What do you think of this quote...?

Question

"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 egotisms." Albert Einstein

Answer 1

Albert Einstein was a brilliant scientist and mathematician, but his knowledge of religion and God left a lot to be desired.

Answer 2

Albert was pretty smart however if you want to believe in absolute limitations thats O.K. Our civilization is so primitive in the scheme of things that to make blanket statements about what we know, when we don't know much at all ,is the hight of arrogance. Einstein made plenty of mistakes as well so no human has infallible knowledge. I prefer to always leave the door open and look as deeply as possible into the nature of existence with and open mind. Imagine civilizations hundreds, thousands, millions or even billions of years older than ours. There is a physicist and mathematician Max Tegmark who has develop a series of models for describing infinite universes. If there are infinite universes there are no more atoms than planets than stars, galaxies and sentient beings. Its time to do away with dead peoples ideas and develop a new understanding of our place in existence beyond the limitations of deterministic science and religion. They are O.K for those who want a fixed paradigm however if you want some excitement come on the magical mystery tour to infinity and beyond. Absolute Infinity infers that everything is absolutely necessary and that there is infinite potentiality. If this is the case then infinite beings have intuited Absolute Infinity and realized Absolute Love. You don't need God and you don't need atheism in an existence of infinite potentiality. For those who need God fine but for those who are looking for something beyond science and religion the universe is your oyster. If you can imagine abstract worlds in your head, star wars, matrix etc abstract and avant guard art, atonal music and so on then the degrees of freedom in subjective space are huge. We are on the verge of a deeper exploration of subjective space. It is as real as the world itself because if it exists it is necessary, and if it is necessary, it is a fact. Just threw some ideas in for fun.

Answer 3

i agree with this quote......but its the laws of the universe that seemingly punish or reward our actions .as far as life after death.....well chances are if i dont remember who i was in a past lifetime i probably wont remember this lifetime when im gone .the ego may vanish but your energy will still exists and will continue to exist but now im moving out of the realm of this quote

Answer 4

Solomon was more intelligent than Einstein and Solomon acknowledged that not only does God exist but we as humans do not fulfill our destiny when we ignore God. Also Solomon agreed with scripture concerning life after death.

Answer 5

It gets my vote every time. Why are people so "Sheeplike" on this matter? Is it impossible for them to "Wake up & smell the Coffee"?

Answer 6

I like this one better. For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son so whosoever Believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Answer 7

I agree. Thats one of the best quotes I have read on here.

Answer 8

the laws are for our benefit not the benefit of the gods and goddess

Answer 9

I guess Albert knows he was wrong by now :o)

Answer 10

...huh? wtf? ....sounds like a bunch of rambling. yaahhhayaaahhhhyahhhh