FYI http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/13/peopleinscience.religion
--- In [email protected], "pinpinyuliansyah" <pinpinyuliansyah@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "wawan" <selarasmilis@> wrote: > > > > > > kesamaan Albert Einstein dan Feynman, meski keduanya atheis, tapi keduanya > > tidak setuju bahwa rumus dan argumennya untuk menyerang kaum agama... > > ****** > > Dapat referensi dari mana kalau si eintein itu ateis ? > > "My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior > spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with > our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence > of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible > universe, forms my idea of God." > > (The following is from Einstein and Religion by Max Jammer, Princeton > University Press) > "I'm not an atheist, and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are > in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books > in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It > does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are > written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of > the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude > of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe > marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these > laws. Our limited minds grasp the mysterious force that moves the > constellations." > > > (The following is from The Quotable Einstein) > "Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end > at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon > reached a conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be > true....Suspicion against every kind of authority grew out of this > experience...an attitude which has never left me." > > "I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure > of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it." > > "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." > > "I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, > whose purposes are modeled after our own - a God, in short, who is but a > reflection of human frailty. It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery > of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon > the marvelous structure of the universe which we can dimly perceive and to > try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence > manifested in Nature." > > "The scientist is possessed by the sense of universal causation. His > religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of > natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that , > compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is > an utterly insignificant reflection." > > ". . . In spite of all this, I don't let a single opportunity pass unheeded, > nor have I lost my sense of humor. When God created the ass he gave him a > thick skin." Einstein: The Life and Times by Ronald W. Clark, Avon Books. > > "Where dull-witted clansmen of our tribe were praying aloud, their faces > turned to the wall, their bodies swaying to and fro. A pathetic sight of men > with a past but without a future." (Regarding his visit to the Wailing Wall > in Jerusalem, February 3, 1923) > > "Should we be unable to find a way to honest cooperation and honest pacts > with the Arabs, then we have learned absolutely nothing during our 2,000 > years of suffering and deserve all that will come to us." > > "I appeal to all men and women, whether they be eminent or humble, to declare > that they will refuse to give any further assistance to war or the > preparation of war." > > "It is my belief that the problem of bringing peace to the world on a > supranational basis will be solved only by employing Gandhi's method on a > larger scale." > > > The following is from Elsa Einstein, Albert Einstein's wife, regarding > Einstein's development of the theory of general relativity. It's taken from > the outstanding book Einstein and Religion by Max Jammer. It's originally > taken from Charles Chaplin's autobiography. > > The Doctor came down in his dressing gown as usual for breakfast but he > hardly touched a thing. I thought something was wrong, so I asked what was > troubling him. "Darling," he said, "I have a wonderful idea." And after > drinking his coffee, he went to the piano and started playing. Now and again > he would stop, making a few notes then repeat: "I've got a wonderful idea, a > marvelous idea!" I said: "Then for goodness' sake tell me what it is, don't > keep me in suspense." He said: "It's difficult, I still have to work it out." > > She told me he continued playing the piano and making notes for about half an > hour, then went upstairs to his study, telling her that he did not wish to be > disturbed, and remained there for two weeks. "Each day I sent him up his > meals," she said, "and in the evening he would walk a little for exercise, > then return to his work again. Eventually," she said, "he came down from his > study looking very pale. "That's it," he told me, wearily putting two sheets > of paper on the table. And that was his theory of relativity." > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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