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To: HLPhat
It's a painful truth to realize that something we IDEAlize has become an instrument in our self-destruction.

But:

"The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true."

--Albert Einstein

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Main articles: Albert Einstein's political views and Albert Einstein's religious views

Einstein's political view was in favor of socialism and critical of capitalism, which he detailed in his essays such as "Why Socialism?". Einstein offered and was called on to give judgments and opinions on matters often unrelated to theoretical physics or mathematics. He strongly advocated the idea of a democratic global government that would check the power of nation-states in the framework of a world federation.

Einstein's views about religious belief have been collected from interviews and original writings. He called himself an agnostic, while disassociating himself from the label atheist. He said he believed in the "pantheistic" God of Baruch Spinoza, but not in a personal god, a belief he criticized. Einstein once wrote: "I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but expressed it clearly".

Source: Wikipedia

49 posted on 07/09/2015 8:51:43 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

It’s kind of hard to imagine a “Democratic global government” that doesn’t operate within a framework of law - aka a Republic.

Is America a Republic or a Democracy? It’s both or neither...or at least not American. Without the framework of law that secures the inalienable rights of the governed - American Government Of the People, By the People, and For the People, wouldn’t exist.

“TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS”

From who or what? It’s from the tyranny of the majority as much as it is from the merchant who uses dishonest scales.


50 posted on 07/09/2015 9:12:27 AM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: trisham
>>Einstein once wrote: "I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but expressed it clearly".

I've experienced self-evidence of a Creator who intervenes on a personal and individual level in my life - so I can't agree with Einstein on that.

51 posted on 07/09/2015 9:15:51 AM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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