Re: The Principle of Least Action and God.
From: Mitchell (macromitch_at_internetCDS.com)
Date: 08/20/04
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Date: 20 Aug 2004 10:28:37 -0700
Bjoern Feuerbacher <feuerbac@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote in message news:<cg4anf$nih$7@news.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>...
> Mitchell wrote:
> > Bjoern Feuerbacher <feuerbac@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote in message news:<cg24lj$6ke$2@news.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>...
> >
> >>Woodridge wrote:
> >>
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >>
> >>>I report in the following some *explicit* words *written* by Einstein.
> >>>The English title of the work is "How I see the world". I have an
> >>>Italian version and I am going to translate from it, but I have no doubt
> >>>that if you check the English version you’ll find the same concepts and
> >>>contents if not the exact words (I apologise in advance for any error
> >>>and imperfection in the translation).
> >>>
> >>>****
> >>>
> >>>... I cannot imagine a God rewarding and punishing the object of his
> >>>creation, and moreover a God exerting his will in the same way as we do
> >>>on ourselves...
> >>>
> >>>... the human spirit imagines gods more or less similar to us, from
> >>>whose will and actions the events depend... I call this religion the
> >>>religion of terror...
> >>>
> >>>...these religions have a common point: an anthropomorphic God: beyond
> >>>this level there are only very noble men...
> >>>
> >>>...there is another level of the religious life... the cosmic
> >>>religion... no anthropomorphic God idea corresponds to it... we can
> >>>found men filled by this kind of religion... such as Democrito, S.
> >>>Francesco d’Assisi, SPINOZA...
> >>>
> >>>...the existence of a superior mind which manifest itself in the natural
> >>>world is FOR ME the idea of God; in the current language it can be
> >>>called PANTHEISM (SPINOZA).
> >>>
> >>>****
> >>>
> >>>Of course, I extracted some sentences (in sequence), but I can assure
> >>>you that reading the integral text gives the same feeling. In
> >>>particular, a kind of negative judgement on the "traditional" ideas of
> >>>God is very evident. You can trust me, but anyway you can easily check
> >>>on the English version of the book.
> >>>(Anyway, the last sentence does not leave any doubt about the Einstein's
> >>>belief).
> >>
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >>Thanks for providing this!
> >>
> >>
> >
> > So he did think pantheism was close to what he believed.
>
> Err, no. What he describes above *is* essentially pantheism. As he says
> himself!!!
>
>
> > But
> > Einstein said that the longer he lived the stronger his belief in a
> > creator was. From that pantheistic viewpoint he is his creation.
> > I can go for that.
>
> So, do you retract your earlier assertions?
>
>
> Bye,
> Bjoern
You can't stand that he believed in a creator can you Bjoern?
Einstein believed in a creator. And here's my quote:
"I want to know how God created this world. I want to know his thoughts
the rest are details."
Now you tell me Einstein didn't believe in God again Bjoern.
You can't do it.
Mitch Raemsch
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