Bertand Russell was one of the best philosophers of the early twentieth century. He made outstanding contributions in the fields of the philosophy of mathematics and logic, and also wrote one of the best histories of philosophy. He was also a firm atheist, and remains very influential in modern atheism.

This is a introduction to a series of posts criticising Russell's essay `Why I am not a Christian', based on a lecture he gave in 1927. Russell was a pre-eminent enlightenment philosopher whose world-view was formed during the last days before the quantum revolution in physics. He was particularly disdainful of Aristotle's philosophy and theism.

In short, in his views on religion, the philosophy of science, and ethics, he stood for everything I oppose. In these posts, I intend to show why he was wrong.