“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own—a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty.”
- Albert Einstein, column for The New York Times, Nov. 9, 1930 (reprinted in The New York Times obituary, April 19, 1955)
I think this is a great quote from Einstein. I think it points out how, theologically, we shoudn't create God in our own image. This is simply mythology or biography rather than theology. However, this is quoted in the new humanist campaign over and against the Bible. I think the ultimate irony and in turn the ultimate straw-man is that the humanist campaign seems to be attacking a god they have made up and then follow up their creation by hating and attacking it.
They even have the cut 'n' paste Bible (and Koran) verses...
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Hi, I am from Melbourne.
Please find three references which point out that that is exactly what conventional religion does, and has always done.
www.beezone.com/up/criticismcuresheart.html
www.adidam.org/teaching/aletheon/truth-god.aspx
www.dabase.org/noface.htm
Plus Einstein meets Jesus at:
www.dabase.org/christmc2.htm
Thanks John. I think that is a gross generalisation. The articles are interesting but I don't necessarily find them un-ego-centric!
cheers
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