(April 20, 2011 at 8:22 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: PS - just for all the Christians out there clutching onto Einstein:
We can fight all you want about the finer points of his belief, but stop trying to claim him for your side. Even if he did believe in a personal god, he was Jewish. Get the fuck over it.
Thats just it, he has written several times that he did not believe in a personal god, but that doesnt stop Christians from claiming that when he said "god doesnt play dice..yadda yadda" that he was talking about their God, and because of that, Jesus also.
Talk about a stretch. I wonder what they would do if he said "Allah didnt play dice". You would probably se a lot of fundies, who other wise would not do it, claim that Allah is the same as Jesus just so they can get Einsteins stamp of approval.
Then again, these fundies have a hard time understanding that Jewish people can still be Jewish and atheist at the same time...it blows their freaking minds.