On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi John Clark > > Einstein is as welcome to his beliefs as Christians > are to theirs and as your scepticism is to you. > None of this is provable, so please keep your > beliefs to yourself. > Roger, you have to admit this is a bit funny coming from you... > > > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > *From:* John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> > *Receiver:* everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com> > *Time:* 2013-01-21, 12:32:38 > *Subject:* Re: HOW YOU CAN BECOME A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN IN JUST 4 STEPS. > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013� Jason Resch <jasonre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What you say above reminded me of what Einstein said on religion: >> > > Let's look at a few more quotations about what Einstein had to say about > religion: > > **" it was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious > convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe > in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it > clearly.� If something is in me which can be called religious then it is > the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our > science can reveal it." > > **"I have never imputed to Nature a purpose or a goal, or anything that > could be understood as anthropomorphic. What I see in Nature is a > magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and > that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility" > > "The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive." > > "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." > "I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the > structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to > appreciate it.� > When Einstein moved to America his religious views, or rather lack of > them, did not always go over well with the native hillbillies and he got > some strange letters: > > "Professor Einstein, I believe that every Christian in America will answer > you, "We will not give up our belief in our God and his son Jesus Christ, > but we invite you, if you do not believe in the God of the people of this > nation, to go back where you came from." I have done everything in my power > to be a blessing to Israel, and then you come along and with one statement > from your blasphemous tongue, do more to hurt the cause of your people than > all the efforts of the Christians who love Israel can do to stamp out > anti-Semitism in our land. Professor Einstein, every Christian in America > will immediately reply to you, "Take your crazy, fallacious theory of > evolution and go back to Germany where you came from, or stop trying to > break down the faith of a people who gave you a welcome when you were > forced to flee your native land." > > "We deeply regret that you made your statement in which you ridicule the > idea of a personal God. In the past ten years nothing has been so > calculated to make people think that Hitler had some reason to expel the > Jews from Germany as your statement. Conceding your right to free speech, I > still say that your statement constitutes you as one of the greatest > sources of discord in America." > > � John K Clark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
