"The Moral Problem"
1920s, Why I Am Not a Christian (1927)
“I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.”
"The Moral Problem"
1920s, Why I Am Not a Christian (1927)
Source: Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Context: There is one very serious defect to my mind in Christ's moral character, and that is that He believed in hell. I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
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