Nurse: Professor, do you believe in God. Einstein: My dear, I have spent my whole life trying to watch him work
On Feb 16, 10:16 am, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 16, 9:40 am, GregfromBoston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > He also advised FDR not to do it, and was extremely, and devoutly > > religious. > > lol... uh, no Einstein was NOT devoutly religious... while he did > sometimes use God as a reference for certain things, if anything he > was agnostic. > > "Only Buddhism is compatible with science. It covers the smallest > particles to the largest creations of the cosmos. It is the only > religion capable of scientific truth." - Albert Einstein > > Does this sound like a guy who is supporting Judaism or religion? > Buddhists don't believe in a God Greg. > > And another great American scientist Carl Sagan as eulogized by his > wife Ann Druyan ... > > When my husband died, because he was so famous > and known for not being a believer, many people > would come up to me--it still sometimes happens-- > and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted > to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask > me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death > with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in > illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would > never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be > reunited with Carl. > > But, the great thing is that when we were together, > for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid > appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We > never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending > it was anything other than a final parting. Every > single moment that we were alive and we were > together was miraculous--not miraculous in the > sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we > were beneficiaries of chance. . . . That pure chance > could be so generous and so kind. . . . That we > could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in > _Cosmos_, you know, in the vastness of space and > the immensity of time. . . . That we could be together > for twenty years. That is something which sustains > me and it's much more meaningful. . . . The way he > treated me and the way I treated him, the way we > took care of each other and our family, while he > lived. That is so much more important than the idea > I will see him someday. > > I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. > We saw each other. We found each other in the > cosmos, and that was wonderful. > > Copyright (c)2003 Ann Druyan > > Sorry Greg, he never believed in illusions either. > > > It was a dem congress that killed the Superconducting Super Collider > > in 1993 > > Probably because they already have one! And instead invested in the > much larger one in Europe. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
