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He could have pulled that out his #*! or someone on the net could have made it up to counter his God letter.
I'm not doubting him, but I just would like the source thank you.
The word God is nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness.
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He could have pulled that out his #*! or someone on the net could have made it up to counter his God letter.
I'm not doubting him, but I just would like the source thank you.
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1. it's a fairly well known quote
2. i wasn't implying that a source wasn't relevant, rather that like Zik has said, the fact that Einstein admits to the likelihood of a higher power has little to do with the essence of this thread and it certainly doesn't discredit the letter above.
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1. it's a fairly well known quote
2. i wasn't implying that a source wasn't relevant, rather that like Zik has said, the fact that Einstein admits to the likelihood of a higher power has little to do with the essence of this thread and it certainly doesn't discredit the letter above.
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everyone in this thread is gonna try to interpret his quotes in a way that supports their own beliefs
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everyone in this thread is gonna try to interpret his quotes in a way that supports their own beliefs
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i would like to hear how a religious person could interpret the original quote in favor of religion
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i would like to hear how a religious person could interpret the original quote in favor of religion
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i ve seen prayers come true and lived miracles .. divine intervention ... ive witnessed it .. #%!$ einstein
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i ve seen prayers come true and lived miracles .. divine intervention ... ive witnessed it .. #%!$ einstein
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somehow i doubt that.
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somehow i doubt that.
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hahahahaha perfect execution!Originally Posted by FIRST B0RN
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hahahahaha perfect execution!Originally Posted by FIRST B0RN
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Cool story Einstein
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Cool story Einstein
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What movie is that gif from?
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What movie is that gif from?
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you aint seen #!#@.
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you aint seen #!#@.
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Don't know how to quote correctly, but this is another one of Einstein's letter that I had to read in school.
A child in the sixth grade in a Sunday School in New York City, withthe encouragement of her teacher, wrote to Einstein in Princeton on 19January I936 asking him whether scientists pray, and if so what they prayfor. Einstein replied as follows on 24 January 1936:
"I have tried to respond to your question as simply as I could. Hereis my answer.
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takesplace is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for theactions of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly beinclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. bya wish addressed to a supernatural Being.
However, it must be admitted that our actual knowledge of these lawsis only imperfect and fragmentary, so that, actually, the belief in theexistence of basic all-embracing laws in Nature also rests on a sort offaith. All the same this faith has been largely justified so far by thesuccess of scientific research.
But, on the other hand, every one who is seriously involved in the pursuitof science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of theUniverse -- a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the faceof which we with our modest powers must feel humble. In this way the pursuitof science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort, which is indeedquite different from the religiosity of someone more naive."
A child in the sixth grade in a Sunday School in New York City, withthe encouragement of her teacher, wrote to Einstein in Princeton on 19January I936 asking him whether scientists pray, and if so what they prayfor. Einstein replied as follows on 24 January 1936:
"I have tried to respond to your question as simply as I could. Hereis my answer.
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takesplace is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for theactions of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly beinclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. bya wish addressed to a supernatural Being.
However, it must be admitted that our actual knowledge of these lawsis only imperfect and fragmentary, so that, actually, the belief in theexistence of basic all-embracing laws in Nature also rests on a sort offaith. All the same this faith has been largely justified so far by thesuccess of scientific research.
But, on the other hand, every one who is seriously involved in the pursuitof science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of theUniverse -- a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the faceof which we with our modest powers must feel humble. In this way the pursuitof science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort, which is indeedquite different from the religiosity of someone more naive."
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Don't know how to quote correctly, but this is another one of Einstein's letter that I had to read in school.
A child in the sixth grade in a Sunday School in New York City, withthe encouragement of her teacher, wrote to Einstein in Princeton on 19January I936 asking him whether scientists pray, and if so what they prayfor. Einstein replied as follows on 24 January 1936:
"I have tried to respond to your question as simply as I could. Hereis my answer.
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takesplace is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for theactions of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly beinclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. bya wish addressed to a supernatural Being.
However, it must be admitted that our actual knowledge of these lawsis only imperfect and fragmentary, so that, actually, the belief in theexistence of basic all-embracing laws in Nature also rests on a sort offaith. All the same this faith has been largely justified so far by thesuccess of scientific research.
But, on the other hand, every one who is seriously involved in the pursuitof science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of theUniverse -- a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the faceof which we with our modest powers must feel humble. In this way the pursuitof science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort, which is indeedquite different from the religiosity of someone more naive."
A child in the sixth grade in a Sunday School in New York City, withthe encouragement of her teacher, wrote to Einstein in Princeton on 19January I936 asking him whether scientists pray, and if so what they prayfor. Einstein replied as follows on 24 January 1936:
"I have tried to respond to your question as simply as I could. Hereis my answer.
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takesplace is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for theactions of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly beinclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. bya wish addressed to a supernatural Being.
However, it must be admitted that our actual knowledge of these lawsis only imperfect and fragmentary, so that, actually, the belief in theexistence of basic all-embracing laws in Nature also rests on a sort offaith. All the same this faith has been largely justified so far by thesuccess of scientific research.
But, on the other hand, every one who is seriously involved in the pursuitof science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of theUniverse -- a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the faceof which we with our modest powers must feel humble. In this way the pursuitof science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort, which is indeedquite different from the religiosity of someone more naive."