Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter

BREITBART ^ | May 13, 2008

[Jmouse007]

The reality is now Enistine knows that he was DEAD wrong about ALL of these statments. Sadly he is also experienceing the consequences of his unbelief: (Luke 16:23-24, 26)

[trisham]

I saw a bio of him recently. He was an anti-capitalist who was emotionally flawed.

[enduserindy]

“I believe in Spinoza’s God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God Who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.” - ALBERT EINSTEIN.

[Niteranger68]

I love a good story!

[seanmerc]

Einstein knows better now.

[JewishRighter]

The problem for Einstein was that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to believe in G-d.

[Jagman]

So it was more metaphor than crass pandering. Thanks

[DungeonMaster]

Why?

Cuz the bible says so.

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.His praise endures forever.

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

[stuartcr]

What exactly do you mean?

[Zero Sum]

“Einstein, stop telling God what to do!” -Niels Bohr

[stuartcr]

I know what the bible says, but I was asking why is the fear of God the beginning of wisdom?

[quadrant]

Einstein's statements are proof of the old adage that genius is not transferable. The man was a brilliant theoretical physicist but his knowledge of other questions was childlike and uninformed.

[mjp]

Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them

Jesus was a Jew.

[Vaquero]

I reject your fear of God.

I reject the whole 'being tested' hypotheses

I do NOT disbelieve in God....but I don't believe in yours.

[tumblindice]

“What exactly do you mean?”

A null statement is not susceptible to logical proof or disproof.

Stating something as fact that is unascertainable is a waste of time: “The Bible says it’s true and the Bible is the word of God, so it must be true.” Or “God does not exist. If He existed, we would know He exists.”
It’s something like `question-begging’ or a circular argument.
As Al or Spinoza might put it, you go with what you know, not what you believe or feel to be true, even if you do risk (as some believe) being boiled in excrement for eternity.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

So then, all this talk about God not rolling dice with the universe was what? Metaphor or crass pandering?

Like his idol Ernst Mach, Einstein was a monist. Monism was popularized in Germany by Ernst Haeckel, but it has deeper roots (Oken). Monism is basically a German form of mystical raving atheism. All that blather about the unity of nature, Goethe, and Spinoza, is typical monist tripe. Ernst Mach even joined Haeckel's monist church and wrote up a particularly embarrassing page about it in his (otherwise mostly excellent) history of mechanics. There is some evidence that Einstein grew out of this as he got older, but it's vague.

[QBFimi2]

ping

[HereInTheHeartland]

I’m guessing that he feels differently now.

[stuartcr]

OK, thanx

[onedoug]

Stupid Einstein