On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:05 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope those are real quotes. There are quite a few fake Einstein quotes > floating around the web. >
They were real, real enough to provoke a furious response from thousands of American hillbillies in the 1930's such as: "Professor Einstein, I believe that every Christian in America will answer you, "We will not give up our belief in our God and his son Jesus Christ, but we invite you, if you do not believe in the God of the people of this nation, to go back where you came from." I have done everything in my power to be a blessing to Israel, and then you come along and with one statement from your blasphemous tongue, do more to hurt the cause of your people than all the efforts of the Christians who love Israel can do to stamp out anti-Semitism in our land. Professor Einstein, every Christian in America will immediately reply to you, "Take your crazy, fallacious theory of evolution and go back to Germany where you came from, or stop trying to break down the faith of a people who gave you a welcome when you were forced to flee your native land." "We deeply regret that you made your statement in which you ridicule the idea of a personal God. In the past ten years nothing has been so calculated to make people think that Hitler had some reason to expel the Jews from Germany as your statement. Conceding your right to free speech, I still say that your statement constitutes you as one of the greatest sources of discord in America." John K Clark > > > On 28 January 2014 05:18, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > John should read the book by Jammer on Einstein's religion. 2/3 of that >>> book is really informative about Einstein's religion. >>> >> >> Rather than read what Jammer had to say try reading what Einstein himself >> had to say about 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." >> >> And: >> >> "I have never imputed to Nature a purpose or a goal, or anything that >> could be understood as anthropomorphic. What I see in Nature is a >> magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and >> that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility" >> >> And: >> >> "The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive." >> >> And: >> >> "A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, >> education, and social ties; 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." >> >> And: >> >> "I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at >> the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to >> appreciate it." >> >> Although to a far less degree I will admit that Einstein was sometimes >> guilty of the same sin that members of this list habitually commit, falling >> in love not with the concept but with the English word "God" when all >> Einstein meant is "awe at the structure of the world". >> >> > John seems to be unaware what God was for the greeks, >>> >> >> John is board to death by the Greeks, scornful of their enormous >> ignorance and utterly repelled by the unhealthy ancestor worship that is >> epidemic on the everything list. >> >> > John acts in a way which is typical for the usual christians. >>> >> >> Wow, calling a guy known for disliking religion religious, never heard >> that one before, at least I never heard it before I was 12. >> >> John K Clark >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
