When Einstein was asked:
Do you accept the historical existence of Jesus?
He replied:
“Unquestionably! No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life.”
I have experienced the same presence which led me to give my life to Jesus Christ. Have you experienced it?
http://www.liberalslikechrist.org/about/onesolitarylife.html
2007-04-12 08:17:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I never said he was Christian. He wasn't Jewish either - he was a Deist as someone mentioned below. Don't twist my words or assume I'm saying something I'm not!
2007-04-12 08:47:00 · update #1
Also to those of you saying Einstein called it a myth... please read the negation before the word myth.. "no myth is filled with such life" - he's saying it is not a myth hence the "no"...
2007-04-12 08:48:25 · update #2
You are a moron. Albert Einstein was Jewish and didn't believe in a sentient deity. You believe what you read on the internet then you're guilible as hell.
Most importantly, had he believed in Jesus, it wouldn't matter. He was an expert on MATH/PHYSICS not god. What you've done is an argument flaw - Appeal to authority argument flaw, specifically.
2007-04-12 08:22:58 · answer #1 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Einstein was pantheistic, meaning that he saw God in Nature and in Nature's Laws, but Einstein's God was not a personal God or an interventionalist God.
Your Einstein quotes are either inaccurate or taken out of context. He also said:
"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 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."
"The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive."
Perhaps you should look into a more even-handed account of Einstein's convictions. I would recommend Einstein and Religion by Max Jammer.
And your cheap tactic is nothing but an appeal to authority. Claims should stand on their own merit, regardless of who or how many believe in them. Using your same reasoning I could nullify your tactic by pointing out that Adolf Hitler was also Christian.
Lastly, scientists are a notoriously atheistic bunch, with average levels of doubt significantly higher than the general public and even moreso for more prestigious and accomplished scientists. It's general not wise to try and use them as poster persons for such and such religious belief. A scientist as religious and as high-level as Francis Collins is a one-in-a-thousand shot.
2007-04-12 08:37:02 · answer #2 · answered by Logan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was acknowledging the Jesus did exist, not necessarily as a Messiah. Einstein was a deist. He was born and raised Jewish, but then he change.
2007-04-12 08:25:50 · answer #3 · answered by mrfame1017 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok i dont know where you are getting this blasphemy from..lol i used blasphemy-drink...any way oh i do..a christian website and hows this for an answer
my iq is higher than einsteins and i dont feel the presence of jesus when i read the bible.
actually i really dont kowif my IQ is higher or even if it matters. wy are you bringing albert einstein into this? my only con clusion is because he was considered a genius and you think that will sway someone beliefs...well if the genius thought so so must i believe?? get real...if thats the case then you are relying on a scientific and not faith point of view and that just crosses out christian beliefs all together. and if you really want to stick on the genius/scientific side of things i'll give you hundereds of links and quotes.
2007-04-12 08:24:24 · answer #4 · answered by Sheriff of R&S 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You do realise that Einstein was referring to Jesus as a character in a book and not as the Messiah?
Have a quote mining cookie!
2007-04-12 08:23:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
As Einstein was Jewish, I am going to question the reliability of the quote. (But I will agree with the sentiment).
2007-04-12 08:23:37 · answer #6 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With all due respect, Einstien was Jewish not Christian,
When the Bomb went off in Japan in WW2 his famous words were "Oy Vey" (Oh No in yiddish)
2007-04-12 08:25:20 · answer #7 · answered by mh18 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Einstein was Jewish pal.
2007-04-12 08:20:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Eisntein was Jewish. How could him believe in Jesus?
2007-04-12 08:22:57 · answer #9 · answered by M.M.D.C. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Einstein was an agnostic.
You bore me.
2007-04-12 08:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by NONAME 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋