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Did Einstein comment on feeling the presence of Jesus while reading the Gospels?
There is certainly a quote within a purported interview with Einstein in which the phrase appears and is attributed to Einstein (see Morgoth's answer). As such, the claim can be considered one that ...
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Did Einstein comment on feeling the presence of Jesus while reading the Gospels?
Yes, he did.
In 1929, George Sylvester Viereck interview Albert Einstein for The Saturday Evening Post:
Transcribed as follows:
Unquestionably. No one can read the Gospels without feeling the ...
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Was Jesus a refugee?
Yes, Jesus is a perfect example of a refugee.
The Webster's 1828 dictionary defines refugee as:
One who flies to a shelter or place of safety.
One who, in times of persecution or political commotion,...
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Did Jesus live?
Almost all reputable historians believe that Jesus did exist. Why they believe this I will explain below.
To be absolutely clear, when we say Jesus did live, we are not saying that everything or ...
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Did Einstein comment on feeling the presence of Jesus while reading the Gospels?
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Yes, he most likely did say it in a 1929 newspaper interview (see Morgoth's answer). The interview happened, it isn't unlikely that he said this about Jesus, the background of the reporter ...
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Did Jesus use cannabis?
The Bible records the Israelites as using kaneh-bosm as anointing oil, specifically in the Old Testament. The exact composition of the oil is unclear as kaneh-bosm is an Aramaic word, although most ...
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Did Pope Leo X say that Christianity is a fable?
Referring to Roger Pearse, this quote was sourced from a satirical work of John Bale which was written with a "historical" format entitled 'The Pageant of Popes'.
The earliest known source of this ...
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Do most scholars agree upon four historical facts about Jesus of Nazareth?
I will address these from the point of view of Bart Ehrman, using quotes from his 2014 book How Jesus Became God. I am doing this because Ehrman is generally viewed as a reliable voice on scholarly ...
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