On 20 Apr 2014, at 10:12, LizR wrote:
On 20 April 2014 18:42, Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> wrote:
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
-Albert Einstein
He then went on to say...
The letter states pretty clearly that Einstein was by no means a
religious person - in fact, the great physicist saw religion as no
more than a "childish superstition". "The word god is for me nothing
more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible
a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are
nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle
can (for me) change this", Einstein wrote.
I really would like to suggest you reading the quite deep book by
Jammer on "Einstein's religion"(*).
You have to be careful when quoting Einstein on this. I think Einstein
was very deeply and authentically religious, like Gödel.
Like often in such case, such person are also the most shocked by the
institutionalized religion, and very often Einstein made clear that
his condemnation of religion relate to that. All his life Einstein
insisted that he is a believer, and that he despises the atheists and
so called free-thinker, but also all the churches and religious
institution.
I would say that the more you genuinely believe in God, the more you
are shocked by what humans do with the notion.
I differ on Einstein in that I do believe theology has a large part
which can be made into science. Here I am closer to Gödel than to
Einstein.
Bruno
http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Religion-Theology-Max-Jammer/dp/069110297X
A good amazon abstract:
<<The philosophy of religion and the quest for spiritual truth
preoccupied Albert Einstein--so much that it has been said "one might
suspect he was a disguised theologian." Nevertheless, the literature
on the life and work of Einstein, extensive as it is, does not provide
an adequate account of his religious conception and sentiments. Only
fragmentarily known, Einstein's ideas about religion have been often
distorted both by atheists and by religious groups eager to claim him
as one of their own. But what exactly was Einstein's religious credo?
In this fascinating book, the distinguished physicist and philosopher
Max Jammer offers an unbiased and well-documented answer to this
question.>>
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