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Old 05-01-2008, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Oregon Elephant View Post
That's a very broad paraphrase. I'll answer with an actual quote from him (1930) - "I can't answer with a simple yes or no. I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see a universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws, but only dimly understand these laws. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that moves the constellations."

Einstein has always denied the religious church and organised religion but he never denies the presense of a creator.
Which is all I'm doing. (And actually, yes Einstein does deny to presence of a creator plenty of times.) Religion (organized religion, if you prefer) is complete & utter bull$hit. Which is Carlin's point.
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