Dear Alex,
To be a physics teacher is admirable,
and pro-science skepticism is completely
agreeable to me.
To rule against theology having any objective
basis is a separate case. If physics teaching
qualifies a person to rule about theology,
it seems funny that you are teaching Einstein's physics, since his views on a Deity are different than yours.
Isaac Newton, too, not only taught, but developed highly useful basic equations. And he
was quite interested in theology.

I agree with much you say about theology, except your denial there is any objective
basis for it at all.

I don't care if you convince every sign-painter and TV news reader in the world. They are not
_necessarily experts either in your field or the field of speculation about Deity or First Cause.

"There is a tendency to rush to judgement in fields other than our own." Unless we adjust for that tendency.

Cheers, Grouchy

• Einstein not a theist - yanniru - December 4, 2001 - 14:22 UTC
  • Einstein was a theist - harvey1 - December 4, 2001 - 15:45 UTC
  • Both views are supportable - carefuluniverse - December 4, 2001 - 19:21 UTC
    • No, Einstein was very bothered by being called an atheist (nt) - harvey1 - December 4, 2001 - 19:37 UTC
      • I think, Einstein was weak believer. - alexander - December 4, 2001 - 20:11 UTC
        • Actually - harvey1 - December 4, 2001 - 20:29 UTC
          • But we must be careful... - bladesinger - December 4, 2001 - 23:40 UTC
            • Of course - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 00:38 UTC
              • Please define the god that Einstein believed in - yanniru - December 5, 2001 - 14:36 UTC
                • Let me try - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 15:49 UTC
                  • Fortunately, there were never any evidences of God. - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 17:51 UTC
                    • You ignore the evidence - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 19:24 UTC
                      • Really? Evidence? What evidence (of god) do you have? - alexander - December 6, 2001 - 00:49 UTC
                        • My evidence for god - yanniru - December 6, 2001 - 16:06 UTC
                      • Al, you never responded further to this discussion - harvey1 - December 6, 2001 - 02:41 UTC
                    • Have you _defined_ precisely which God(s) you say do not exist - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 23:05 UTC
                • which isn't saying much? - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 23:01 UTC
      • attribution needed in science, news, law - carefuluniverse - December 4, 2001 - 20:30 UTC
        • Wait, wait, okay, I've conjured up my first quote - harvey1 - December 4, 2001 - 20:40 UTC
          • * * * * * *|| * * * * *|| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ! ! ! - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 02:22 UTC
          • Seems that Einstein believed in a mysterious force - yanniru - December 5, 2001 - 14:37 UTC
            • This mysterious force is called math (logic). - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 19:16 UTC
              • You apparently don't understand Einstein - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 19:36 UTC
                • learned everything they know about biography by studying math - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 22:06 UTC