"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." From the book: Peter's Quotations
2006-12-01 18:34:40 · 20 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings." - Albert Einstein
In spite of and because of all Einstein's knowledge in physics and his recognition of the orderly harmony of what exists, he concluded that a God exists, but that he is not a personal God. Einstein, not understanding the purpose of evil and suffering, rejected a personal God. But his rejection of a persomal God did not take away his belief in an impersonal God. He understood that a machine as intracate and complex as the universe had an intelligent designer. And that's a fact.
2006-12-02 14:56:57 · update #1
* intricate, personal
2006-12-02 14:59:52 · update #2
It means one can't be without the other. Together there is a balance. God created the ability to conduct science. For us to learn how He made things. One does not conflict with the other. God made all and God could of made things how He wanted. I believe in God and I also believe He could have orchestrated the Big Bang as the creation of our universe on day 1.
Albert Einstein was one of the most abstract thinkers of all time.
If you think outside the box, it's all possible.
2006-12-01 18:41:42 · answer #1 · answered by Cat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." From a letter Einstein wrote in English, dated 24 March 1954. It is included in Albert Einstein:
2006-12-02 02:44:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know where you're going with this and let me cut you off right now. Here's what Einstein had to say on a "personal god":
"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings."
"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms."
"My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself in the little that we, with our weak and transitory understanding, can comprehend of reality. Morality is of the highest importance -- but for us, not for God."
Einstein was functionally an ATHEIST.
2006-12-02 02:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't agree. I like this one better...
During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution, human fantasy created gods in man's own image who, by the operations of their will were supposed to determine, or at any rate influence, the phenomenal world... The idea of God in the religions taught at present is a sublimation of that old conception of the gods. Its anthropomorphic character is shown, for instance, by the fact that men appeal to the Divine Being in prayers and plead for the fulfillment of their wishes... In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal God, that is, give up that source of fear and hope which in the past placed such vase power in the hands of priests.
[Albert Einstein, reported in Science, Philosophy and Religion: A Symposium, edited by L. Bryson and L. Finkelstein. Quoted in: 2000 Years of Disbelief. by James Haught]
and this one...
I received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit priest in my life and I am astonished by the audacity to tell such lies about me. From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.
[Albert Einstein to Guy H. Raner Jr, July 2, 1945, responding to a rumor that a Jesuit priest had caused Einstein to convert from atheism. Article by Michael R. Gilmore in Skeptic magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1997]
2006-12-02 02:44:36 · answer #4 · answered by Snark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
2006-12-02 02:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by Barabas 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never saw that one before. He's right. He also said "God doesn't play craps" speaking about the gambling nature of the Randomist theories.
Did you know some of the greatest theories of science came from primarily Catholic Priest! Like the Big Bang and Genetics.
2006-12-02 02:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Even today the world is amazed at what Einstein formulated out of nothing.
I believe God whispered into his ear.
2006-12-02 03:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by Imogen Sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that he meant in our personal lives, that we must combine the wisdom of religion with the logic and knowledge of science...
- Atmadeepo Bhava -
2006-12-02 02:41:03 · answer #8 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a great statement.
I've always wondered if the word "religion" was a good way of putting that.
Einstein has many quotes...I don't feel that one was his best.
I don't totally agree.
2006-12-02 02:43:26 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
science with out religion is lacking passion and unpredictable out comes. religion with out science is just the flimsy word of man with no base.
2006-12-02 02:43:26 · answer #10 · answered by morbidsmindtrip 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋