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The Swift Justice Of Cosmetology
Actually, refried, I think it was Grant who first proposed the existence of the clandestine GHC, back in comment #1. Pete seems to have confirmed it, in comment #6. You're obviously not a member. :)— November 20, 2009 10:42 p.m.
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I stand corrected, Daniels. It WAS you: ----------------------------------------- antigeekasstoophat, so you smack lightly of ancient Egypt. SurfP is a tweaker, no doubt, as is fumbler. PP, we do not care if you cheat on us. Please philander away, wayyyy away. By SDaniels 10:45 p.m., Aug 25, 2009 > Report it ----------------------------------------- I owe you a drink for that one when I get down to SD. :)— November 20, 2009 10:23 p.m.
San Diego Coalition of Reason
Re #56: <sigh> The paper was 22 pages long (not including the bib), 7 over what it was supposed to be. Quotes were edited for brevity, and some of the ones I didn't he said I should have. I have only the edited version of quote #4. It's within a group chosen from pages 41-43 of "Ideas and Opinions," translated by Sonja Bargmann. New York: Crown Publishers, 1954. http://www.amazon.com/Ideas-Opinions-Albert-Einst… I was trying to avoid publishing the 'entire' bibliography. And the dates of the works quoted won't match the dates that Einstein said them, which aren't always given. Section 1 of the paper is entitled, "Einstein the Pantheist?" The first sentence in it is, "Even Einstein himself seemed not to know." This is due to his contradictory statements, which you see above. He fist stated that he didn't "think" he could call himself a pantheist in 1926. He seemed unsure. By 1929, however, he stated that he had a pantheistic conception of God. It seems that in that span, he became familiar with Spinoza. None of this conflicted in the least with his Judaism, in his view.— November 20, 2009 10:16 p.m.
The Swift Justice Of Cosmetology
Dude, I'm all about that Way Huge Swollen Pickle Fuzz thingy! That is a most entertaining CL poster, right there. The work of Batmakeupman? http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/size:large/… http://www.faceandbodypainting.com/sitebuilder/im… On a somber note, and for the ladies, I also found this interesting pic of Heath Ledger with Joker scars, before application of the rest of the makeup. http://img369.imageshack.us/i/nomakeupjokerenms9.… Takes my breath. There was something really extraordinary about that guy.— November 20, 2009 9:28 p.m.
Funny Joke
Heheh. Yup, I heard a radio-friendly version of that one from Lamar on the Bob and Sheri show a while back. It moved a little faster. Punch line was more like, "No problem! I can get both of those in one shot!" :)— November 20, 2009 9:07 p.m.
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Verdict: By 1929, Einstein was a pantheist, in the tradition of Baruch Spinoza. He said so himself. (See quote #3 above, from "Ideas and Opinions.") http://pantheism.net/— November 20, 2009 8:45 p.m.
San Diego Coalition of Reason
More Einstein quotes, first expanding on one mentioned by Fred. The preceding sentences that he's omitted are very telling, and very beautiful: #1. "The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitve forms are accessible to our minds -- it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitutes true religiosity; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a very religious man." -- Einstein, "The World as I See It," and "Ideas and Opinions." ************************************************ #2. "I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist." -- 1926, in response to George Sylvester Viereck when asked if he believed in Spinoza's God. Quoted by Denis Brian in "Einstein: A Life." ************************************************ #3. "...a belief bound up with deep feeling, in a superior mind that reveals itself in the world of experience, represents my conception of God. In common parlance this may be described as 'pantheistic' (Spinoza)." -- 1929, in Einstein's own "Ideas and Opinions." ************************************************* #4. "I have never imputed to Nature a purpose or goal, or anything that could be understood as anthropomorphic. What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism." -- as quoted by Ian Barbour in "Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues." ************************************************** #5. "Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations, there reamins something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion." -- as quoted by Max Jammer in "Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology." *************************************************** #4. "...serious scientific workers are the only profoundly religious people." -- "Ideas and Opinions." *************************************************** #5. "Something deeply hidden had to be behind things." -- Einstein, "Autobiographical Notes." Yup, somethin' sure is. But it ain't exactly what he expected. :) There are more, and I'm sure I could find many more on the internet now than at the time I wrote this paper.— November 20, 2009 8:44 p.m.
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<sigh> Should I? Should I, really? <feels tired already> First, unless I misread something, I agree with everything by refried thus far. Which, by extension, means that I must agree somewhat with Board. You have no idea how this pains me. Second.....I wrote a paper in a class called "Science and Religion," ABOUT Einstein, FOR an Einstein expert back in 2001, while I was at ASU. When I Google his name and Einstein together, it yields 668 hits. This appears to be his most recent book: http://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Faith-Modern-Science… Dr. Norbert Samuelson is an impeccable scholar and a publishing machine. He's da bomb. And I made an A on that paper, and in his course. Anyway... <trudges off to find paper>— November 20, 2009 7:33 p.m.
San Diego Coalition of Reason
Pete, fumber's doing an instant replay. He thunk that one up a few months back. Daniels rightly observed that it "smacks of the Egyptian," and I changed the spelling to Antigeekasstoophat, and considered making it my user ID. :)— November 20, 2009 7:15 p.m.
It's Better To Burn Out Than It Is To Fade
See, something really interesting happened riiiight here: -------------------------------------------------------- #33 "Sdaniels I am not Josh. I draw my name from a soap opera character from General Hospital. I think it is shortsighted when people claim that other people are other people. For all I know there are only three different people on this site and we all have about twenty screen names we rotate in and out of. I think we need to see a doctor, don't you? yes." By arinoman 10:40 a.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it ------------------------------------------------- Now, this is ARINOMAN saying this, dear Reader readers. Is ARINOMAN a character on General Hospital? Not that I know of. (GH watchers, feel free to correct me.) Robert Scorpio, however, certainly IS a General Hospital character, but he's not the one who made that post. "I am not Josh. I draw my name from a soap opera character from General Hospital." -- Arinoman. Daniels had thought that Goatttfish and Arinoman were one and the same. Obviously, I think she's wrong about that one. But here we have Arinoman, as Robert Scorpio, denying being Josh Board. Woopsie! Posted that one under the wrong user ID, didn't ya, Joshie? (Try posting sober and maybe you won't make little f*ckups like that. Just a suggestion.) Aaaaand seven minutes later, we get this from user ID Robert Scorpio, after he realizes his little boo-boo: ----------------------------------------------------- #34 "And so what if I do get my name from General Hospital Arinoman "I 'draw my name with a sharpie on every wall" I see. You need to grow up man." By RobertScorpio 10:47 a.m., Nov 19, 2009 > Report it ------------------------------------------------------ Arguing with yourself is a sure sign of mental illness, Board. But we knew that already. And my cat is fine. Thanks for your concern.— November 20, 2009 6:35 p.m.