Talk:Why I Am Not a Christian

Merge
User:BM tried to merge this into Bertrand Russell but I think it deserves its own article. Dunc|&#9786; 13:37, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Some sources
Hi I probably won't do much on this article but there was an edit conflict and the AfD was closed before I could post this, so here is my bit which contains lots of sources which might help.:)

 Christian responses, to be used for NPOV. We even have an article Why I Am Not a Muslim which shows it has inspired other books. Someone has also written a why I am not a hindu too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Merkinsmum (talk • contribs) 21:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * strong keep omg! (joke) this is only a thing that is on a lot of courses in schools and universities, and one of the most well known texts on atheism, esp. of the 20th century! the guardian, british reputable broadsheet).  Lauded in the British Medical Journal .  In use at Uni

Capital A
The A should not be capitalized; see the third paragraph here. Because, ironically enough, it was moved to a captial A ~2 hours ago, I wont move it until I get feedback. i said 07:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * moved back. pretty plain following of procedure.--ZayZayEM 11:55, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, since it had just moved, I decided it was best to talk here first. Thanks though. i said 13:13, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Missing External Link
The first external link containing all the text is broken. Does anyone know of another link? If not it must be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.91.241.213 (talk) 17:34, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I've replaced it with a working link. Thanks for the heads-up! Skomorokh  17:50, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The link doesn't work for me. Could someone provide another one, please? I am going to translate this article to Polish some day, and reliable sources are a must. BartłomiejB (talk) 14:05, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Tag
I am sort of amused about the lede - "devastating in its use of cold logic" and "among the most influential books of the 20th century" and the "born-again-atheist" confession in the end of this. Instead of blurb for the already faithless, I would be interested if anything was new in that essay, if so, tell the reader and check as well wether anything found something original about it. For influential stuff filling the bookstore racks till today, see Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Russell? Serten II (talk) 11:19, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Done with it. Merry Christmas! Serten II (talk) 12:34, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Serten II's edits
I noticed these edits by this morning. To my eye, this appears to be POV: removing detail/sources/positive reception of the work while most prominently adding a paragraph on Why I Am Not a Secularist. Maybe someone else has a better sense of what's due in terms of the whole of reliable sources on the subject? --&mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 14:23, 23 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I am OK with having the links in the full text again, but not in the lede. I will do so, but it takes some time. Connolley IS a fully reliable source, while the erased ones were mere newspaper blurb, and I doubt the "It changed my life" essay was anything reasonable. Serten II (talk) 14:30, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Similar Titles?
What’s the point of the section on similarly titled works by other authors? What does a list of titles like “Why I Am ________” or “Why I Am Not __________” have to do with the price of tea in China? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1005:B143:BC55:9445:B800:EBF0:99B1 (talk) 17:11, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Preceded by Enlightenment
Bertrand Russell was of course preceded by the Enlightenment that influenced both the French and American Revolution. The French Revolution decided to outright ban Christianity (which it did not, but has been officially ostracised by the French Republic and deemed a Cult since the French Separation of Church from State in 1905). The American Revolution took a different tack - it decided to dilute Christianity by introducing Freedom of Belief by ostracizing the Monopoly of Belief in the Bible. So you see, Bertrand Russell was old hat long before he was even born. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.25.24.174 (talk) 09:05, 28 November 2021 (UTC)