Thursday, January 03, 2008

Albert Einstein

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)

Einstein was a great physicist, but not much of a theologian. This comment reveals that he had not looked very deeply into the the work of many theologians and saints who spent many years grappling with the issues he treats so lightly.


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