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Belief in God childish, Jews not chosen people: Einstein
I always knew Eienstein was batting on the side of the rational:
“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
“No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this,” he wrote in the letter written on January 3, 1954 to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, cited by The Guardian newspaper.
From Belief in God childish, Jews not chosen people: Einstein – ABC News
The Root of all Evil
I’ve been watching Richard Dawkins “The Root of All Evil,” which is his television adaptation of his book “The God Delusion”. Dawkins runs through most of the major points of his book and finds more hits than misses in this TV converstion. Despite this, he was completely overwhelmed by the conviction and eloquence of both Pastor Ted Haggard and Yusef Kattab and came across looking like a scared angry little twerp. It is oh-so-obvious that Dawkins best thinking comes at time of introspection, rather than by interaction with others. His interview scenes exhibit his thinest, almost childish arguments for the non-existance of god. There are certainly thousands of lines in the book that simply shred the logic of the interviewees, but he fails to conjure them and simply ends up looking flustered. Better stick to words Richard.
Not essential viewing for those questioning faith, but not a bad way to blow a couple of hours on a Sunday evening.
