'The Wizard' Nikola Tesla on Religion, Morality

[RomrotMechanikos]

@DAyomandude yeah that sounds more fantastic than jumping from a 100 story building into a glass of water and surviving the jump

[cenotosa1]

@DAyomandude I know. It's amazing. It gets you thinking how lucky you are. I'm sure if chloroplyll a is an example, but I think it is. Either way there's many cases where that's happened. It's also amazing that cells have a sequence in their DNA that says when they'll die. So actually if it evolved right in the beginning, we'd live forever. Amazing.

[cenotosa1]

@DAyomandude Your biochemistry is a tad off. It's beautiful, undeniably, but the actual forming of life as of now is considerd impossible. Molecules like choloyphyll a need other biologicalenzymes to make it, which need to be made in a plant. So it's kinda like the chicken and egg thing, but its beginning is still a mystery, and as of now, though the compounds can be made, it's considered impractical to hink the came together that way.So i'm not saying you're wrong, I was just saying how amazing

[zperra]

I would much rather be the product of lifeless particals over dirt man and rib woman.

[bzbzbz7779]

@DAyomandude

uhmmm, ... now darwinism "changes", sounds as if the animals share their ancestors as a "tree" or the "trunk of a tree". but still the "tree" ev0lves from electrons and particles which darwinism agrees, therefore you are still an amalgamation of lifeless particles. nice contribution to youtube today :)

[biggmoneyme]

What a brilliant , enlightened man. Maybe even godly. Praise Jesus

[maple1255]

I don't agree with all of what he is saying here ... but much of it. He has a profound appreciation for the gift of our bodies, through which we are able to fully experience life

[faqdajews]

smart man

[cowboyweightlifter]

Of course, there is more but you should just read the article. Plus, I don't think it is a good idea to use the idea of appealing to authority. If you want a famous scientist who we KNOW believed in a god just look to Isaac Newton, father of physics.

[drrobertoboogie97]

@cowboyweightlifter Newton also believed in alchemy.

[cowboyweightlifter]

"There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is no exception to the natural order. Man, like the universe, is a machine."

[Baxteronsteroids]

"Religion," he said, "is simply an ideal. It is an ideal force that tends to free the human being from material bonds. It may sound ridiculous to say so, but I believe each person is but a wave passing through space, ever-changing from minute to minute as it travels along, finally, some day, just becoming dissolved."

This was also one of his quotes. I believe this is from when he was in his mid 70's.

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@Baxteronsteroids True, he did say that...but he did also say “The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concetrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power.

My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.”

So are we to believe he was like Einstein, or a devout evangelical? The truth, Neither. He believed in a Supereme Being, although many athiests can't stand this, but he respected religion and thought it necessary for a moral man

[aleksandarzezelj]

Tesla said that everybody should have his own religion. Take good stuff from every single one. He was born as an orthodox christian (his father was a priest of serbian orthodox churche). Later on, he recognized buddism, hindu etc... Your own beleifs are much stronger than any religion..

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@aleksandarzezelj

I judge him on what he said, not what I "think" or "hope" he felt. He was for creating more "Human Mass", he believed the more of us there are, the more powerful we can use our collective energies...as a man of electrical genius beyond today's comprehension I will give him the benefit of the doubt that what he is talking about is possible...He said that everything that goes against the teachings of religion, and hygiene tend to lead to the decrease "Human Mass".

[OMGxiTzxNeiL]

Good stuff, but please stop trying to twist these these words to suit your cause. Tesla was clearly spiritual but in his own way. These ideas are not Christian and do not show that Tesla followed Christianity any more than any other religions. Interesting quotes, though.

[LordEli]

Heh heh, yeah see Atheist's will be heart broken on this, It's like I've told them he had a belief in God and , even through dreams he'd seen his own invention come to form within them, this basically being guided by spiritual force.

I know from what I've read and heard of Tesla he had a deep spiritual side to him. and was by far the greatest scientiffic mind the world has seen. and thats true mpty Jesus and Buddha are hated for preaching peace and hope. and it is sad indeed

[drrobertoboogie97]

@LordEli Jesus preaching peace and hope? I suggest you look up Matthew 10:34-37 and Luke 12:51-53.

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@drrobertoboogie97 and ignore the rest of the New Testament? LOL FAIL

[drrobertoboogie97]

@EmptyBottleTherapies "Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!" -Luke 12:51

"So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds." -Revelation 2:22-23

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@drrobertoboogie97 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. *Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." - John 16:33

*"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." -John 14:27

It's very easy to criticize, cherry pick, and omit.

[drrobertoboogie97]

@EmptyBottleTherapies "He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him takes care to chastise him" Proverbs 13:24

"Happy those who seize your children and smash them against a rock." Psalms 137:9

Now you might say this is just the Old Testament and should be ignored, Jesus doesn't agree:

"It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid." Luke 16:17

Also check: Romans 1:24-32

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@drrobertoboogie97 ah, the cherry picker wishes to continue, this time abandoning your original argument about Jesus to start quoting the old testament, which Jesus supported but never himself said any of those...here we go

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. - Psalm 37:37

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5

[drrobertoboogie97]

@EmptyBottleTherapies Wait. The Old Testament? If you're going to send me verses from OT then I will too as a personal message because OT contains literally hundreds of evil.

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@drrobertoboogie97 actually you opened the OT door, remember? You are simply attacking others beliefs for what? Because you are not secure in your own? How does someone else believing in love, and hope, and peace stop or interfere with your life...on the contrary attacking people for having belief (or not having belief) is the lowest form of dialogue, and is indicative of someone not believing in the ideals of a free-society, and liberty. Thank you for wasting your time.

[drrobertoboogie97]

@EmptyBottleTherapies I'm not attacking people for their beliefs, can you show me where I said that? Thanks for wasting your time.

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@drrobertoboogie97 Your initial response to my statement was an attack, you saw a view you didn't agree with so you must inform others that your view is the correct view to have. Thanks for recycling my closing statement and not being original.

[drrobertoboogie97]

@EmptyBottleTherapies Your initial response was an attack. "LOL FAIL" Yeah, this is an attack.

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@drrobertoboogie97 the fact that you felt the need to even post your first comment as a response to mine is the point you can't seem to grasp.

[drrobertoboogie97]

I didn't post my first comment as a response to you, but to LordEli.

By the way, I can prove that God doesn't exist. To prove God doesn't exist, we need to know the meaning of God. God is defined as the uncreated creator of all that exists. If God exists, he must be in the set of "all that exists". Thus he must be the creator of himself too. If so, he would go against his definition because he wouldn't be uncreated. Thus he's self-contradictory. That which is self-contradictory doesn't exist.

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@drrobertoboogie97 Ok, so you were attacking LordEli's belief, who simply recycled the part you criticized from me...but that wasn't an attack on me, right? LOL, anyways your "contradictory" explanation could honestly be the worst attempt I have ever heard to disprove Intelligent Design in the history of the internet. First of all your thinking is so close-minded, why does "God" have to had been created? Why couldn't "God" have simply always existed? The universe reaks intelligent design.

[Strmtrper6]

@EmptyBottleTherapies

No reason to disprove something.  The burden of proof lies with the believer. Otherwise, people could claim anything.

Why couldn't "reality" have simply always existed, in some form or another?

[drrobertoboogie97]

Stop calling it intelligent design. We all know you're Christian cretinists. Here's a question for you: If God can just exist, why can't the universe? God is much more complex than the universe, he created it, remember? If such a complex being can just exist, why can't the universe? If complexity implies a designer, than God would have a designer too. And his designer would be designed also, ad infinitum. God's existence sets up an infinite regress (which is impossible), so God doesn't exist.

[chylerreckeaolgodhul]

@drrobertoboogie97 I'm technically an atheist, but I just wanted to point out a flaw in your logic here - if a God needed a creator, so does the Universe, ad infinitum. The Universe is impossible in the same sense. So that's not the way to argue over it. In any case, it's an unscientific concept - it is unfalsifiable, and therefore, it does not belong in a science book. Then again, neither does Einstein's relativity. Meh, silly people.

[drrobertoboogie97]

@chylerreckeaolgodhul Well, that only holds if there actually is a god. If there is no god, then the argument doesn't hold. Also, relativity has been proven numerous times, with very precise measurements. And it's an unavoidable consequence of conservation of energy-momentum. I have a Ph.D. in physics so I know something.

[chylerreckeaolgodhul]

@drrobertoboogie97 You know what I was trying to say, though. And also, PhD in physics makes you more credible than many commenters on here. I prefer the empirical method to the deductive method, though, and that's why I don't like Relativity too much. I feel there are different ways to explain the same observations without resorting to some inexplicable 'bending of space and time' that only complicates things, in my opinion. YouTube isn't a good place for debate, though, unfortunately. ttyl

[biggmoneyme]

@drrobertoboogie97 thats one of the stupidest things i've ever heard. I award you with a subtraction of 135 testosterone points.

[bzbzbz7779]

@drrobertoboogie97

too bad you failed to explain why you are alive and can reason. btw, evolution teaches you your ancestor is a chmp and the chmp's ancestor is particles, therefore you are nothing but a bunch of lifeless particles, which i agree :)

[bzbzbz7779]

@drrobertoboogie97

i can prove deviI exists: what you and all atheists and pagans believe is deviI and that is the impetus for these comments.

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

@drrobertoboogie97 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. - Matthew 5:9

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. - Romans 8:6

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: - Romans 5:1

I mean we could do this forever...I will wait for your next googled response.

[drrobertoboogie97]

@EmptyBottleTherapies So now we can agree that some scriptures contradict with each other. The law of non-contradiction clearly states that these scriptures cannot be true at the same time. Thus, the trueness of the Bible is to be doubted.

[headlesshorsemen75]

i read this up though, he just learned from some hindu guy who teached him that the whole universe is one, and that he also learned pantheism and that how we are all conncected, he also believed in that all religions are different manifestations of one truth,

His source?

Swami Vivekananda , the indian, who teached tesla about the vedas.....

but Tesla's downfall was that this philosophy teached that all are one, upto the point by saying the Creator is the creation, which many christians reject.

[Illuminatihater]

Resonated with me like words spoken by an angel. Made me cry.

[crabtrap]

seems like he touched on quite a few subjects there . non-locality,collective conscienceness , feminism

and intelligent design .

so much for the "all good scientists are atheists" dogma

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

thank you so much for your comment. I have been hoping that connection that "all good scientists are athiests" dogma is incorrect. Nikola Tesla could be the greatest mind this world has EVER seen and he was FAR from athiestic, and he claims so through reason.

[crabtrap]

As more proof it's well known that he "talked" with dead colleauges and family,this suggests a belief in an after life

[ledsabbath165]

Nikola Tesla was the greatest mind ever!! I never knew he was theist though that is great!! Thanks for the video

[larfilms]

he was definitely not a theist. he did not believe in a personal god that governed the affairs of men.

[EmptyBottleTherapies]

This is not a platform for your missionary work! Go push your conversionary practices of lies and manipulation to another video.

[Gormanmod]

@EmptyBottleTherapies

he seems Christian maybe.

[educate1self]

@Gormanmod

Those quotes reminded me of many of Nietchzes (sp?).

I think it's a bad idea to speculate on what any figure in the past believed. Unless you can quote Tesla on this specific issue to back up what is said then it means nothing.

[Gormanmod]

@educate1self He was born into a very religious family and never had any fights with them on religion. In those times you pretty much were what you were born most of the time. Twain visited I believe, but there's not much on the two discussing anything. Pretty much it seems he believed what he did and did not talk about it.

[GODLOVESUSSOMUCH]

True and Beautiful thanks for the encouragement and intellectual stimulation. God bless you bro!