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“The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer.”
-Albert Einstein
Belief (or non-belief) does not inoculate against bigotry.
On Bigotry and Belief
Albert Einstein – His Words in Today's Context
Albert Einstein Quotes Reconsidered
Einstein wrote his true feelings in a letter 1 year before his passing; the famous Einstein God Letter. It has recently resurfaced according to Richard Dawkins:
http://old.richarddawkins.net/articles/646768-albert-einstein-s-historic-1954-god-letter-handwritten-shortly-before-his-death
So now we know what the great Albert Einstein really thinks.
A few key quotes to illustrate that Einstein did not believe in bigotry, and/or God:
“And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them.”
“… The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.”
Thank you for posting tha link; that is arguably one the most thoughtful and profound letters I’ve ever read.
I knew Albert Einstein as a giant of physics/science but now also as a wonderful writer of prose.
FYI: just found this letter also in “letters of note”
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/word-god-is-product-of-human-weakness.html
love him. Doing a project on him for school in science.
Einstein has been shown to be fundamentally incorrect through published scientific articles.
An open letter to NASA, ESA & CERN.
The paradigm of physics adopted by NASA, ESA & CERN has been shown to be fundamentally incorrect & baseless through published scientific article “Experimental & Theoretical Evidences of Fallacy of Space-time Concept and Actual State of Existence of the Physical Universe’ (www.indjst.org; March2012) available at http://www.indjst.org/index.php/indjst/article/view/30369/26297 and consequently openly challenged & the open challenge is available at http://www.worldsci.org/php/index.php?tab0=Abstracts&tab1=Display&id=6476&tab=2 and also at http://www.gsjournal.net/Science-Journals/Essays/View/4018.
Are not you under moral obligation to accept the challenge before proceeding any further with wastage of public money on the name of research?
Great though! Thanks for shearing! People often fear, when deliberately forget some common things, that they may have got brain disease. This is true for many people around the world every day .wannabeeinstein.com
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
Albert Einstein