RE: The only human being to have won 2 unshared Nobel Prizes was an atheist.
March 14, 2018 at 3:21 am
(March 14, 2018 at 3:03 am)Little Rik Wrote:(March 14, 2018 at 1:28 am)Grandizer Wrote: Like I said, he was a romantic pantheist, not a literal one. This quote doesn't contradict what I'm saying. In fact, he clearly said elsewhere that he was not a pantheist (nor an atheist, for that matter). Literally speaking, he was an agnostic atheist, though he didn't like the word "atheist" itself.
So you reckon that Albert didn't mean what he said?
You are funny Grand but to me your point is a bit cunning.
So are you, Little Rik (no one is funnier than you, I'm sure), but have you not heard of poetry? Or should we take people for granted that they literally believe the sun rises in the east when they talk about the sun rising?
Observe these quotes from Einstein carefully:
"I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist."
"My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment."
https://owlcation.com/humanities/Einstei...st-Atheist