I also noted earlier that neither Einstein nor Darwin were atheist, but rather agnostic--the sensible choice of the two.. Let's start with Einstein.

The poster who quibbled with my assertion--no fool he---made sure to say that any evidence I might bring up could not be "out of context".   Thus giving himself an easy out to claim that anything I might cite was in fact "out of context".

Recognizing therefore, that talking to that person might possibly be talking to the wall, here are a few quotes from Einstein himself.   You are welcome to provide your own quotes, realizing of course that, like you, I will also be interested in the context.




"The bigotry of the non-believer is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer."
(Quoted in:    Einstein's God (1997)

Excellent point, Albert, and wonderfully applicable on this thread.   Especially since the bigotry of the believer has not been in evidence on the thread.



"I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.   You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth."

(Letter to Guy H Raner, Jr. 28 Sept 1949, quoted by Michael R. Gilmore in "Skeptic" Vol 5, No. 2.)

"crusading spirit of the professional atheist".    I wonder if any of our Mudcat atheists' ears are burning.

Mr. Dawkins has a good excuse;   after all, his main goal is to sell books; he doesn't have to necessarily believe anything of what he writes.




"There are people who say that there is no God. But what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views."

Source:   Hubertus Loewenstein:   Toward the Farther Shore, 1968, p 156.




"Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in fact, religious."


Source: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler,   (published 2002)






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