I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
Bertrand RussellPublic opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it.
Bertrand RussellWe are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. . . . This leads to frightful results. . . . The British State considers it the duty of an Englishman to kill people who are not English whenever a collection of elderly gentlemen in Westminster tells him to do so. . . . Church and State are placable enemies of both intelligence and virtue.
Bertrand Russell