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To: Jolla
saw the series on Einstein, one time this guy ask Einstein if he fears God, his reply - he scares me to death.

I've never seen that quote from Einstein. Can you document it? On the other hand:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_philosophical_views_of_Albert_Einstein#Agnosticism,_atheism,_and_deism

From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist. ... It is always misleading to use anthropomorphical concepts in dealing with things outside the human sphere—childish analogies. We have to admire in humility the beautiful harmony of the structure of this world—as far as we can grasp it, and that is all."

In a 1950 letter to M. Berkowitz, Einstein stated that "My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment."

40 posted on 03/01/2019 10:24:16 AM PST by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.”)
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To: Simon Green

Can you document it?

It was a tv miniseries, not sure all of the lines in the series were a quote


60 posted on 03/01/2019 1:28:54 PM PST by Jolla
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