Las palabras de Albert Einstein sobre la espiritualidad y la religin. . .

(en ingles y en espaol)

-------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------(Las siguientes citas son tomadas de La Quotable Einstein, Princeton University
Press a menos que se indique lo contrario)
"Mi religin consiste en una humilde admiracin del ilimitado espritu superior que se
revela en los detalles leves que podemos percibir con nuestra mente frgil y dbil.
Esa conviccin profundamente emocional de la presencia de un poder de razonamient
o superior, que se revela en la universo incomprensible, forma mi idea de Dios "
.
(El siguiente es de Einstein y la religin de Max Jammer, Princeton University Pre
ss)
"No soy un ateo, y no creo que puedo decir que soy un pantesta. Estamos en la pos
icin de un pequeo nio que entra una enorme biblioteca llena de libros en muchos idi
omas. El nio sabe que alguien debe haber escrito esos libros . No s cmo. No entiend
e el idioma en que estn escritos. El nio sospecha vagamente una misteriosa orden e
n la disposicin de los libros, pero no sabe lo que es. Eso, me parece a m, es el a
ctitud de incluso el ser humano ms inteligente hacia Dios. Vemos el universo mara
villosamente organizado y obedecer ciertas leyes, pero slo entienden vagamente es
tas leyes. Nuestras mentes limitadas comprender la misteriosa fuerza que mueve l
as constelaciones ".
(El siguiente es del Quotable Einstein)
"As que vine ... a una profunda religiosidad, que, sin embargo, lleg a un abrupto
final a la edad de 12. A travs de la lectura de libros de divulgacin cientfica que
pronto lleg a la conviccin de que muchas de las historias de la Biblia no poda ser
verdad .... La sospecha contra todo tipo de autoridad surgi de esta experiencia .
.. una actitud que no me ha abandonado ".
"Yo no trato de imaginar a un Dios, sino que basta con estar en el temor de la e
structura del mundo, en la medida en que permite a nuestros sentidos insuficient
es para apreciarlo."
"La ciencia sin religin es coja, la religin sin la ciencia es ciega".
"No puedo imaginar un Dios que premia y castiga a los objetos de su creacin, cuyo
s propsitos son el modelo de nuestra propia -. Un Dios, en definitiva, que no es
ms que un reflejo de la debilidad humana es suficiente para m para contemplar el m
isterio de la conciencia la vida se perpeta a travs de toda la eternidad, para ref
lexionar sobre la maravillosa estructura del universo que nos vagamente podemos
percibir y tratar humildemente de comprender incluso una parte infinitesimal de
la inteligencia que se manifiesta en la naturaleza ".
"El cientfico est posedo por el sentido de la causalidad universal. Su sentimiento
religioso toma la forma de un asombro extasiado ante la armona de la ley natural,
que revela una inteligencia de tal superioridad que, en comparacin con l, todo el
pensamiento sistemtico y la actuacin de los humanos seres es un reflejo completam
ente insignificante ".
"... A pesar de todo esto, yo no dejar una sola oportunidad de pasar inadvertido
, ni he perdido mi sentido del humor. Cuando Dios cre el culo le dio una piel gru
esa". Einstein: La vida y los tiempos de Ronald W. Clark, Avon Books.
"Cuando los hombres del clan obtuso de nuestra tribu estaban orando en voz alta,

la cara vuelta a la pared, sus cuerpos balancendose de un lado a otro. Un espectc

ulo pattico de los hombres con un pasado pero sin futuro." (En cuanto a su visita
al Muro de las Lamentaciones en Jerusaln 3 de febrero de 1923)
"Si no podemos encontrar una forma de cooperacin honesta y pactos honestos con lo
s rabes, entonces hemos aprendido absolutamente nada durante nuestros 2.000 aos de
sufrimiento y se merecen todo lo que vendr a nosotros."
"Hago un llamamiento a todos los hombres y mujeres, ya sea eminente o humilde, a
l declarar que no se niegan a dar ms ayuda a la guerra o la preparacin de la guerr
a."
"Es mi creencia de que el problema de la paz en el mundo sobre una base supranac
ional slo se resolver mediante el empleo de mtodo de Gandhi en una escala ms grande.
"
El siguiente es de Elsa
desarrollo de la teora
excepcional Einstein y
utobiografa de Charles

Einstein, la esposa de Albert Einstein, con respecto al

de la relatividad general de Einstein. Est tomado del libro
la religin de Max Jammer. Ha tomado originalmente de la a
Chaplin.

El doctor baj en su bata como de costumbre para el desayuno pero apenas toc nada.
Pens que algo estaba mal, as que le pregunt lo que le estaba molestando. "Cario", di
jo, "Tengo una idea maravillosa." Y despus de beber su caf, se fue al piano y come
nz a tocar. De vez en cuando se detena, hacer algunas notas luego repetir: "Tengo u
na idea maravillosa, una idea maravillosa" Yo dije: "Entonces por amor de Dios m
e dice lo que es, no me tengas en suspenso." l dijo: "Es difcil, todava tengo que t
rabajar a cabo."
Ella me dijo que continu tocando el piano y haciendo notas durante una media hora
, y luego subi a su estudio, dicindole que no quera ser molestado, y permaneci all du
rante dos semanas. "Cada da le envi a sus comidas," dijo ella, "y por la tarde iba
a caminar un poco para hacer ejercicio, y luego volver a su trabajo de nuevo. C
on el tiempo," dijo ella, "baj de su estudio muy plida . "Eso es todo", me dijo, p
oniendo cansinamente dos hojas de papel sobre la mesa. Y ese fue su teora de la r
elatividad. "
-------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Albert Einstein's Words on Spirituality and Religion. . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------(The following quotes are taken from The Quotable Einstein, Princeton University
Press unless otherwise noted)
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit
who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail
and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superio
r reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my
idea of God."
(The following is from Einstein and Religion by Max Jammer, Princeton University
Press)

"I'm not an atheist, and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in
the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many
languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not k
now how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The chi
ld dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't
know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelli
gent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeyin
g certain laws but only dimly understand these laws. Our limited minds grasp the
mysterious force that moves the constellations."
(The following is from The Quotable Einstein)
"Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at
he age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached a
onviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true....Suspicion
gainst every kind of authority grew out of this experience...an attitude which
as never left me."

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"I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of t
he world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it."
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, wh
ose purposes are modeled after our own - a God, in short, who is but a reflectio
n of human frailty. It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious
life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous str
ucture of the universe which we can dimly perceive and to try humbly to comprehe
nd even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in Nature."
"The scientist is possessed by the sense of universal causation. His religious f
eeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, wh
ich reveals an intelligence of such superiority that , compared with it, all the
systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant ref
lection."
". . . In spite of all this, I don't let a single opportunity pass unheeded, nor
have I lost my sense of humor. When God created the ass he gave him a thick sk
in." Einstein: The Life and Times by Ronald W. Clark, Avon Books.
"Where dull-witted clansmen of our tribe were praying aloud, their faces turned
to the wall, their bodies swaying to and fro. A pathetic sight of men with a pas
t but without a future." (Regarding his visit to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem,
February 3, 1923)
"Should we be unable to find a way to honest cooperation and honest pacts with t
he Arabs, then we have learned absolutely nothing during our 2,000 years of suff
ering and deserve all that will come to us."
"I appeal to all men and women, whether they be eminent or humble, to declare th
at they will refuse to give any further assistance to war or the preparation of
war."
"It is my belief that the problem of bringing peace to the world on a supranatio
nal basis will be solved only by employing Gandhi's method on a larger scale."
The following is from Elsa Einstein, Albert Einstein's wife, regarding Einstein'
s development of the theory of general relativity. It's taken from the outstandi
ng book Einstein and Religion by Max Jammer. It's originally taken from Charles

Chaplin's autobiography.
The Doctor came down in his dressing gown as usual for breakfast but he hardly t
ouched a thing. I thought something was wrong, so I asked what was troubling him
. "Darling," he said, "I have a wonderful idea." And after drinking his coffee,
he went to the piano and started playing. Now and again he would stop, making a
few notes then repeat: "I've got a wonderful idea, a marvelous idea!" I said: "
Then for goodness' sake tell me what it is, don't keep me in suspense." He said:
"It's difficult, I still have to work it out."
She told me he continued playing the piano and making notes for about half an ho
ur, then went upstairs to his study, telling her that he did not wish to be dist
urbed, and remained there for two weeks. "Each day I sent him up his meals," she
said, "and in the evening he would walk a little for exercise, then return to h
is work again. Eventually," she said, "he came down from his study looking very
pale. "That's it," he told me, wearily putting two sheets of paper on the table.
And that was his theory of relativity."
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