told, "You must not do that, because all the morals of this country are bound round this myth".
quoted from :
Why I am not a Christian - Bertrand Russell
2007-05-10 10:08:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Excellent point. I would second that motion.
2007-05-10 10:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is Russell saying that he thinks that Jesus' ascension was caused by a hot air balloon? Is this really what you want to argue?
Oh, and please either cite Russell's sources where Jesus tried to stop people from worshiping him or admit that the whole thing is a false analogy.
2007-05-10 10:20:03 · answer #2 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What does this crazy story prove? That you like to read crazy stories. If you think you can summarize the Lord God Almighty in a few words of human intellect, you are sadly mistaken. You may however find peace in the knowledge that God Loves You.
2007-05-10 10:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bertrand Russell was a stuffed shirt. Too full of himself. Peace.
2007-05-10 10:15:31 · answer #4 · answered by hillbilly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Gospel is only a myth and not real to those that have NOT had HIS FAITHFULNESS to be REAVEALED to them. TO Speak to them in their HEART AND soul.
THERE ARE things that FEW CAN UNDERSTAND. about what GOD CAN AND will do IN AN INDIVIDUALS life.
I THANK MY LORD GOD AND SAVIOR for what HE HAS DONE in MINE. and TO HIM be given all the glory for it sure is not for MINE OR YOURS. I would have no life without it being given by GOD . and If anyone wants to deny this let them. I DON't. HIS BOOK HAS been here A VERY LONG TIME BEFORE I WAS. OR YOU ....
2007-05-10 11:23:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bertrand Russell? Great man. Great mathematician too.
2007-05-10 10:13:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it would not, and is thoroughly erroneous. i'm going to prepare you something. concentration in on "i wanted". "I" is self-conventional; the Godhead (the trinity) is often "different-conventional". One guy or woman in elementary terms helps the different, and in no way for himself. in addition to, the place in the Bible does God ever say he will continuously furnish prayer supplications that are patently exterior his will? answer = Nowhere!
2016-11-27 01:05:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose, on a hypothetical level, that such could happen. But Jesus wasn't just a man. He is also God.
2007-05-10 10:14:39 · answer #8 · answered by sdb deacon 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Excellent Book. And yes that is what religion is all about, more or less.
2007-05-10 10:13:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
that is the most perfect example of what christianity is that I have ever read... thank you for sharing it.
2007-05-10 10:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋