Comments on: Einstein was pretty much an atheist http://www.lolife.com/2007/10/einstein-was-pretty-much-an-atheist/ blunt observations Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael http://www.lolife.com/2007/10/einstein-was-pretty-much-an-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Michael Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:02:21 +0000 http://www.lolife.com/newblog/2007/10/29/einstein-was-pretty-much-an-atheist/#comment-852 You're not listening. Einstein is also used, incorrectly, by theists. He certainly wasn't a theist. You should look up deist if you are not familiar with the word. It is essentially an non-personal God who winds up the clock and disappears. I don't care, BTW, whether Einstein was a theist or not. We are emerging from a time when everyone was a theist. Newton, Galileo, etc. were all theists. Like I said, I do understand your point in quoting Einstein. <a href="http://www.lolife.com/blog/archives/000258.html" rel="nofollow">I've posted similar thoughts</a> about the mysteries we face. But I think Einstein's views on this subject are dated and often misconstrued by theists wanting for his support. You’re not listening. Einstein is also used, incorrectly, by theists. He certainly wasn’t a theist. You should look up deist if you are not familiar with the word. It is essentially an non-personal God who winds up the clock and disappears.

I don’t care, BTW, whether Einstein was a theist or not. We are emerging from a time when everyone was a theist. Newton, Galileo, etc. were all theists.

Like I said, I do understand your point in quoting Einstein. I’ve posted similar thoughts about the mysteries we face. But I think Einstein’s views on this subject are dated and often misconstrued by theists wanting for his support.

]]> By: micadelic http://www.lolife.com/2007/10/einstein-was-pretty-much-an-atheist/comment-page-1/#comment-851 micadelic Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:01:32 +0000 http://www.lolife.com/newblog/2007/10/29/einstein-was-pretty-much-an-atheist/#comment-851 <p>Hmmm, "pretty much an atheist" but "technically probably a deist?" Sounds like a "little bit pregnant" to me.</p> <p>Just want to pull out a couple of direct quotes from Einstein for anyone who didn't read my entire post...</p> <blockquote><em>I'm not an atheist.</em></blockquote> <blockquote><em>There are people who say there is no God, but what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views.</em></blockquote> <p>So, don't know what to call him but Einstein was pretty much <em>not</em> an atheist.</p> <p>I kind of thought his writings and expressed views on the subject were quite beautiful.</p> Hmmm, “pretty much an atheist” but “technically probably a deist?” Sounds like a “little bit pregnant” to me.

Just want to pull out a couple of direct quotes from Einstein for anyone who didn’t read my entire post…

I’m not an atheist.

There are people who say there is no God, but what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views.

So, don’t know what to call him but Einstein was pretty much not an atheist.

I kind of thought his writings and expressed views on the subject were quite beautiful.

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