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5th Annual Konkan Fruit Fest
Promenade, D B Bandodkar Road, Panaji, Goa
16-18, May 2008
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-May/073789.html
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--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Einstein was a Jew? I thought he was an atheist.
> So, who knows which heaven he found himself in, or
>maybe he had a choice:-))
>
Please read "Einstein: The Life and Times" by Ronald
Clark to find out the fact that he was born in a
Jewish family, that throughout his life he strongly
aligned himself with the Jewish identity, and fancied
with the notion of an impersonal divinity, which Clark
and others have referred to as Spinoza's god. He
simply did not believe in a personal God or a Biblical
God.
But please note that Einstein certainly did not have
anything to do with Christianity, as might be implied
from the earlier speculation about his coming
face-to-face with St. Peter.
>
>This too, is a possibility, but Christianity does
>not consider everybody else a fool, as the Cardinal
>was trying to say.
>
A fool may be too strong a word for one who is not so
clever (Please see below). The Cardinal was referring
only to atheists, and perhaps, some agnostics, but not
to Hindus, Muslims, Jews, etc. None of them expect to
come face-to-face with St. Peter.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Einstein may have gotten a big shock when he came
> face-to-face with St. Peter and realized he wasn't
as >clever as he thought he was.
>
