These are exact quotes.
Now watch the athiest get angry
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in
“I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.”
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
"God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically."
"God is subtle but he is not malicious."
the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
2007-07-03 16:41:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"I am a deeply religious nonbeliever.... This is a somewhat new kind of religion." [Albert Einstein]
2007-07-03 16:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by meissen97 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Yep, Einstein...
He also said...
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions."
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
"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."
2007-07-03 23:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by psicatt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be Einstein, who also said:
"I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one."
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary."
"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."
"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously."
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."
2007-07-03 23:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
As a profession, being a scientist doesn't automatically make you an Atheist. Speaking as an Atheist, I see nothing wrong with anything that man has said, because it follows his own personal beliefs.
I think you're being both antagonistic and stereotypical when you lump Atheists together and assume that because we believe in the science of it, that we'd be offended that there's Christian scientists.
It's not what the scientist believes, it's what the science explains.
2007-07-03 23:47:31 · answer #4 · answered by Alley S. 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The same one who said: "I believe in Spinoza's God, Who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God Who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind. "
and "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. "
2007-07-03 23:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Great Albert Einstein.
Einstein is talking about nature, from a deist point of view.
Don't assume he's talking about biblical god, Hahaha!
Angry? Not me... but you're seriously misguided/deluded.
2007-07-03 23:44:31 · answer #6 · answered by X Theist 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Einstein, like me, was a pan-theist in Spinoza's fashion. God is used as metaphor. He also said, " I have no belief in a personal god and have often said so ".
So, that makes you nothing but a cheap " quote miner ". Also a cheap " argument from authority ".
2007-07-03 23:47:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Wow, Danny! How freakin' original! Done a search of previous questions and answers? Support any of it with your personal knowledge of his true thoughts, based on your intimate knowledge of his life and exhaustive biographical research.
In other words, put it in context.
2007-07-03 23:49:10 · answer #8 · answered by Skeff 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Taken out of context, lol.
He was an atheist. Some sort of quasi-desit/panthist to be exact.
2007-07-03 23:47:51 · answer #9 · answered by Moodrets 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Einstein, baby!
2007-07-03 23:46:08 · answer #10 · answered by Sarah 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Einstein.
A great, deep thinker who saw the universe, relatively speaking that is!
2007-07-03 23:51:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋