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Re: Einstein and his God.

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From: Bill Hobba
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 22:51
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"Franco" <englishenglish@tin.it> wrote in message
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> Do you think that Einstein proved indirectly God existence?
> He used to say that "God do not play........" and that a personal God is
the
> problem that do no permit faith and reason to go along.
>
> Was Einstein a Believer? An Agnostic? An atheist?

He believed in the God of Spinoza.  Depending on your religious beliefs you
may consider it reasonable, false or even sacrilegious.  That is the problem
with religion - they all hold different beliefs and can not all be correct.

>
> Maybe Einstein demonstrated "indirectly" God existence.
> Why do  science and faith do not talk each other?

Because science is based on the idea of test, hypothesize, test, hypothesize
over and over.  The existence of a God is not amenable to testing (it must
be falsifiable) so science, by its very definition, is not concerned about
it.  If you can think of a test to check on the God hypothesis (ie how it
could be falsifiable) then us know.  Providing it stands up to scrutiny then
it can become part of science.  Trouble is no one has been able to think of
any that is acceptable to both theologians and scientists.

>
> I think Einstein is good for this dialogue between science and Faith.
> I think that Power Of God is important for science too.
> Faith do not need prooves of science, but Einstein made something for
> Faith!!
>
> What do you think of that?

I think you do not understand what science is.

Thanks
Bill
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