Do u agree?whats your opinion?
"You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of uncertainty about different things, but I am not absolutely sure of anything and there are many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we're here... I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell. It doesn't frighten me."
[Richard P. Feynman, "Genius, the life and science"]
2007-02-16 09:55:47 · 9 answers · asked by White Man 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I sorta agree with both, but Feynman especially. I'm not going to pretend that I know absolutely for certain on whether there's a God or not...And really, I can live with that. I don't have to know everything, and be completely certain of everything to be happy. And really, I wouldn't care if there turned out to be no God and humans are just glorified animals who live and die, end of story, because I'm just going to enjoy life until my end. And if my end includes no God, well, I won't be able to think about how unfortunate that is anyway.
2007-02-16 10:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by Stardust 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not waiting to realize what is true? Guess Fred just did what he wanted to and did not care about the consequences - especially if they affected someone else. For an atheist it doesn't seem to resemble the almighty scientific method. I guess the Christian version is Not waiting to have physical proof of what is true.
I pulled the following words from Rich's paragraph: doubt, uncertainty, not knowing, frightened, lost. It seems that atheists dwell on these words quite often. They apply them to Christians. They say Christians fear God, as in they are afraid of God. They don't seem to understand that Christians fear God, as in having a respect for God. There is a difference. It seems like the more atheists apply these worlds to Christians, the more these words seem to fit their own psyche. It seems like they are obsessed with "doubt, uncertainty, not knowing, frightened, lost." Meanwhile the Christian is concerned with faith.
Oh, Fred's quote is wrong. It's really Faith: Not wanting to realize what is true I guess Fred is applying this to the Christians. I guess the atheist version is No Faith: Not wanting to realize what is true. Hence again their vocabulary : "doubt, uncertainty, not knowing, frightened, lost."
2007-02-16 18:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feynman was always more readable than Nietzsche.
In any case, there's a typo in the quote. Nietzsche said "wanting" not "waiting": "Faith: not wanting to know what is true." Even better was his: "A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
2007-02-16 17:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by Dave P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Richard P Feynman sounds like a smart guy.
2007-02-16 17:58:17 · answer #4 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To believe means: You are a foul, lazy bugger, you do not think for your own!
You just say again, what anyone else did.
You don't even know if anything you have been filed up with has anything of a real thing in it. Because, that's believe! - Or : A straight lie to the nerds!
Otherwise you would have a proof for anything!
You do not have? Poor sod! - I can even explain why you sneeze!
2007-02-16 18:10:23 · answer #5 · answered by sanctusilluminatus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nietzsche was and still is one of the greatest philosphers ever. I've read his books "Gay science" and "All Too human". His words resonate with truth and he was truly a smart man with an ability to know what was truly happening.
2007-02-16 19:45:43 · answer #6 · answered by cynical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is more important to know the direction of your faith.
BTW, Hitler thought Nietzsche was great.
2007-02-16 18:03:54 · answer #7 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
both feynman and nietzsche were geniuses
2007-02-16 18:00:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nietzsche is dead. Jesus Christ is alive. I'll keep my faith, thanks.
2007-02-16 17:59:41 · answer #9 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋