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We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. If He is, nothing contrary to His will can occur; therefore when the sinner disobeys His commands, He must

We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. If He is, nothing contrary to His will can occur; therefore when the sinner disobeys His commands, He must have intended this to happen.

Bertrand Russell
Funny, God, Humorous
Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.51, Routledge

Prison is a severe and terrible punishment; but for me, thanks to Arthur Balfour, this was not so. I was much cheered on my arrival by the warder at the gate, who had to take particulars about me. He asked my religion, and I replied 'agnostic.' He asked how to spell it, and remarked with a sigh: 'Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God.' This remark kept me cheerful for about a week.

Bertrand Russell
God, Punishment, Religion
Bertrand Russell (1998). “Autobiography”, p.257, Psychology Press

RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are emotional or authoritarian, not intellectual.

Bertrand Russell
God, Emotional, Religion
Bertrand Russell, Richard A. Rempel, Beryl Haslam (2000). “Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22”, p.197, Psychology Press

HELL: A place where the police are German, the motorists French and the cooks English.

Bertrand Russell
God, Travel, Police
Bertrand Russell (1993). “The Quotable Bertrand Russell”

And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence

Bertrand Russell
Death, God, Spiritual
Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.554, Psychology Press

No opinion has ever been too errant to become a creed.

Bertrand Russell
God, Religion, Opinion

The difficulty is old, but none the less real. An omnipotent being who created a world containing evil not due to sin must Himself be at least partially evil.

Bertrand Russell
God, Real, Evil
Bertrand Russell (2009). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.33, Routledge

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