The Bible is Childish and I agree

[ralphinal]

The recent letter from Albert Einstein is reported to say that he saw the Bible as being Childish. I agree 100%. It is childish for two reasons. First, humans are children spiritually. We refuse to see the needs of others. We refuse to master our desires. We pitch a fit when we don’t get our way. Second, Humans are the Children of God. It only make sense that the story of God’s relationship with man reflects a Father with his children.

What do you think?

 

[tomarin]

The recent letter from Albert Einstein is reported to say that he saw the Bible as being Childish …
What do you think?

for such a childish book, it (the Old Testament at least) contains a lot of material that is not suitable for children.

 

[mercygate]

What did Einstein mean?

 

[ralphinal]

What did Einstein mean?

Honestly, i do not know. He is generally portraid as being both a scientist anda man with some level of faith in God. I know that part of it was that the Bible, according to him, was full of myths. I think that the story is slanted.

 

[Delta2]

Einstein was a agnostic as far as I know

“A little science estranges a man from God; a little more brings him back.”

Francis Bacon

 

[ralphinal]

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” So Einstein once wrote to explain his personal creed: “A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt of the significance of those super-personal objects and goals which neither require nor are capable of rational foundation.”

He was an agnostic in personal theology, but he seemed to allow for others to have faith in God

 

[RebeccaJ]

What did Einstein mean?

It is used by current atheists as an insult against theists. The idea being that people grow out their belief in God. Just as you should your belief in Santa or tooth fairies. Which has nothing to do with Einstein.

 

[Eden]

Einstein was a brilliant scientist, not a brilliant theologian. It’s a little like celebrities thinking that acting in a movie makes them suitable for political life.

I think atheists see this letter as confirmation that Einstein was an atheist. He made it clear that he was not. His religious beliefs sound like New Ager stuff. That’s what these quotes lead me to conclude:

spaceandmotion.com/albert-einstein-god-religion-theology.htm

 

[MHalsey]

for such a childish book, it (the Old Testament at least) contains a lot of material that is not suitable for children.

Childish does not necessarily mean for children. Heck, a lot of what’s on TV is childish but certainly not for children.

That being said, I agree with Ralphinal. The relationship is definitely one of Father to His children. Especially the part about children not always following their Father’s guidance and getting in to trouble, which results in the Father chastising His children.

Whether Einstein meant it this way is debatable.

 

[Publisher]

I’m sure he thought that talking snakes and donkeys were the things of fairy tales. Floating axe heads and fish swallowing people for days then spitting them up alive on beachs as flights of fancy…I tend ot agree.

The Bible is not a book of science, history, medicine, psychology or astronomy…but a book of religious belief written by men who sought to understand this God they wrote of…and sometimes their views were very primitve…and at other times their understanding was very profound.

When the “fairy tale” aspect of the Bible is put to the forefront…I can agree with his view.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

I once read of someone who complained that the Bible was nonsense. They were told that love letters are always nonsense to one to whom they were not addressed.

 

[inJESUS]

Oh i thought he was a Jew .

 

[Lilyflower]

The recent letter from Albert Einstein is reported to say that he saw the Bible as being Childish. I agree 100%. It is childish for two reasons. First, humans are children spiritually. We refuse to see the needs of others. We refuse to master our desires. We pitch a fit when we don’t get our way. Second, Humans are the Children of God. It only make sense that the story of God’s relationship with man reflects a Father with his children.

What do you think?

I agree

 

[teancum79]

Last I checked E was cool with a belief in God, but had issues with organized religons. though I do recall a show once where he was quoted as saying that he was going to try an experiment to test a theory and if it did not work he would “feel sorry for the dear Lord beacuse the theory was right.”

 

[HashemEchad]

I always thought Einstein was an agnostic, but then I read a quote by him:

“God does not play dice with the universe”.

So not only was he a man of at least some faith, he was not a Deist (because while Deists believe a God did create the universe, they believe He ended His involvement after that.)

 

[kell0618]

The recent letter from Albert Einstein is reported to say that he saw the Bible as being Childish. I agree 100%. It is childish for two reasons. First, humans are children spiritually. We refuse to see the needs of others. We refuse to master our desires. We pitch a fit when we don’t get our way. Second, Humans are the Children of God. It only make sense that the story of God’s relationship with man reflects a Father with his children.

What do you think?

Hello and God bless you!

Well, being so smart and all, I guess whatever Albert Einstein wrote had to have been absolute fact. NOT.

We are the children of God if we abide in Him and if you want to speak of it in those terms, yes it is for His children. The material contained within the Scriptures, especially the Old Testament is for His children but not for children (the very young).

Children=anyone who abides in God
-]Childish=a bedtime story for tots/-]

Peace be with you!

Kelly

 

[st_lucy]

I had this sent to me and I know it might not be true but I wonder…

“If God created everything, then he must have created evil. Why?”

This is a question that used to burn on my mind and I am sure it burns on the minds of others. When I found the following story, I nearly jumped out of my seat. If you are searching for the answer to this difficult question, I think this story should suffice.

The university professor challenged his students with this question. “Did God create everything that exists?” A student bravely replied, “Yes, he did!”

“God created everything?” The professor asked.

“Yes sir”, the student replied.

The professor answered, “If God created everything, then God created evil since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are then God is evil.” The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, “Can I ask you a question professor?”

“Of course”, replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, “Professor, does cold exist?”

“What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?” The students snickered at the young man’s question.

The young man replied, “In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat.”

The student continued, “Professor, does darkness exist?”

The professor responded, “Of course it does.”

The student replied, “Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton’s prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn’t this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present.”

Finally the young man asked the professor, “Sir, does evil exist?”

Now uncertain, the professor responded, “Of course as I have already said. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man’s inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.”

To this the student replied, “Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not like faith or love that exist just as does light and heat. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.”

The professor sat down.

The young man’s name — Albert Einstein.

 

[LaMar]

The recent letter from Albert Einstein is reported to say that he saw the Bible as being Childish. I agree 100%. It is childish for two reasons. First, humans are children spiritually. We refuse to see the needs of others. We refuse to master our desires. We pitch a fit when we don’t get our way. Second, Humans are the Children of God. It only make sense that the story of God’s relationship with man reflects a Father with his children.

What do you think?

I don’t think Uncle Albert was trying to bash people of faith. I’ve known a great many intelligent personalities of his type (I don’t claim to be one of these, I just run in their circles). The mathematician/physicist often has an inventory that supplants a literary appreciation with an insistence on absolutes. These guys have a hard time appreciating allusion, or noticing the grey areas in life. It’s a hindrance, but it’s part of what makes them capable of such feats of logic.

This is going to seem like a terrible comparison, but Ted Kaczynski
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Kaczynski
was another example of just how far out the mathematician can go. Einstein didn’t let his logic drive him crazy (aside from being a smart feller, Einstein had a very keen sense of humor, which the unabomber lacked) but they were both motivated by the same underlying insistence on absolute truths, and apparently unappreciative of all the various layers of meaning which gives most of us reason to enjoy life.

Bear in mind I don’t believe in G-d either, but I love the Bible, and Talmud, and Qur’an, and I’m starting to dig into hadith. To me, these texts are what make us human. To the logician, they’re simply so much sentimental rubbish.

 

[tomshaikh]

I always thought Einstein was an agnostic, but then I read a quote by him:

“God does not play dice with the universe”.

So not only was he a man of at least some faith, he was not a Deist (because while Deists believe a God did create the universe, they believe He ended His involvement after that.)

Shalom, I read your given website about traditional jews and I imagine that you are traditional jews. They have few questions about your believes. My question is what do you think about jesus pbuh that who is he and what he is to you or do you believe in him as what. Also tell how many kind of jews sects right now. Do they agree with each other or have differences in their religion and what they all think about jesus pbuh. Please explain. I am anxious.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

. . .
This is going to seem like a terrible comparison, but Ted Kaczynski
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Kaczynski
was another example of just how far out the mathematician can go. Einstein didn’t let his logic drive him crazy (aside from being a smart feller, Einstein had a very keen sense of humor, which the unabomber lacked) but they were both motivated by the same underlying insistence on absolute truths, and apparently unappreciative of all the various layers of meaning which gives most of us reason to enjoy life. . . …

I think that the defining mark of a fanatic is the lack of a sense of humor.