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(2007-02-23 02:52:21)
Iftheadvocatesofapartheidhadtheirwitsaboutthemtheywouldclaim-forallIknowtruthfully-thatallowingmixedracesisagainsttheirreligion.Agoodpartoftheoppositionwouldrespectfullytiptoeaway.Anditisnouseclaimingthatthisisanunfairparallelbecauseapartheidhasnorationaljustification.Thewholepointofreligiousfaith,itsstrengthandchiefglory,isthatitdoesnotdependonrationaljustification.Therestofusareexpectedtodefendo...[阅读全文]
(2007-02-22 03:15:43)
Here'saparticularexampleofoursociety'soverweeningrespectforreligion,onethatreallymatters.Byfartheeasiestgroundsforgainingconscientiousobjectorstatusinwartimearereligious.Youcanbeabrilliantmoralphilosopherwithaprizewinningdoctoralthesisexpoundingtheevilsofwar,andstillbegivenahardtimebyadraftboardevaluatingyourclaimtobeaconscientiousobjector.YetifyoucansaythatoneorbothofyourparentsisaQuakeryousailth...[阅读全文]
(2007-02-21 01:30:25)
Amusingly,Sagan'slastpointwasforeshadowedbytheReverendDrFultonJ.Sheen,aprofessorattheCatholicUniversityofAmerica,aspartofafierceattackuponEinstein's1940disavowalofapersonalGod.SheensarcasticallyaskedwhetheranyonewouldbepreparedtolaydownhislifefortheMilkyWay.HeseemedtothinkhewasmakingapointagainstEinstein,ratherthan*forhim,forheadded:'Thereisonlyonefaultwithhiscosmicalreligion:heputanextraletterint...[阅读全文]
(2007-02-20 01:29:38)
AnAmericanRomanCatholiclawyer,workingonbehalfofan
ecumenicalcoalition,wrotetoEinstein:
Wedeeplyregretthatyoumadeyourstatement...in
whichyouridiculetheideaofapersonalGod.Inthepast
tenyearsnothinghasbeensocalculatedtomakepeople
thinkthatHitlerhadsomereasontoexpeltheJewsfrom
Germanyasyourstatement.Concedingyourrighttofree
speech,Istillsaythatyourstatementconstitutesyouas阅读全文]
ecumenicalcoalition,wrotetoEinstein:
Wedeeplyregretthatyoumadeyourstatement...in
whichyouridiculetheideaofapersonalGod.Inthepast
tenyearsnothinghasbeensocalculatedtomakepeople
thinkthatHitlerhadsomereasontoexpeltheJewsfrom
Germanyasyourstatement.Concedingyourrighttofree
speech,Istillsaythatyourstatementconstitutesyouas
(2007-02-19 23:34:15)
OneofEinstein'smosteagerlyquotedremarksis'Science
withoutreligionislame,religionwithoutscienceisblind.'But
Einsteinalsosaid,
Itwas,ofcourse,aliewhatyoureadaboutmyreligious
convictions,aliewhichisbeingsystematicallyrepeated.I
donotbelieveinapersonalGodandIhaveneverdenied
thisbuthaveexpresseditclearly.Ifsomethingisinme
whichcanbecalledreligiousthenitistheunbounded
adm...[阅读全文]
withoutreligionislame,religionwithoutscienceisblind.'But
Einsteinalsosaid,
Itwas,ofcourse,aliewhatyoureadaboutmyreligious
convictions,aliewhichisbeingsystematicallyrepeated.I
donotbelieveinapersonalGodandIhaveneverdenied
thisbuthaveexpresseditclearly.Ifsomethingisinme
whichcanbecalledreligiousthenitistheunbounded
adm...[阅读全文]
