If Einstein was a christian, would you call him brainwahed?

Question

I could be SMARTER than Einstein, have invented an easier method to solving science problems. Found a solution to the pollution problem, Then announced to the world I was christian, then all of the sudden, I would be stupid and not know anything.

Case proven.

I did say IF

Answer 1

You got it right. But don't worry about some of these childish answers they are parrots. They have no idea what brainwashing is. They just heard someone else say it.

Answer 2

I Einstein was a Christian he would be logical enough to not make asinine assumptions and take abstract leaps in logic.

He would be smart enough to realize the structure and pattern of scientific evidence, and note that it contradicts scripture in certain points.

He would be wise enough to realize that a few flights from literal biblical interpretation were not the end of the world and that theocracy and fundamentalism are bad, dead-end ideas. He would realize that the world progresses and that being very old does not automatically give an idea merit.

And, from my (limited) knowledge of Einstein's personality he would be honest enough not to commit fraud, even "pious fraud".

He would be getting flack from extremist Christians and labeled a fence sitter, a waffler, a weak Christian.

There are many Christians in the world, but only some elevate it to a form of brain injury.

Please stop voting for them or putting them in charge of large, influential media-ministries.

Answer 3

I thought Einstein was a fairly devote Jew and that part of his motivation was to find God in mathematics?

And no, there is a difference between being "brainwashed" and stupid. Many religious people are very intelligent but they tend to accept assertions based on who said it and not the validity of the statement i.e "My pastor, who is not a physicists, said that the second law of thermodynamics disproves evolution" or "A Creationist wrote the Niagara Falls proves that the earth is young - too bad he never took any geology courses, he's smart"

Answer 4

Einstein did believe in god, not the bs christian religion god, but he did. Here is a great article by Time magazine

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1607298,00.html

Now, to your question. No I would not call him brainwashed IF he did not answer every question with, "because the bible says so". That is not proof, that is not an answer and no one who thought ONE reference book is proof of anything can be SMARTER than Einstein. Just not logical, or possible.

Good try though, on to the next theory.

Answer 5

I don`t think that Einstein was all there as far as his religious beliefs, holding to the Spinoza god of pure geometry where all being and action is necessitated as the internal angles of a triangle must add to 180 degrees|

That would be an *awful* prison in my books, as Christ came to set us free and all others come to steal and to destroy| (John 10:10)|






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Answer 6

of course its not that black and white. but then again some people are ignorant like that. for example, i once had a very good friend that came to me for help/advice/whatever. she was very strongly christian, and when i realized i was an atheist she was one of the first people i told. but when i told her she freaked on me. im still the same friend i ever was, but since then shes never been able to talk to me the same way. im not using this example to bash fundies or anything like that, just to illustrate the point that some people, among all religions/atheism, can let their orientation affect their opinions of people, despite generally good deeds. that doesnt mean the problem is incurable though.

Answer 7

1- He wasn't a Christian
2- You can be smart AND brainwashed. I have met a few like that. They refused to apply science to their faith because they feared where it would lead.
3- Few scientists are Christians in spite of the propaganda you hear. The National Academy of Science is 93% atheist or agnostic according to an article in Nature.

Answer 8

Most of us would have the capacity to separate the accomplishments in your field of endeavor from whatever personal shortcomings you may have.

In a like vein, we can praise the civil rights work that Martin Luther King performed, while putting aside his drinking and philandering.

Answer 9

Einstein wasn't a Christian. If he believed in a god it was an impersonal one.

What he'd have been called if he'd believed in something else is entirely a matter of speculation.

Answer 10

Einstein was Jewish and He did believe in God as Creator.

"The scientist is possessed by the sense of universal causation...His religious feeling takes the form of rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals the intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection. - Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist)

Answer 11

I know this has been said before, but your grammar is pitiful. If you ever want to be considered anywhere near Einstein's level, I suggest you visit an English teacher near you. ASAP.