> He also advised FDR not to do it, and was extremely, and devoutly
> religious.
lol... uh, no Einstein was NOT devoutly religious... while he did
sometimes use God as a reference for certain things, if anything he
was agnostic.
"Only Buddhism is compatible with science. It covers the smallest
particles to the largest creations of the cosmos. It is the only
religion capable of scientific truth." - Albert Einstein
Does this sound like a guy who is supporting Judaism or religion?
Buddhists don't believe in a God Greg.
And another great American scientist Carl Sagan as eulogized by his
wife Ann Druyan ...
When my husband died, because he was so famous
and known for not being a believer, many people
would come up to me--it still sometimes happens--
and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted
to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask
me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death
with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in
illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would
never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be
reunited with Carl.
But, the great thing is that when we were together,
for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid
appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We
never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending
it was anything other than a final parting. Every
single moment that we were alive and we were
together was miraculous--not miraculous in the
sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we
were beneficiaries of chance. . . . That pure chance
could be so generous and so kind. . . . That we
could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in
_Cosmos_, you know, in the vastness of space and
the immensity of time. . . . That we could be together
for twenty years. That is something which sustains
me and it's much more meaningful. . . . The way he
treated me and the way I treated him, the way we
took care of each other and our family, while he
lived. That is so much more important than the idea
I will see him someday.
I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him.
We saw each other. We found each other in the
cosmos, and that was wonderful.
Copyright (c)2003 Ann Druyan
Sorry Greg, he never believed in illusions either.
> It was a dem congress that killed the Superconducting Super Collider
> in 1993
Probably because they already have one! And instead invested in the
much larger one in Europe.
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