Who said it? Einstein or Russell?

[Major Nikon]

“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.”

Follow up question:

Is this statement an example of intolerance?

[msongs]

1. its a statement of opinion. condemning ppl to hell is intolerance nt

[Major Nikon]

2. More specifically condemning people to hell for not thinking as you do

Which has been done in this very forum by some our our vocal religionists both past and present.

[MarvinGardens]

3. I don't know who said it.

But I don't think it's intolerant. It never made sense to me that God would condemn me to hell for using the brain He gave me, if my observations contradict religious doctrine.

[Voltaire2]

4. I'm pretty sure it is BLASPHEMY

[Major Nikon]

5. Evidently some consider blasphemy intolerant

[Act_of_Reparation]

7. Offending the sensibilities of the privileged majority is intolerance.

According to the privileged majority.

[Major Nikon]

8. Funny how that works

Also funny how atheists who hurt believers’ feelings are irredeemable while theists who advocate for laws that discriminate against LGBT and women are still commendable. According to the privileged majority.

[MineralMan]

9. I just lip-read what your image is saying.

Love it!

[MineralMan]

6. I know who said it, but will leave the question open.

[Permanut]

10. Pick me! Pick me!

I know the answer to this one. Saw it on the innertubes years ago while searching for something else.


The statement may well be an example of intolerance, but in a kind of clinical sense, like if I'm intolerant of strawberries or tobacco smoke. Nothing inherently evil there unless the speaker has some authority and uses it to cause distress to another human being.

[Major Nikon]

11. Yes, intolerant as in saying something about it

As opposed to extremely intolerant to the point of actually denying others basic human rights which is inherent to virtually all organized religions.