Is God Evil? Professor learns from student, Albert Einstein,

[sinistar99]

Evil is not merely the "absence of good." In the same way that cold is the relative "absence of heat." It's an active state.  A will to do harm. Entropy is not simply the absence of order. It can be expressed as a force.

[lduych]

[1-2]

The void awaits surely all them that weave the wind.

Had Pyrrhus not fallen by a beldam’s hand in Argos or, Julius Caesar not been knifed to death? They are not to be thought away. They are lodged, fettered, in the room of the infinite possibilities they have ousted. But, can those things have been possible, seeing that they never were? Or was that only possible which came to pass?

Weave, weaver of the wind.

[lduych]

[2-2]

It must be a movement, then, an actuality of the possible as 'being' possible.

Fed and feeding brains about me: and in my mind, the sloth of the underworld, shy of brightness, shifting her dragon scaly folds. The soul is, in a manner, all that is. Thought is the thought of thought. Form the form of forms. Tranquility! Sudden! Vast! Candescent!

Form of forms.

Thought of thought.

Weave, weaver of the wind.

Weave.

~ James Joyce

[123JustYouAndMe]

He was'nt atheist he was agnostic

[PdishmonkeyJJ]

Great argument, except it wasn't Einstein you dipshit

[drewbieark]

I remember these chain emails, debunked as soon as they came out, bunch of lying christian assholes. Visit the snopes article.

[FernandezMustDie1988]

Fake – Albert Einstein didn't talk like a retard.

[megarajesh007]

Why is it not possible that god doesn't exists and it is the absence of evil that is god.

[chuckyskeys]

God was first worshipped in bavelon and is the alias of hasatan .....

[TheFragrancegarden]

Basically, Einstein haven't read and meditated the Bible, because he was so busy reading Mathematics and Physics books, if he does, he cannot came up with his doctoral thesis in physics, the point is how can we Judge and Testify the existence of God if we haven't even try challenging him if he indeed exist? or have we read the bible? are we meditating the words written on it? but if we do, we are establishing relationship with him and feel his Holy Spirit, now then we can conclude if he Exist.

[tatoearashiga]

This video is true. When he was a child he was religious but he became more philosophical as he grew older so that changed his views with God. At some point he became an atheist However, when getting old, i mean is about 50 years old, he agreed that there is God. He believe in a lawful God, not who saves mankind. Life is a journey. His views change through time. In the end, he believes that nothing creating something is impossible and science without religion is blind.

[observito]

It is possible atheist and God to exist independently from one another.

[narutoluvr17]

@tjp87 It doesn't matter whether or not Einstein said this. The important part is the point that's proven. If someone came up with this, they could've just put Einstein's name to get people to look at this. Or Einstein really said it, no one knows. The point is, you're watching this, which means you're thinking about God. That's all it asks.

[nazirdjon]

actually these words are from Abu Ali Ibn Sino (Avicenna) in his book of Logic, Part II. FYI, Abu Ali Ibn Sino (Avicenna), persian Muslim scholar living around c.980—1037 years in Central Asia.

[KABLAM191]

I have one question, why doesn't god love certain people?

It couldn't be because they're evil, because according to this people are only evil BECAUSE they aren't loved be god.

Could it be because they don't worship him? than we have to conclude that all Christians Jews and Muslims (assuming this is the god we're talking about, though I know every one of these would say they are the only one who god truly loves) are not evil, and that everyone outside of these religions is.

[TheFragrancegarden]

@KABLAM191 im not well versed with the bible but as i read a very basic and simple verse from JOHN 3:16 "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON AND WHOSOEVER BELIEVED ON HIM WILL NOT SUFFER BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE", well, that is, if you believe in GOD and his son JESUS CHRIST the only savior of mankind, the GOD that i'm talking to is the GOD of the Jew, Muslims, Christians and Non-Believers, we are all recipient of his Great Love in short GOD LOVES THE ENTIRE HUMANITY.

[ob1kendobe]

"In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views." -Albert Einstein

[Freakphone]

Ooh, looks like that boy's in trouble

[parliamentfunk]

If all Christians were as intelligent as Einstein, would Christianity still exist?

[timp1206]

Albert was an Atheist...

[Amichannnnn]

@timp1206 Actually, I would just like to point out. Albert Einstein was not atheist. He had a Spinozistic view of God. He didn't believe in the bible or anything, but he did believe in a personal God, and an after life.

"In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views." -Albert Einstein

[ob1kendobe]

@timp1206 "In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views." -Albert Einstein

[NaibUsul]

Religion is not knowledge.

[asargentb]

Wow. Albert would be p[pissed!

[pretor89]

That's funny that this video can just grab someone and insist that that person believed in something when in fact they did not. Albert Einstein was an atheist.

This is like if the KKK used the image of Pope John Paul II claiming he was a white supremacist. This kind of stuff just isn't right.

[harrisunn]

I guess God screwed up and accidentally created men who don't have his love in their hearts. Whoops! Stupid kid.

[WaywardSonCRO]

for fucks sake, Einstein wasn't this retarded

[zncdr]

We have instruments that measure temperature and luminance. Until the "god's love" equivalent is made your false-attribution-chain-mail-t­urn-video analogy does not even begin to be wrong.

[muell0815]

Incorrect attributed. Und unglaublich holpriges deutsch dazu.

[olllj]

goto talkorigins to learn how often Albert Einstein is misquoted and quoted out of context, regarding religion, and how its quotes are taken out of context.

[tjp87]

"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms." Einstein

This video does a nice job of drawing you in but it's pure propaganda. Einstein was unquestionably an atheist.

[TheNidies]

@tjp87 actually, to my knowledge, he was a deist, not an atheist. none the less, this video is still idiotic propaganda and Einstein's probably rolling over in his grave.. or at least would be if he hadn't been cremated.

gotta love them inappropriate appeals to authority :)

[ob1kendobe]

@tjp87 whether or not Einstein is an atheist does not change the validity of th argument in this video.

[iran2025]

@tjp87 @tjp87 how can you even use the word UNQUESTIONABLY in a world where information is a mouse click away! Do you really rely on the human flaw called laziness to take advantage and misinform people??? Einstein believed in the spiritual, nature, and Godly...HE DOESNT BELIEVE IN RELIGION! BIG DIFFERENCE YOU ASS

[Bourtini]

@tjp87 The quote rejected beliefs of a personal god, and recognized the God of Sprinoza as logical.

Einstein, often referred as an agnostic theist, was critical of atheists: "The fanatical atheists (freed)... cannot hear the music of the spheres.", saying that atheists have a grudge against the possibility of a creator due to traditional religion. E. never targeted belief in a personal god because, "such a belief seems... preferable to the lack of any transcendental outlook."

[tjp87]

Albert Einstein was an atheist but nice job trying to manipulate people.

"The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this." Einstein

[monsterslayer12]

@tjp87 not Atheist, he was pantheist thats a big diffrent. Atheist is a person who dont belive on god. A Pantheist is a person who belives in god but he think he is connected with the universe

[MrTruthAddict]

@monsterslayer12  Einstein said he only believed in Spinozas god. Spinoza, according to Stanford University was a reductive pantheist which is basically the same as an atheist. It was very difficult for Jews back then to come right out and say they were atheists.

plato.stanford.edu/entries/spi­noza/

[iran2025]

ur quoting his idea on religion, Einstein had a problem with man made religion, but in fact he did say God must logically exist and i quote "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings". Thank you again mister Atheist...but you fail!!

[iran2025]

@tjp87 AND I QUOTE: "In the view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support for such views". (The Expanded Quotable Einstein, Princeton University Press, p. 214). move along,..

[gazer786]

@tjp87 he didnt believe in the god of the bible and torah but he belived in god

[tintinwoolcat]

auch natürlich!

[thescorpionking2020]

christians lying 4 jesus propaganda,einstein ws deist or pantheist he did nt believe in god's love or sacrifice and he pretty much mocked the bible 4 the big pile of bullshit it reallly is

[tintinwoolcat]

@thescorpionking2020 "No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life." -Einstein im not saying he believed in a personal god or the bible. ,im saying he never mocked the bible. Albert said he didnt believe in a personal god, but he didnt say he didnt believe in a higher being..which may be a personal god. im sure Albert wouldn't be impressed by ur fowl mouth n low intellectual status either.

[tintinwoolcat]

@thescorpionking2020 you? a spokes man for Albert Einstein? I bet he is spinning in his grave right now. read up son, you have a lot to learn! ya nincompoop.

[thescorpionking2020]

@tintinwoolcat hey dude einstein clealry on record said tht stories of the bible wer pretty much childish,yes he's dead and he ceases to exist but trust me he never ever believed in a personal god or his son and his prophets,he also denied the fact tht jews wer sum chosen people,and this vid is nuthin but propaganda no record of einstein ever havin said such a thing and it doesnt really matter if he did coz he denied it in the future nyways since he ws a diest or pantheist

[NineLivesProduction]

@thescorpionking2020 No no no no no you are very very wrong. Albert Einstein quotes " I believe god for he is the one that showed me the universe".

[Amichannnnn]

@tintinwoolcat You are acting like a spokes man for Albert Einstein too. None of us will ever know what Einstein's feelings are towards this video or all of these comments.

[mistaunbeatabl]

does anyone know the name of the piano song in the background

[Scarface9118]

Atheists should watch this video....how's life without believing in God, who will you ask for help??????

[think76]

You can always trust stories that circulate via email.

[klitchg89]

And to be honest, you cannot disprove, nor prove god in 1:19 of a you tube vid, its impossible. Nor can you disprove him in a 500 character reply. Verbal debates over the internet are like the special Olympics. No matter who wins, everyone is still retarded.

[klitchg89]

The logic behind this statement cant be justified via another straw-man statement. Try and perceive it this way, it merely tries to justify the human condition. As to whether or not we are innately good or evil. The concept behind cold and darkness is a juxtaposition and not a direct comparison. The argument is void when turned into a comparison and thus one must perceive it from the educated stand point of a juxtaposition. The truth is we make bad choices when we do not have good intent

[AtheistsNeedLoveToo]

That is like saying that starvation doesn't exist, it is just a result of what happens when a man does not have food in his stomach. It's also like saying that blindness does not exist, it is only a lack of sight. This is like saying that atheism does not exist, it is simply an absence of a belief in a god or gods. Wow! Let me see. We have plenty of starving people in Africa, lots of blind people, and I myself am an atheist. Evil does exist, and therefore God doesn't.

[23shadowman23]

@AtheistsNeedLoveToo you dont get it do you?

[AtheistsNeedLoveToo]

@23shadowman23 I understand what this kid is saying. Do you?

[23shadowman23]

@AtheistsNeedLoveToo evil fyi, is the real absence of ones knowledge about faith and understanding. You say, there are starving people in africa and blindess?

..starvation is not evil and also as for blindness. THEY WERENT PUNISHED, WE ARE JUST BLESSED, AND STILL YOU DESPISE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

I dont wanna argue about my rel. about God, because the likes of you knows to learn who is God, but denies Him, . and also to say. the reason we are like this. keyword: >>> freewill.

[AtheistsNeedLoveToo]

@23shadowman23 Do you think it's a good thing if a child is starving to death? Do you think it is a good thing if a man has to suffer from blindness all of his life? No! They are certainly a bad thing. If you say that God blesses us, but totally deprives the African children of their food, then you are so ignorant. Also, there cannot exist and omnicient being when we have free will. God created a plan in the beginning and therefore knows and chooses what a person will do. We have no choice.

[JoelJW]

Smackdown on the professor. Einstein may have not been religious in the traditional sense, but he gave honor to God with the wisdom he demonstrated before his professor. :)

[jimmydoolittle22]

@JoelJW actually, this never happened, it's just some Christians lying for Jesus again. Check Snopes dot com lol.

[nikoletweet]

vince . yeah you are right . Einstein was not religious.. the child only base the law of physics of eintsein into religous way.get it now??

[VinceB1298]

I like the pub...but i dont like the last 3-4 seconds...Einstein was not religious...if he was something he was pantheism in Spinoza philosophic way...write Einstein on God in youtube for a fast explanation..his biography still the best answer

[discipleMoses]

@VinceB1298 God was actually religious as a child. around the age of 12-15 he changed his ways and as he aged he became very philosophical