and please if you can give the dates that he said it and provide sources. answers with no source will be ignored.
2007-10-04 02:42:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
“My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature”. It is this consciousness and humility I miss in the Freethinker mentality.” (1952, reply to a letter from Beatrice F)(1)
"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." (1954)(2)
"I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature." (1955)(2)
more interesting quotes at (2)
2007-10-04 03:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 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.”
“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”
2007-10-04 09:45:19 · answer #2 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I, at any rate, am convinced that He [God] does not throw dice.
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.
My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment
and who the hell cares if u ignore my answer...
2007-10-04 09:47:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Einstein was a brilliant man, however his personal beliefs have no bearing on scientific fact. This is true of all science, it is based on facts, not beliefs.
2007-10-04 09:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Someone just posted exactly what you ask yesterday or the day before...go search.
2007-10-04 09:49:31 · answer #5 · answered by Mikey 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God no need self explanation..
2007-10-04 09:52:37 · answer #6 · answered by Drone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://www.einsteinandreligion.com/einsteinonjesus.html
2007-10-04 09:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by Xman0076 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋