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>Einstein was an agnostic. He specifically denied believing in a<BR>personal God. <BR><BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR>Entirely untrue. He was not agnostic but a believer. Remember Einstein's often used quip to Bohr, that "God does not play dice."? Time magazine did an interview with him--you can probably find it on-line--where he discusses his belief in God. They also did another piece in 2006 about his stated belief, and how the Christians tried unsuccesfully to make him a poster boy--his God was static and non-interventionist. But if you do the research, you'll see enough to convince yourself, I think. BTW, he referred to God as "the Old One."<BR><BR>
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<P><BR>> From: stathisp@gmail.com<BR>> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:44:28 +1000<BR>> To: extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<BR>> Subject: Re: [ExI] atheists de-baptize unbelievers:<BR>> <BR>> 2010/7/21 darren shawn greer <dgreer_68@hotmail.com><BR>> ><BR>> > >They're not all bad but they're still wrong. Truth is not a matter of<BR>> > >utility: if the belief in a flat Earth could be shown to have a<BR>> > >calming, positive influence on the life of the believer it is no less<BR>> > >a false belief for that. The flat-earthers are generally harmless folk<BR>> > >and perhaps we should leave them alone, but if they had vast amounts<BR>> > >of money and influence and went about successfully turning people to<BR>> > >their view they should be vigorously opposed.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > If it were a matter of something as concrete as a flat earth, then you simply show a picture of a round earth and there ends your argument. Any further discussion of flat earth is simply delusion. But it's unfortunately not a matter of the physical universe. There is neither anything in the universe that points to the necessity of a creator, nor anything that absolutely precludes one. As Huston Smith says, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."<BR>> <BR>> There are infinitely many propositions that can neither be proved nor<BR>> disproved, and the way we deal with them is for the most part to<BR>> ignore them. Have you ever tried arguing with someone who is<BR>> clinically diagnosed with a psychotic disorder? They have a ready<BR>> answer to every objection you raise to their delusional beliefs.<BR>> <BR>> Einstein was a believer in a God, because the laws he uncovered were<BR>> so immutable and precise he could not imagine a process of physical<BR>> creation without one. Was Einstein deluded? Perhaps. He still<BR>> contributed greatly to modern science, as I doubt anyone here will<BR>> argue.<BR>> <BR>> Einstein was an agnostic. He specifically denied believing in a<BR>> personal God. Still, it is possible to be deluded about one part od<BR>> reality and still function relatively normally. In psychiatry that<BR>> forms the distinction between delusional disorder and paranoid<BR>> schizophrenia.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --<BR>> Stathis Papaioannou<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> extropy-chat mailing list<BR>> extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<BR>> http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<BR>
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