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To: arun gera who wrote (21098)	8/11/2007 11:12:30 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Respond to of 218084

Einstein was using the word "God" in a metaphorical sense - he could well have used the word "universe" or "laws of physics". He certainly wasn't a believer in the common sense of the word. As a physicist he sought explanations for phenomena through understanding causal relationships, not through reference to divine intervention.

To: arun gera who wrote (21098)	8/11/2007 11:28:39 PM
From: arun gera	Respond to of 218084

ctinquiry.org n a recent book Max Jammer, Rector Emeritus of Bar Lan University in Jerusalem, a former colleague of Albert Einstein at Princeton, claims that Einstein's understanding of physics and his understanding of religion were profoundly bound together, for it seemed to Einstein that nature exhibited traces of God quite like "a natural theology." Indeed it is with the help of natural science that the thoughts of God may be tapped and grasped. 1 On the subject of Einstein and God Friedrich Dürrenmatt once said, "Einstein used to speak of God so often that I almost looked upon him as a disguised theologian." 2 I do not believe these references to God can be dismissed simply as a façon de parler, for God had a deep, if rather elusive, significance for Einstein which was not unimportant for his life and scientific activity. It indicated a deep-seated way of life and thought: "God" was not a theological mode of thought but rather the expression of a "lived faith" (eines gelebten Glaubens).

To: arun gera who wrote (21098)	8/12/2007 12:39:04 AM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218084

Einstein when he made his famous "G-d does not play with Dice" was of course directed at the beginnings of Quantum Theory, which, in fact, he refused to accept to the very end, did at that early time say G-d in the Deist sense, and it was a faith at that time for Einstein. The subsequent events ahead in his life. inclusive of his absolute DESPAIR of the use of the atomic bomb changed him to an agnostic who believed in death he would be no more. Curiously , things have changed sharply in the past 10 years as there has been an awesome revolution in Physics. How awesome. Incredibly so(yesincredibly) such i suggest those that think they have some grasp of the Universe get CRACKING at the new developments. Virtually everything we thought we knew of the Cosmos 10 years ago is on the edge of being destroyed i will provide a link to an introductionary briefing on these developments for interested laymen. Anything is possible now, there is no room for fixed notions any longer. i was once a physics obsessed and militant atheist, in my youth, i am still physics obsessed, but otherwise i have changed deeply. i would say the past 10 years in cosmology/astro-physics has been extremely humbling to the brightest and best. Scientific American has come out and said, such "Science-Fiction" as Philip K Dick's Matrix view now needs to be considered with respect, and seriously. Since Stephen Hawkings is such a famous name, i mention him, he last year said something he would not have said before and that is he now believes Parallel Universes is now a feasible concept. the link For those not into this, but curious. The Hidden Universe/Out There Message 23591199 ( this is first rate in approachability to anyone. --max) Max