On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:13 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:48 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > After all my lessons in logic, I feel duty bound to point out that >> Einstein only said that he didn't believe in a personal God. >> > > No, Einstein had more to say on the subject than just "I do not believe in > a personal God". Besides not answering or even hearing our prayers > Einstein's "God" has no purpose or goal ("I have never imputed to Nature a > purpose or a goal"). And Einstein's God had no intelligence or > consciousness ( God is not "anything that could be understood as > anthropomorphic"). And Einstein's "God" has nothing to do with morality > ("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"). > > To Einstein "God" meant "the unbounded admiration for the structure of > the world", which shows that even Einstein can fall in love with the sound > of a word too much. > 1. You ridicule theology, philosophy, different notions of god as empty language games, no room for valid reasoning... 2. and now want to convince us of your valid reasoning on the subject. Point 1 in isolation explains your usual bigotry and arrogance, but both points combined make sense for once. Thanks for enlightening us with your insights! You are a formidable philosopher by your own standards and definition. PGC > > 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.
