Quote (RewtheBrave @ Tue, 7 Oct 2008, 17:04)
Einstein reportedly had a childhood IQ of about 125, and an adult IQ of 161--nothing extreme. His genous was in his work ethic and in his creativity, as well as in the strength of his passions. He was a gifted mathematician, too, so there's no knock against him in saying that he had some mental limitations (besides, everyone does). I think we meet up with some of his limitations when we encounter his theology (just as he wasn't very adept with quantum physcis, even though he pretty much founded it). It's easy to go beyond what one knows when one professes what what beleives. Then again, how can we know anything with certainty?
The ability to describe the world in physical (i.e. rational) terms doesn't make the world rational. The ability to see beauty in the cosmos does not mean that it was designed. I'm not sure there's any good reason to believe in God, so using Einstein as a kind of pedestal through which to speak of God is probably equally pointless, except perhaps in pointing out some of his beliefs and their dreaml-ike foundations, or perhaps to provide a point of reflection on the beauty of the cosmos. No matter whether Einstein was right or wrong about God, his opinions are worth thinking about.
Rhetorical question, rhetorical answer
Here's a new quote to stir things up a bit:"Hate the sin, love the sinner."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
I take this away from its religious context and rephrase it like so: "Hate the act, love the actor" or "Hate the crime, love the criminal". There's something interesting in that. One thing Itry to do on the forums isto constantly point out ways in which members might improve their behavious. I see some pretty bad stuff, but I try to put more belief in certain members than they put in themselves. There's an open question about whether it's worthwhile or effective to do that, but when I see positive results, it really feels good. Gandhi has a very empowering idea. What do you guys think of this?
Not really. Einstein never backed up any God. He just said something like " God doesn`t play dice" . At that moment, quite late in his career, refused to embrace the other scientists` point of view about physich, and quantum-physics. Untill e=mc2 he was a rising talent, afterwards, he was barely seen out of his house, but instead trying to solve all the puzzle out. An equation that drives everything. His genius was that he could "foresee" things, imagine them, he was always fascinated by light, and the source of it, he gave us shitload of things we can hang on, but he took shitloads from the previous guys (remember maxwell?).
I`ll give it a try for a quote :
Is god willing to prevent Evil, but not able ?
Then he`s not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing ?
Then he`s malevolent.
Is god both able and willing ?
Then whence cometh evil ?
Is he neither able nor willing ?
Then why call him God ?
This i think belongs to the first greek philosopher to adress himself explicitly to the question of the existance of God . ~ 2300 years ago
Epicurus, a follower of Democritus.
"Thus that which is the most awful of evils, death, is nothing to us, since when we exist there is no death, and when there is death we do not exist."
Same guy.
Edit :
Yes, but try something else.
This post was edited by B4al on Nov 13 2008 01:44pm
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