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Originally Posted by janus  yeah, and...?
not really front page news, despite the propsenity for 7+ letter words, right? |
Actually, janus, it is rather noteworthy...as the article states....
"The handwritten piece, in German, is not listed in the source material of the most authoritative academic text on the subject, Max Jammer's book Einstein and Religion."
...if you google "Einstein and religion", a 30+ page preview of Max Jammer's 1999 book appears(isn't the internet great?). I just read it and it is abundantly clear that the genius, Einstein, was smart enough to know that he could never disprove God's existence(unlike the great intellects here at EOG, OSUCOWARD, dirty, and winkyduck among others). He was constantly searching for the truth. And the truth is that the title of this thread does NOT accurately describe his very complex thoughts and feelings about religion.
I would think the Shrink in particular, as a Jew, with a certain admitted propensity to Christianity, would find Einstein's views fascinating. Here's a snippet from the book preview which I found interesting...
....O shit, I couldn't cut and paste from the preview, but it's on page 22 of the preview, a quote from a 1929 Saturday Evening Post interview by G.S. Vierick.