02 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
Einstein on Being Raise Religious
When I was a fairly precocious young man I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes and strivings that chase most men restlessly through life. Moreover, I soon discovered the cruelty of that chase, which in those years was much more carefully covered up by hypocrisy and glittering words than is the case today. By the mere existence of his stomach everyone was condemned to participate in that chase. The stomach might well be satisfied by such participation, but not man insofa...We are programmed by our parent's religion, and are freed from the burden of a personal god through rationalism and exploring nature.