He did, however, retain from his childhood religious phase, a profound reverence for the harmony and beauty of what he called the mind of God as it was expressed in the creation of the universe and its laws.
re·tain
transitive verb \ri-ˈtān\
Definition of RETAIN
1
a : to keep in possession or use
2
: to hold secure or intact
And…. So what? Whether Einstein did
retain from his childhood any beliefs in the
supernatural is irrelevant.
su•per•nat•u•ral
1. of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
2. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or attributed to God or a deity.
3. of a superlative degree; preternatural: a missile of supernatural speed.
4. of, pertaining to, or attributed to ghosts, goblins, or other unearthly beings; eerie; occult.
(form Dictionary.com)
Einstein’s belief in a gawd or gawds faded as he aged. His belief or disbelief in any gawds is irrelevant in the face of cold, hard facts / evidence and there simply are none in conection with your particular, partisan gawds.
Why don't religious tenets stand
on their own without seeking to analogize from other human conventions or by appeals to authority? Well, it's obvious of course: all spiritual tenets suffer from exactly the same burden as do all other conventions of human origin:
they are of human origin!
You fundies actually prove these false analogies over and over again by alluding to only completely mortal paradigms to explain something you all already admit is really beyond your capacity to understand, let alone explain. This also manifests itself in the myriad times theists must say things like, "you must put away logic; you must see things from a perspective other than reason." Just so: if I perceive something
outside of logic, I am admitting it is
illogical, and if I dismiss the rational, I am admitting it must be
irrational. And given the construction of reality, the illogical and the irrational are not standards by which truth can ever be ascertained.
1.Remember when I stated that there is an unambiguous reference to Jesus in the Constitution….and while you couldn’t deny it….you did insert a disrespectful reference, here:
1. Actually, I remember when you were tasked with providing a single reference for your gawds in the wording of the constitution.
2. You failed.
3. Now, having had your false allegations (with reference to Einstein), refuted, you've taken to
stuttering and mumbling in a desperate attempt to cover your falsehoods.
4. How sad for you.
5. So, yes, You looked so stooooopppid!
6. Additionally, you look dishonest and, well, "stooooopppid" with the falsified "quotes" you posted.
7. Have you forgotten that I already exposed your lies and falsehoods in a thread previous to this one where you posted edited, parsed and manufactured "quotes". We call that being dishonest. Didn't the prayer leader at your Madrassah teach you what lying is and why it's wrong?
8. Are all fundie christians as dishonest as you are?