{"id":5907,"date":"2010-04-28T23:22:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=5907"},"modified":"2010-04-28T23:24:39","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:24:39","slug":"let%e2%80%99s-not-call-him-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/04\/let%e2%80%99s-not-call-him-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Not Call Him God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5908\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/148.jpg?resize=100%2C106\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/148.jpg?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/148.jpg?resize=91%2C96&amp;ssl=1 91w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If your idea of God is not a person,<br \/>\nwhile most believe him as so,<br \/>\nlet\u2019s not call him God,<\/p>\n<p>If your idea of God is not good,<br \/>\nwho relieves all suffering instantly,<br \/>\nlet&#8217;s not call him God.<\/p>\n<p>If your idea of God is not a creator,<br \/>\nwho created evil in this world,<br \/>\nlet&#8217;s not call him God.<\/p>\n<p>If your idea of God is not almighty,<br \/>\nwho can make all become God,<br \/>\nlet&#8217;s not call him God.<\/p>\n<p>If your idea of God<br \/>\nis a personal, good and almighty creator,<br \/>\nthere is probably no God.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere&#8230;. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man&#8217;s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Albert Einstein, &#8220;Religion and Science,&#8221; New York Times Magazine, 9 November 1930<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related Article:<\/strong><br \/>\nGod or Not?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/01\/god-or-not\">https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/01\/god-or-not<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your idea of God is not a person, while most believe him as so, let\u2019s not call him God,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[244],"class_list":["post-5907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-god","wpcat-44-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}