Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell (1927)
Bertrand Russell first delivered this lecture on March 6, 1927 to the National Secular Society, South London Branch, at Battersea Town Hall. See below for a section breakdown: What Is a Christian? :05The Existence of God 2:58The First-cause Argument 4:05The Natural-law Argument 6:16The Argument from Design 10:30The Moral Arguments for Deity 13:32The Argument for the Remedying of Injustice 16:13The Character of Christ 18:23Defects in Christ's Teaching 21:10The Moral Problem 23:24The Emotional Factor 28:15How the Churches Have Retarded Progress 31:10Fear, the Foundation of Religion 32:59What We Must Do 34:24Full text: http://www.users.drew.edu/~jlenz/whynot.htmlHis longer book on the same subect, "Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays": http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Essays-Religion-Related-Subjects/dp/067120323...Bertrand Russel Wikipedia page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell