- "If god doesn't like the way I live, Let him tell me, not you."

- "Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense." (Chapman Cohen)

- "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." (Benjamin Franklin)

- "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." (Stephen Roberts)

- "God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side with the best football coach."

- "With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

- "We must question the story logic of having an all powerful God, who creates faulty humans and then blames them for his own mistakes." (Gen Roddenberry)

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said 'Stop! don't do it!' 'Why shouldn't I?' he said. I said, 'Well, there's so much to live for!' He said, 'Like what?' I said, 'Well...are you religious or atheist?' He said, 'Religious.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?' He said, 'Christian.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?' He said, 'Protestant.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?' He said, 'Baptist!' I said, 'Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist church of god or Baptist church of the lord?' He said, 'Baptist church of god!' I said, 'Me too! Are you original Baptist church of god, or are you reformed Baptist church of god?' He said, 'Reformed Baptist church of god!' I said, 'Me too! Are you reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1879, or reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915?' He said, 'Reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915!' I said, 'Die, heretic scum,' and pushed him off. ~Emo Phillips更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

God wanted to have a holiday, so He asked St. Peter for suggestions on where to go. "Why not go to Jupiter?" asked St. Peter. "No, too much gravity, too much stomping around," said God. "Well, how about Mercury?" "No, it's too hot there." "Okay," said St. Peter, "what about Earth?" "No," said God, "They're such horrible gossips. When I was there 2000 years ago, I had an affair with a Jewish woman, and they're still talking about it." ~Author Unknown

how could they have known that it was wrong to disobey God and eat the fruit? ~Laurie Lynn

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God. ~Albert Einstein

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Although he was raised Jewish, he was not a believer in Judaism. He simply admired the beauty of nature and the universe. From a letter written in English, dated March 24, 1954, Einstein wrote, "It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."

He also said (in an essay reprinted in Living Philosophies, vol. 13 (1931)): "A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds - it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity; in this sense, and this [sense] alone, I am a deeply religious man."

The following is a response made to Rabbi Herbert Goldstein of the International Synagogue in New York which read, "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings." After being pressed on his religious views by Martin Buber, Einstein exclaimed, "What we [physicists] strive for is just to draw His lines after Him." Summarizing his religious beliefs, he once said: "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 mind."

He also expressed admiration for Buddhism, which he said "has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity."

Victor J. Stenger, author of Has Science Found God? (2001), wrote of Einstein's presumed pantheism, "Both deism and traditional Judeo-Christian-Islamic theism must also be contrasted with pantheism, the notion attributed to Baruch Spinoza that the deity is associated with the order of nature or the universe itself. This also crudely summarizes the Hindu view and that of many indigenous religions around the world. When modern scientists such as Einstein and Stephen Hawking mention 'God' in their writings, this is what they seem to mean: that God is Nature."

Einstein was an Honorary Associate of the Rationalist Press Association from 1934.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt for equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.

— James A Garfield, 20th U.S. President (1881)

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛耶稣基督“裹尸布”的传说
　　与佛教、伊斯兰教合称为世界三大宗教的基督教，信奉耶稣基督为救世主，相信上帝（天主）创造并主宰世界，尊玛利亚为圣母。据记载耶稣基督降生、言论、被处死、复活升夭的《新约全书》和《马太福音》描述，耶稣是上帝的独生子，为拯救人一类，由童贞女玛利亚（俗称圣母玛利亚）“圣灵感孕”生于犹太伯利恒。30岁左右开始在犹太各地传教，宣称天国将至，唯信他者才“赦罪”，才能使灵魂“得救”。因耶稣反对犹太教某些教规而受到当权者仇视。后耶稣被门徒犹大以30块银币出卖，被当权者以谋叛罪拘捕，送至罗马驻犹太总督彼拉多处，公元初被钉死在十字架上。耶稣被信徒们从十字架上取下来的时候是用白布包裹的，三天后信徒们发现人去布留，死而复生，40天后升天，只留下了这块耶稣基督的“裹尸布”。

　　至于这块“裹尸布”的下落，只有《伪福音书》中略有一些记载，说它珍藏在耶路撒冷。目前在意大利都灵大教堂里珍藏一块长4.36米、宽1.1米带有血污的白色麻布，从这块麻布上依稀可以分辨出一个身高1.83米的男子图像，这个身躯瘦长留着胡子的男子双手交叉放在腹部，手和脚的部位还有血迹斑痕，勾画出一幅真实而动人的耶稣基督受难时的形象。据说这块白色麻布就是当时珍藏在耶路撒冷。又几经周折辗转到意大利都灵大教堂里珍藏的耶稣基督的“裹尸布”，400年来一直珍藏在用防弹玻璃保护着的银制小箱里，受到信徒们顶礼膜拜。
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　　耶稣基督的“裹尸布”是基督教最受崇敬的圣物，十分珍贵。因为它与“耶稣复活”相联系，耶稣复活意味着“战胜死亡”，从此“死”对于信仰耶稣的人已无“权势”，也不再可怕。信奉者死后，灵魂得到基督的拯救升入“天堂”，获得“永恒”的生命。所以教会每隔50年才向信徒和公众展示一次。

　　1978年是最近的一次展示，当时有来自世界各地300多万善男信女排队等待瞻仰或朝圣这块“裹尸布”。然而也有相当多的人对这块“裹尸布”的真实性持怀疑态度，认为这种说法是杜撰的。是真是假长期争论不休一直持续了几个世纪，已成为无法解释的悬案。

　　随着时间的推移，人们对这块“裹尸布”真实性的兴趣越来越高，并引起自然科学家、考古学家和宗教界人士的极大重视。1978年最后一次展示后，宗教界才勉强同意对“裹尸布”的真伪进行鉴定，但当时苦于没有较有效的研究方法，科学家只能利用X射线透视和电子显微镜等技术对其进行观察和研究，没能得出有说服力的结果。 ＜ r o l i a. n e t ＞

　　科学工作者与宗教界人土经过长达10年的接触和协商，最后经梵蒂冈教皇的批准，19 86年终于达成协议对“裹尸布”用改进了的碳-14年代分析，以辨其真伪。取样是在极其秘密的情况下进行的，并由国际上三个著名的碳-14实验室分别进行测定。每个实验室都得到4个样品，但其中只有1个样品是从“裹尸布”上剪裁下来的，其余3个样品为不同时代的对照样品，分别装在只有编号的金属盒中，只有都灵大教堂的大主教和英国大不列颠博物馆的考古权威知道这4个样品的真实出处。

　　现在将由科学家们来决定耶稣基督“裹尸布”的命运了。结果表明,几个实验室的测量结果相当一致，证明这块“裹尸布”的年代在公元1260—1380年之间的可能性为95％，而不会早于公元1200年的可能性为100％（传说耶稣蒙难时间大约为公元初）。
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　　这个测量结果被送往梵蒂冈教皇的办公室，教皇下令将真相公布于众。1988年10月13日红衣主教在都灵大教堂举行记者招待会，宣布存放在都灵大教堂的所谓的“裹尸布”为中古时期的赝品。该结论虽然在宗教界产生了一些风波，但科学上的真实性是不容置疑的。教会宣传他们相信科学的鉴定，但重申图像的价值比其可能会有的历史价值更高，什么东西都不能动摇信仰。记者招待会后，人们成群结队来到都灵大教堂，那块“裹尸布”仍然静静地躺在防弹玻璃后面的银制小箱中。对大多数人来说，这是一件有趣的奇闻。

　　该结论结束了长达几个世纪的真伪之争，解决了这一历史悬案。高新技术在考古学中的应用，可将考古学的研究推向严格的定量分析，用以解释历史“神秘”事件和悬案。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net