Einstein did have a great mind, and though he began as an atheist, as he matured in his understanding of the universe, did you know he, too, came to understand that there certainly was a Creator?
He just never could understand who that Creator was.
The Gospel of John makes it simply clear "the One who made the world came to the world, and the world did not recognize its Maker." Do you recognize who the Creator is?
2007-11-27 05:12:34 · 14 answers · asked by A Voice 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Another false assumption from a Christian...Einstein was born a Jew and became an atheist as he matured and grew. He never once said he believed in the divinity of Jesus...never, never, never! Why do you guys have to make up this stuff? Don't you have anything else you can use besides made-up stories about Einstein and Darwin?
2007-11-27 06:20:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here is what the man said. I do not believe in a personal God and I 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"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being far as our science can reveal it." (Albert Einstein, 1954, The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, Princeton University Press) "A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." (Albert Einstein, "Religion and Science", New York Times Magazine, 9 November 1930)
2016-05-26 03:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the fact that Einstein was a deist makes Christianity true.
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Sorry, you are just too funny.
Einstein clearly and unequivocally rejected Christianity:
"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 I 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."
* Letter to an atheist (1954) as quoted in Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1981)
"Nobody, certainly, will deny that the idea of the existence of an omnipotent, just, and omnibeneficent personal God is able to accord man solace, help, and guidance; also, by virtue of its simplicity it is accessible to the most undeveloped mind. But, on the other hand, there are decisive weaknesses attached to this idea in itself, which have been painfully felt since the beginning of history. That is, if this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also His work; how is it possible to think of holding men responsible for their deeds and thoughts before such an almighty Being? In giving out punishment and rewards He would to a certain extent be passing judgment on Himself. How can this be combined with the goodness and righteousness ascribed to Him?
The main source of the present-day conflicts between the spheres of religion and of science lies in this concept of a personal God."
Albert Einstein.
He also firmly believed that the universe was not expanding and that quantum physics was bunk.
If he was wrong about those two, what makes him 'right' (AKA wrong about your god) about religion.
Einstein was a genius and could think about things in a different way than most of us can. However, that does not make everything he thought true, nor does it make him infallible.
Having created a whole new view of the universe from his thoughts it is a terrible shame that he could not allow himself to change that view to accommodate the reality of the universe.
2007-11-27 05:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by Simon T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is obviously one of those cases where a lie travels around the world before the truth even gets its pants on. Why are Christians so willing to lie to try to claim one of the greatest minds in history as some kind of believer? Einstein saw the fakery in religion. He expressed it many times.
2007-11-27 05:27:44 · answer #4 · answered by bsxfn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 1945 Einstein wrote this to friend:
"I received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit priest in my life and I am astonished by the audacity to tell such lies about me. From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist. "
He was 66 at the time, and lived another 10 years. So, when is this supposed time when he matured and wasn't an atheist? Do you have something to back that up, or just fairy tales?
2007-11-27 05:22:24 · answer #5 · answered by ibushido 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of his quote:
Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.
2007-11-27 05:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by ananta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true.
This is yet another in a long line of lies christians tell about Albert.
Here is a REAL quote from him on the subject;
"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings."
Understand now? He, at NO time, believed in a god the way christians or muslims do. He continually used the word "god" to refer to the way the universe seemed an orderly place. Nothing more.
Next time try telling the one about how Darwin recanted ok?
2007-11-27 05:18:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
this question is not in the least creative(betraying the nature of a creator)...I doubt u know any god..or even an honest atheist...i only respond cause i'm bored. Show me God, show me genius........
2007-11-27 05:32:08 · answer #8 · answered by insignificant_other 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He did not say there was a creator, he used the word "god" in a pantheist sense. Which makes no outrageous claims.
2007-11-27 05:18:22 · answer #9 · answered by Clint 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He denied the Christian God, in fact all 'personal' anthropic 'Gods'.
He was closer to a Pantheist, who saw divinity as the cosmos/nature and it's laws a la Spinoza.
2007-11-27 05:25:17 · answer #10 · answered by Bajingo 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋