Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian (1927); this has often been misquoted as "The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world."

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

— Bertrand Russell on Morality

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Bertrand Russell

About Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.