From the first century up to the present day, the Sonship and divinity of Jesus have been attacked with amazingly and seemingly unending vigor and venom. One of the modern-day leaders in this attack against Christianity would certainly be Bertrand Russell, who was one of the most influential, and often outspoken, philosophers of the twentieth century. He was born in England in 1872 and continued to write and lecture in both Europe and the United States until not long before his death in 1970. His parents were freethinkers and close friends with John Stuart Mill, a pioneer in modern scientific thinking who devised rules for inductive scientific reasoning and was a leader of ethical utilitarianism (“Russell” 235).
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Bible is one of the most read books in human history, and the figures within its pages are among the most familiar and most beloved in world literature. Of all the characters in this book of books, none is more famous than Jesus Christ. Millions have prayed in His name and patterned their lives after His impeccable ethical example. His indelible impression on the world left it forever changed for the better.