On 30 January 2014 05:13, 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. >
You are taking my comment out of context. *Based on the information provided*, Bruno couldn't make the deduction he made. And anyway, I was only teasing. -- 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.
