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PaulK
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Message 17 of 29 (122729)
07-07-2004 2:04 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by mike the wiz
07-07-2004 1:31 PM


It really comes down to a semantic issue. Find out what Einstein meant by "God" - if you're happy to call that "God" then Einstein believed in "God" (to you - and obviously to Einstein, when he was alive). If not then Einstein did not believe in "God" (to you).
Ironically I suspect that most people who say that Einstein beleived in God would fall into the latter count and call him an atheist if they knew what he meant. Let's not forget that Einstein compared his view of God to Spinoza's - and Spinoza was also called an atheist for his beliefs.

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Message 21 of 29 (122795)
07-07-2004 7:19 PM
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07-07-2004 2:21 PM


But that's the point. To most people an impersonal "God" is not a "God" - a "God" is a "person" - an intelligent being capable of conscious thought, decision and action.
"From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist."
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Message 25 of 29 (122899)
07-08-2004 7:02 AM
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07-07-2004 8:13 PM


That just goes back to God not being a person. Are morals important to photons ? To galaxies ?
And if your idea of "defending" the OT is to deny both the OT and NT conceptions of God then I think you need to think much more carefully about the arguments you use.
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