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Originally posted by brightmoon1: I'm not really worried that the right-wing Christian zealots are going to establish a theocracy. Rather, I'm worried that too much time will be spent debating frivolous issues, bills, and initiatives related to religious Anne . It looks to me like the aim of the re...

Dr. Francis Collins, when talking about the sequenced genome, said "We have caught the first glimpses of our instruction book previously known only to God". I interpret this as Einstein's comment about God does not play dice - as a metaphorical use of the term God that does not imply any t...

Wasn't Einstein a firm believer in God?![/B][/QUOTE]


This is a libel on Einstein. He used God as a metaphor for the laws of physics ("God does not throw dice"), but made it clear that he did not believe in a personal god.

Of course, if you define God as a number, you can say anything.

"And - Ralph Nader?! Doesn't he enjoy bombing abortion clinics? "

Where ever did you get this? I don't recall any position he has taken on abortion, but he was the Green Party candidate, which is generally a pro-choice party.