- Einstein did not believe in a personal God. Neither was he an atheist. He was an agnostic. The following are quotes from him.
- "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."
Albert Einstein, The Human Side. Princeton University Press. p. 43.
- "My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment."
Albert Einstein in a letter to M. Berkowitz, October 25, 1950
- "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings."
Cable reply to Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein - The word Heat is a noun. It is used to describe an observable occurrence. Cold is an adjective and it is used to describe the state of things and its temperature. Light is also used here as a noun, and dark is an adjective that describes the state of illumination one can perceive. It is therefore a play on words to suggest that those are opposites of each other, and because of the absence of the former, the latter "entity" does not exist. If I could spot this, Einstein (who is by many, many, many degrees smarter than me) would not have postulated such a fallacious argument.
- Even if one were to disregard the earlier points made here, the argument proposed in the video is circular in nature. The assumption, "God" exist, must be accepted in order for the argument to make any sense.
Argument for the existence of "God" in the video - Evil is the absence of "God".
- therefore "God exist".
Allow yourself to think logically about the argument and you will see how it does not make sense.
This, to me, is a sad example of the gullibility of modern society. Attach a famous enough name, and one can get by with a moronic argument. And to the atheists who claim Einstein as one your own, shame on you that stoop to the level of the fundamentalists!!
Sighs.
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