People are said to believe in God, or to disbelieve in Adam and Eve. But in such cases what is believed or disbelieved is that there is an entity answering a certain description. This, which can be believed or disbelieved is quite different from the actual entity (if any) which does answer the description. Thus the matter of belief is, in all cases, different in kind from the matter of sensation or presentation, and error is in no way analogous to hallucination. A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
Bertrand RussellIn all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
Bertrand RussellBelief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics.
Bertrand Russell