[meteorite-list] OT transpermia vs. God vs. Science

[JoshuaTreeMuseum]

Einstein was a Deist who went to Catholic School.

One particular evening in 1929, the year he turned 50, captures Einstein's 
middle-age deistic faith. He and his wife were at a dinner party in Berlin 
when a guest expressed a belief in astrology. Einstein ridiculed the notion 
as pure superstition. Another guest stepped in and similarly disparaged 
religion. Belief in God, he insisted, was likewise a superstition.

At this point the host tried to silence him by invoking the fact that even 
Einstein harbored religious beliefs. "It isn't possible!" the skeptical 
guest said, turning to Einstein to ask if he was, in fact, religious. "Yes, 
you can call it that," Einstein replied calmly. "Try and penetrate with our 
limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the 
discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible 
and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can 
comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in fact, religious."



http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1607298-2,00.html


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Phil Whitmer