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To: betty boop
I gather your thesis requires Einstein to be a mindless materialist, and preferably atheist. Though a genius, of course.

If, by materialist, you mean that Einstein believed the laws of nature were constant throught time, and therefore subject to discovery through science, then I suspect he was.

Materialist in contrast to supernaturalist, someone who believes that the laws of nature are suspended at the caprice of demiurges.

183 posted on 07/30/2007 7:47:26 AM PDT by js1138
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To: js1138; Alamo-Girl; Coyoteman
Materialist in contrast to supernaturalist, someone who believes that the laws of nature are suspended at the caprice of demiurges.

Well jeepers, js1138, if that's the definition of a "supernaturalist," then according to your way of thinking (either/or), I must be a "materialist."

I believe that the laws of nature are universally operative and absolutely consistent throughout time. Which is precisely what I would expect, given their divine origin.

188 posted on 07/30/2007 8:48:46 AM PDT by betty boop ("Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." -- A. Einstein)
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