This quote is very misleading out of context. Einstein's idea of religion was curiosity about the universe and human nature. He didn't consider faith-based religions like Islam and Christianity to be "genuine religiosity" at all. He didn't believe in a personal god, and considered holy books like the Bible fictitious and man-made.
"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can change this for me."
So this quote really means that science without curiosity is lame, curiosity without science is blind.
Do you think Christianity and science can coexist
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This quote is very misleading out of context. Einstein's idea of religion was curiosity about the universe and human nature. He didn't consider faith-based religions like Islam and Christianity to be "genuine religiosity" at all. He didn't believe in a personal god, and considered holy books like the Bible fictitious and man-made.
"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can change this for me."
So this quote really means that science without curiosity is lame, curiosity without science is blind.