Read an article in an April 2007 issue of Time magazine yesterday at (where else?) the doctor’s office about Albert Einstein’s answers to the question of a power beyond science and the immortality of man.
Interesting question to ask a man of science. Basically his reported belief is that there is something beyond our realm of knowledge that is responsible for the organized patterns of the universe, in other words, while not necessarily God, the order is not something Einstein felt was random or without purpose.
"Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in fact, religious."
He also questioned the reality of free will, though this is another whole can of worms whether looked at philosophically or biologically. He did not, however, lean towards a theory of the immortality of man via a soul.
Now that’s quite a twist. Not bound to be a popular theory though; man is interested in the idea of a power or force that oversees nature and man mainly because of the rather selfish concern for his own immortality. If it doesn’t include that possibility, well, who cares?
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Good point. I thought you ought to know.