Einstein quotes

[Cartoonist]

A nod to Mineral Man's OP

I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings.

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism.

For G:

It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

[MineralMan]

1. Maybe, someday, someone will collect the quotations of those

who write in this DU Group. Maybe. But, probably not, really.

But, as is so often said,

"You have convinced yourself."

[Major Nikon]

2. There's other religions which fall under the realm of pantheism

There were and are numerous native cultures on our continent and others who were decidedly adherents of pantheism. I’m not sure if Buddhism is all that synonymous with those of Spinoza. It’s probably more accurate to say those views are tolerated rather than embraced.