Saturday, March 15, 2008

Albert Einstein

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death"

3 comments:

Lord of the Geese® said...

"I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth."

Einstein

raging-atheist said...

that is a good one

Anonymous said...

Man was in a "poor way" up until recent times; life sucked hard. It was probably nice to look forward to an end to the suffering.