"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism." [Einstein]
"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma." [Lincoln]
2007-02-05 09:05:35 · 19 answers · asked by The Most Vicious Crime 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People who are insecure in their own beliefs will often associate similar beliefs with people of stature.
2007-02-05 09:07:54 · answer #1 · answered by Bill S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
“I am not a family man. I want my peace. I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details.” einstein
Einstein refers to this reality as a “sin of omission” and concludes with the warning that without a religion-based “’ethical culture’ “...there is no salvation for humanity.” einstein
He wasn't a christian, but he did believe in a God, he knew that the universe did not magically appear with such order. He believed in a spiritual side, but did not accept Jesus as his personal savior.
"I charge the whole guilt of this war upon the ambitious, educated, plotting leaders of the South. … A day will come when God will reveal judgment and arraign these mighty miscreatns. … And then these guiltiest and most remorseless traitors. … shall be whirled aloft and plunged downward forever and ever in an endless retribution." Lincoln
"That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular. … I do not think I could, myself, be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion. Leaving the higher matter of eternal consequences between him and his Maker, I still do not think any man has the right thus to insult the feelings, and injure the morals, of the community in which he may live … "
Lincoln didnt know what he was, but he clearly believed in the existance of a God. This might be the reason why these two mens faith is questioned. They are puzzling.
2007-02-05 17:29:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure Lincoln meant that he wasn't a preacher and that he had no great knowledge of the Bible to explain things.
And as to Einstein, he wasn't a Christian, he was Jewish. He may have been agnostic though from the looks of this quote
2007-02-05 17:10:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what the argument is. Before I was a Christian, I'm sure I wrote things and said things that I no longer attest to. Also who are you or I to judge the final state of any man's soul. That is a judgment for Christ alone.
If I were you, I'd ask myself the question... What is going to happen to me when I die.
2007-02-05 17:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by dooltaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HA!
"The Bible is the best book God has ever given to man"
-Abe himself.
Einstein was supposedly a Jew. But according to that quote I'm guessing he was no such thing, and therefore never needed to escape the Holocaust, like he did, and help design the atom bomb that won WWII
Soucres??
2007-02-05 17:10:26 · answer #5 · answered by Doug 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Einstein was a Jew, not a Christian. Why anyone would debate this is beyond me.
As for Lincoln, by his actions, he was more a Christian than many who profess to be today.
2007-02-05 17:10:04 · answer #6 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What argument? Einstein was a Jew - not Christian, and Lincoln was a Christian. Where'sthe argument?
2007-02-13 16:34:33 · answer #7 · answered by Paula S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Despite the religions of both famous men, only Lincoln was a Mason!
2007-02-13 16:51:03 · answer #8 · answered by Tasha D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it matter? Maybe Einstein and Lincoln thought one thing on one day and varied their thoughts on another. Maybe not!
They both suffered from deep depression along with their brilliance.
2007-02-13 16:51:40 · answer #9 · answered by PAT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are admired for their intellectual and moral excellence. People tend to be interested in just about anything said or written by such persons.
2007-02-05 17:09:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm.
Kinda makes you laugh at humanities pettieness doesn't it.
We get into more and more irrelevant arguments every day.
But Einstien was Jewish, that's actually a widely known fact. Why do you think he left Germany.
2007-02-05 17:12:59 · answer #11 · answered by danksprite420 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋