guardian.co.uk — 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 honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this."
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phyraxusMay 13, 2008
Actually, this is new evidence of Einstein's "religiosity" to come to light; however, this is correct to all those who already knew he was in no way a theist.
simspaceMay 16, 2008
Correct! you're the ones claiming that god does not exists. Jexie said "One cannot prove something doesn't exist." Exactly my point! You can't prove something does not exist, but many of the comments here seem to imply that science has proven there is no God. That's a load of crap. Clearly micro-evolution is a fact. The earth is billions of years old - I'm happy for you!! None of that proves macro-evolution. You put your faith in some bizarre sequence of events that can't be proven. I put mine in thousands of years of documented history. Which one of us more foolish? Based on your faith, one day you'll drop dead and rot in the grave. Based on my faith one day I'll drop dead but I have hope for a future. I guess that's day one of us will be proven wrong.
simspaceMay 16, 2008
Some people don't have all the correct information. Does that make them wrong about everything else they believe? And are you so perfect that you've never commented on something 'factual' and later had to recant when you found out the truth?
melrosemanMay 24, 2008
You missed my whole point. Think about it
cyberskin49May 30, 2008
It's a book. Written by human beings. Read it with a critical mind and you'll see it's full of inconsistencies and fantastical claims. There's a set of systematic arguments against the bible being the word of GOD in Richard Dawkin's "The God Delusion" that I won't get into. All I ask is that you think critically and question everything. Fanatacism has it's place and may even come in handy from a darwinian point of view but it has created more problems then it's solved. Moral and ethical frameworks abound that don't ask you to abandon reason. The path of the fanatic often ends in a fiery ball or bitter cups of kool-aid.
xrodJun 20, 2008
ICSU:Yes, I've met several people who claim to believe in God but not be religious. Never made much sense to me, but I think it's fair to categorize that frame of mind as unorganized.RRBEST: Atheists certainly aren't organized, but you'd be hard pressed to put forth a meaningful definition of religion of which atheism is a subset.
untzboyJun 25, 2008
you missed my point.
ancitJul 19, 2008
Eerybody is not 100% correct. We are all human. As human, we eat, sleep, pain, breathe, live and die. We were born by our beloved mother. Who can deny that? I'm sure Einstein also can't deny that.Back to Einstein words about God...maybe he is right and maybe he is absolutely wrong...and everybody have their own point of view about God. Another will agree with Einstein and there are another will disagreed...so depend on you.<a class="user" href="http://www.internetterbongkar.com">http://www.internetterbongkar.com</a>
cosmos2384Aug 19, 2008
It's not the case that atheists think the constitution says they have the right not to be offended, but there is a separation of church and state which needs to be maintained. You may believe you have some particular god, but such beliefs are not founded upon evidence.
zmjone2992Oct 13, 2008
There aren't rules. Science's "essence" has nothing to do with rules, the exact opposite. Science is based on induction, which is specifically forbidden from dealing in absolutes. Scientific "rules" are norms of behavior that we haven't observed being violated. You are a f**king idiot.
markrpDec 4, 2008
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maximmDec 17, 2008
This is an old one but i just had to reply. You sir, are an idiot. Go back to your first year college anthropology class and actually learn something this time. "An unquantifiable blanket claim. In the case of the ancient religions, the worst you could accuse them of is taking the historian's approach"The worst i can accuse them of is MASS MURDER INFANTICIDE RAPE plenty more. So shut the f**k up and go pray you need nothing from science in life and hope some silly superstitions about a guy in the clouds asking for your money solves your problem. Given your last paragraph i am certain you won't do it yourself.all the ridicule you have to offer the JudeoChristian traditions, you have not one single scrap of significant, conclusive, tested and proven evidence which casts the vaguest shadow on what those traditions call their 'history.'How do you know i don't have proof. That's the old religious fallback "prove he doesn't exist" Dude prove Santa Claus doesn't exist, prove killing your first born isn't a bad thing, prove burning books because they aren't inline with your JudeoChristian beliefs is a good thing.Basically shut up grow up and shut up. (that's called being redundant) twit.
gijoe86Jan 30, 2009
"I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist."-Denis Brian, Einstein, A Life, New York, 1996, p.186.
mudkip201Mar 29, 2009
c0mputer- lack of belief is not necessarily atheism. You've heard of agnosticism, right?
mudkip201Mar 29, 2009
Kamujin- you ever consider that a massive amount of energy can be stored in one atom?
mudkip201Mar 29, 2009
Unprecedented events don't need extraordinary causes.
studentoftruthDec 31, 2009
Quotes from Einstein from Stanford edu<a class="user" href="http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuotes.html" rel="nofollow">http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuot ...</a># "I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."# "God is subtle but he is not malicious."
rickmageeJan 7, 2010
It must be an "it's all relative" sort of thing. To each their own! Still think he's a genius though!
rickmageeJan 7, 2010
I think you are right to a degree. Religion is just a way to homogenize people so you don;t have so many cultural differences as you travel around the world. It tries to force everybody to be on the same page or going with the same program! I find that fundamentally impossible!
personstaMar 16, 2012
Wait.. So is he saying God isn't real? Cause he is. Very much so.