prasad1
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Einstein didn’t believe that prayer had any influence on the course of events in a person’s life. In 1936, a young girl in New York named Phyllis sent Einstein a letter asking him whether scientists prayed. In the letter, posted by Brain Pickings from a larger volume of Einstein’s letters answering children’s’ questions, he replied that since scientists believe that everything in the world must fall under the laws of nature, they don’t believe that a wish can be granted by a supernatural force.
However, he admitted that science itself bears evidence that there is some spirit in the world that shows itself through the laws of nature.
“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that some spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe, one that is vastly superior to that of man,” Einstein wrote. “In this way the pursuit of science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort, which is surely quite different from the religiosity of someone more naive.”
In a 1954 essay for NPR, Einstein gave a succinct and beautiful explanation of his views on the possibility of this higher power:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...e3d6a9d9?cps=gravity_4318_-405431761074772666
However, he admitted that science itself bears evidence that there is some spirit in the world that shows itself through the laws of nature.
“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that some spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe, one that is vastly superior to that of man,” Einstein wrote. “In this way the pursuit of science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort, which is surely quite different from the religiosity of someone more naive.”
In a 1954 essay for NPR, Einstein gave a succinct and beautiful explanation of his views on the possibility of this higher power:
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the Mysterious — the knowledge of the existence of something unfathomable to us, the manifestation of the most profound reason coupled with the most brilliant beauty. I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, or who has a will of the kind we experience in ourselves. I am satisfied with the mystery of life’s eternity and with the awareness of — and glimpse into — the marvelous construction of the existing world together with the steadfast determination to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature. This is the basics of cosmic religiosity, and it appears to me that the most important function of art and science is to awaken this feeling among the receptive and keep it alive.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...e3d6a9d9?cps=gravity_4318_-405431761074772666
