I find it interesting that you will latch onto one single quote by the great man, but fail to view the overall picture of what got him interested in pursuing science in the first place.
As I said before, you cannot prove God exists because Christianity must be based on faith or God's Son Jesus Christ and the sacrifice He made on the Cross would fail to save anyone ever again. It's part of the plan.
Also, I said that I don't believe in hell being an eternal punishment for unbelievers. I did not choose Christianity as a form of fire insurance; neither should anyone else. You should choose Christianity because it promises Heaven not for fear from hell.
Let's say that I'm right. Then I'll live without fear, without tears, without crime, without hate, without mishap, without boredom, without negativity for all eternity. Considering all other things, this makes Christianity the only logical choice. The reason I wouldn't choose another religion is because none of those religions have a God that is alive. All their gods are dead. Only Jesus Christ rose from the dead for our sins. Therefore, Christianity is the only rational choice.
But you're not trying to prove me wrong because you have chosen another religion; you just don't like religion. You were taught to think that way. It is popular to ridicule religious belief. Try thinking for yourself. Try reading the Bible with someone or some book to guide you when you get confused or angry, but at least try. Otherwise, you're just repeating all the other nay-sayers who haven't read the Bible either. At any rate, how does being a Christian, right or wrong, and having hope, true or misplaced, make for a bad life?
A person goes to college with the hope that on the other side of the degree s/he will get a good job that will provide financial security and a nice home and nice things. On the other hand, one could suggest that the person has wasted the best years of thier lives and they were wrong and there was no good job at the other end. Happens all the time to people. I know several people with college degrees who aren't doctors or lawyers or otherwise haven't broken the 6 figure income barrier. Others got hit by a car or a divorce, or some other thing; but the fact remains that during the time when they were at college, they lived with hope and that's a good thing.
Why try to take hope away from me?