Re: [asa] Einstein = 1 for Dawkins

George Murphy wrote:
>
> The letter referred to in the article was written a bit more than a
> year before Einstein's death. It doesn't represent Einstein at the
> peak of his powers.
>
Indeed, it would seem not. Anyway one wonders how the word "honourable"
coexists with "primitive" and "pretty childish". In the context of the
rest of the letter it would seem the latter characterizations won out
for him. But why the little caveat of ambivalence? Always trying to
leave that foot in the door... Also, if he had said "catalog" rather
than "product" of human weaknesses, he would have been nearer the truth.

--Merv

>
> *From:* Dehler, Bernie <mailto:bernie.dehler@intel.com>
> *To:* asa@calvin.edu <mailto:asa@calvin.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:49 PM
> *Subject:* [asa] Einstein = 1 for Dawkins
>
> In today's news. Does this article nail it per Einstein's view on
> religion? Sounds like Dawkins:
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>
>
> Einstein:
> "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and
> product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable,
> but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish."
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> ...Bernie
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>

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Received on Tue May 13 22:28:31 2008