Einstein’s letter of 1954

[Mehran Basti]

Dear Newsgroup:

Note: Since issues about Einstein are related to universe, science,
religion and educational issues at large, it will be quoted in each
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Any specific scientific issues like special relativity, etc will be
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The following news was on CBC on May 15,2008:

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/15/einstein-letter.html

{
Einstein letter dismissing God sells for
$330,000 US
Last Updated: Thursday, May 15, 2008 | 5:19 PM ET
CBC News
A letter written by Albert Einstein in which he dismissed belief in
God as a “product of human weaknesses” was auctioned off Thursday for
more than $330,000 US, destroying previous selling records of letters
by the renowned physicist.

The letter, written in German in 1954 to philosopher Eric Gutkind, was
sold in London, England, by Bloomsbury Auctions to a private
collector. It had initially been expected to fetch between $12,000 US
and $16,000 US.

“It beats the world record for an Einstein letter by about four
times," managing director Rupert Powell told the Guardian newspaper.
"It's a massive difference."

In the letter, Einstein writes "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."

Einstein, who was Jewish, also rejects the notion that Jews were God’s
chosen people
"For me, the Jewish religion like all other religions is an
incarnation of the most childish superstitions,"

he wrote.

He added that "the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong, and with
whose mentality I have a deep affinity, have no different quality for
me than all other people.

“As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other
human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a
lack of power. Otherwise, I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them."

Einstein's religious and spiritual beliefs have been the subject of
much speculation by both believers and skeptics.}

My own comments:

Well, such an understanding about God, demonstrates that he had an
overall narrow viewpoint about the universe.

I imagine he was possibly out of his mind a year before his death.

It seems Einstein had conflicting viewpoints presented in the past
about God.

Dr.M.Basti

[Mustapha Phuq]

On Jul 6, 2:24 am, Mehran Basti <Basti...@aol.com> wrote:

> It seems Einstein had conflicting viewpoints presented in the past
> about God.

Whereas you had conflicting viewpoints when you spammed uk.rec.sheds

See http://tinyurl.com/6yzxdc for more proof.

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Have a good sheikh and it might work.