Website review: Childish superstition: Einsteins le...
bibliophage discovered this in Religion
•21 reviews since May 12, 2008
religion, einstein, science
•guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/12/peopleinsc...
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bibliophage discovered 3 months ago- Despite his categorical rejection of conventional religion, Brooke said that Einstein became angry when his views were appropriated by evangelists for atheism. He was offended by their lack of humility and once wrote. "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."
- mcbill rated 2 months ago
- "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
- xab rated 2 months ago
- From the page: ""Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
- AvangionQ rated 2 months ago
- From the page: "In the letter, he states: "The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can change this." Einstein, who was Jewish and who declined an offer to be the state of Israel's second president, also rejected the idea that the Jews are God's favored people. "For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them." - Albert Einstein" ... I'm quite impressed and glad to see such an elaborate opinion from a man who was often misquoted to be a theist and mildly religious ... glad this new evidence sets the record straight ...
- shewitt-au rated 2 months ago
- Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear
- patchshorts rated 2 months ago
- From the page: "In his later years he referred to a "cosmic religious feeling" that permeated and sustained his scientific work. In 1954, a year before his death, he spoke of wishing to "experience the universe as a single cosmic whole". He was also fond of using religious flourishes, in 1926 declaring that "He [God] does not throw dice" when referring to randomness thrown up by quantum theory." This is not a new thing that is native to genius scientists. Ancient peoples shared similar views. Conclusions from various Norse, Vedic, Celtic, Greek and other Indo-European related cultures are echoed in modern physics. There is an ultimate Mystery, who's clues of it can be found in M-theory. You cannot quantify it either as it is not a personality. Our ancestors referred to it as Yggdrasil, the Artus, Rta(now called dharma).
- Alfred-Horsecock rated 2 months ago
- Einstein's thoughts on God. Doesn't take a genius...
- kimincalifornia rated 2 months ago
- Einstein didn't believe in a personal god that you'd pray to, like Jesus, Yahweh, or Zeus. I guess you could call him an Agnostic or Deist. Anyway, who cares.
