Atheist Bertrand Russell in 1927:
I do not mean by a Christian any person who tries to live decently according to his lights. I think that you must have a certain amount of definite belief before you have a right to call yourself a Christian. ~”Why I Am Not a Christian”
I’m not sure how many Christians in America realize what Russell did.
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