Does God exist? Albert Einstein
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Peace brothers and sisters
I would like to share an interesting video with you. It's a short video that lasts less than 2 minutes.
Does God exist? Albert Einstein
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhGeNzdRZA
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Peace brother,
A very nice find and a good way of expressing God and the nature of existence. Thanks for sharing your findings with us, it's appreciated!
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Salam Brethren,
Einstein was raised by secular Ashkenazi/Jewish parents and is, in fact, historically documented to have held a secular position in his early childhood . In his Autobiographical Notes, Einstein wrote that he had gradually lost his faith early in childhood, quoting
. . . I camethough the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parentsto a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of twelve. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true. The consequence was a positively fanatic orgy of freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is intentionally being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression. Mistrust of every kind of authority grew out of this experience, a skeptical attitude toward the convictions that were alive in any specific social environmentan attitude that has never again left me, even though, later on, it has been tempered by a better insight into the causal connections. It is quite clear to me that the religious paradise of youth, which was thus lost, was a first attempt to free myself from the chains of the 'merely personal,' from an existence dominated by wishes, hopes, and primitive feelings. Out yonder there was this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking. The contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation, and I soon noticed that many a man whom I had learned to esteem and to admire had found inner freedom and security in its pursuit. The mental grasp of this extra-personal world within the frame of our capabilities presented itself to my mind, half consciously, half unconsciously, as a supreme goal. Similarly motivated men of the present and of the past, as well as the insights they had achieved, were the friends who could not be lost. The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the religious paradise; but it has shown itself reliable, and I have never regretted having chosen it.
Einstein, Albert (1979). Autobiographical Notes. Chicago Open Court Publishing Company, pp. 3-5.
PS the 'privation of good' doctrine was known long before Albert.
SLM
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Salam Brethren,
Einstein was raised by secular Ashkenazi/Jewish parents and is, in fact, historically documented to have held a secular position in his early childhood . In his Autobiographical Notes, Einstein wrote that he had gradually lost his faith early in childhood, quoting
PS the 'privation of good' doctrine was known long before Albert.
SLM
You are right, thank you for this nice clarification.
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Peace Mario.
Actually I already known about the conversation in that video.But thanks for poiting out the video.
Albert is a secularist who is in struggle for proofing is God exist or not? by using the knowledge he has.
It's already happened with many scientist, phillosophers which have no religion. -
Shalom Aleikhem,
Ironic how a non-believer is being used to promote the indoctrination of religious beliefs. The biggest failure of that video is the fact that they are using the name/fame of an individual to promote something that same individual rejected. One has to suffer from serious confirmation bias to quote Einstein to promote these religions. Not to mention that even if Einstein believed in their claims, that does not add any credibility to the claims themselves. Einstein would still have to demonstrate why those claims were true, just like he had to in case of his works in the field of physics.
Peace
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Salam Brethren,
Einstein was raised by secular Ashkenazi/Jewish parents and is, in fact, historically documented to have held a secular position in his early childhood . In his Autobiographical Notes, Einstein wrote that he had gradually lost his faith early in childhood, quoting
Ironically he used word God in many times, like "God does not play dice".
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I like the points made. I don't care who said it. )
Ironically he used word God in many times, like "God does not play dice".
Peace Sonny,
That is ironic. God still plays an important part in our language and lexicon it seems, even without apparent belief.