Divinity Inborn

Man can never free himself from his inborn ties with divinity. Even the staunchest of atheists, from time to time, admit that they are dissatisfied with their disbelief.

One of the most prominent atheists of our times, British philosopher, Bertrand Russell, has published several books and articles to justify his atheistic cast of mind. As the title suggests, Why I Am Not a Christian is specific to this issue. However, in his autobiography, he writes of his journey to Greece:

“I had never before been in Greece, and I found what I saw exceedingly interesting. In one respect, however, I was surprised. After being impressed by the great solid achievements everybody admires, I found myself in a little church belonging to the days when Greece was part of the Byzantine empire. To my astonishment, I felt more at home in this little church than I did in the Parthenon or any other Greek buildings of Pagan times. I realized then that the Christian outlook had a firmer hold upon me than I had imagined. The hold was not upon my beliefs but my feelings.” (The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, p. 561)

These words were a heartfelt cry from his innermost being. It indicates how a man cannot rid himself of such feelings, even when his conscious actions have been motivated by the purest of logic. Even the staunchest of atheists and unbelievers admit, from time to time, that they remain dissatisfied in their state of disbelief. At moments like the ones Bertrand Russell experienced in Greece, they are forced to relent, to give in to such impulses as they have reasoned themselves into suppressing and have been at pains all along to disavow. Indeed, man can never free himself from his inborn ties with divinity.