Second, Russell states that a person must have some kind of belief about Jesus Christ. This statement contradicts with the fundamental belief of Christian because the basic principles of being a Christian is that one must believe in Jesus Christ rather than have some belief about Jesus Christ. This statement also give birth to many questions like Can one accept some doctoral points of Jesus Christ but not others? To what extent should a person belief in Jesus Christ? He clearly fails to define the fundamental principles of being a Christian and hence this makes the reader think of more flaws in his essay. .
Russell answers these questions with the requirement, "you must have at the very lowest the belief that Christ was, if not divine, at least the best and wisest of men." (pg.2).The statement again contradicts with the Christian beliefs as they believe that Jesus Christ was divine. The divinity of Christ in all sects and doctrinal statements is non-negotiable. It can be interpreted from Russell's statement that it is not necessary for a Christian to believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ which is clearly wrong and as Christians believes that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that Jesus Christ is divine. With making two mistakes to define what Christianity is, Russell's further effort to convince the reader would hardly change the reader's perspective as the reader would now question everything what Russell says.
Having building a false argument on what is necessary to be a Christian, Russell addresses the validity of belief in his first requirement: that one must believe in the existence of God. Though he mentions a large number of arguments for God's existence, but he curtails his argument to five. He begins by addressing the First cause. The argument brought by Russell makes it completely illogical to challenge the existence of God as Dr. Peter Kreeft says in his article Unpacking the first cause argument of God that "In more abstract philosophical language, the proof goes this way.