In 1927, Bertrand Russell — Nobel laureate, co-author of the Principia Mathematica, and one of the most disciplined logicians who ever lived — published his case against religion. Fifteen arguments. Precise. Unflinching. Devastating on first reading.
Then I put fifteen philosophers in the ring with him.
C. S. Lewis. Alvin Plantinga. Viktor Frankl. Martin Luther King Jr. Edith Stein. Kierkegaard. Chesterton. Whitehead — Russell’s own collaborator.
No straw men. No polite deflections. Argument met with argument, logic tested against logic, conviction against conviction.
Neither side wins cleanly. That’s the point.
Critical thinking isn’t choosing the approved side. It’s giving both sides a genuine hearing — and having the courage to sit with what you find.
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