[On Einstein's Disbelief in God]
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.
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"The man was a brilliant theoretical physicist but his knowledge of other questions was childlike and uninformed."
Or, in other words, he was like you...except for the brilliant theoretical physicist part?
"knowledge of other questions was childlike and uninformed."
Please don't throw the word 'childlike' around like that. There are children who know more about religion than some of the people who centre their lives around it. How do I know? Because I knew more about Christian dogma at nine than most of the adults i've seen quoted here. And i'll go you one further; I was better at putting that knowledge into practice too.
Aside from innate stupidity, why do the fundies give a rip what a theoretical physicist said about Faith? Being devoted to the stifling of intellect, one would think they would be best served by simply ignoring him.
So he was uninformed? Like, if he had just known about Jesus, he totally would have gotten saved?
I don't get that with fundies. It's like, they believe without question, and they can't comprehend how anyone can *not*. If someone doesn't, they just don't know about God. Once they're more informed about it, then they'll believe.
It's like the "there are no atheists" thing. They just honestly can't accept that some people don't believe in their invisible sky daddy. They have no idea how that's possible.
"Einstein's statements are proof of the old adage that genius is not transferable."
Then why, pray tell, do fundies think having read the odd bible passage and three pages of "Answers in Genesis" makes them experts on cosmology, geology, quantum physics, biology, palaeontology, chemistry, and thermodynamics?
"The man was a brilliant theoretical physicist but his knowledge of other questions was childlike and uninformed."
Most sceptics already know what an "argument from authority" is, so Einstein's beliefs wouldn't have mattered much to us either way. Einstein was quite the supporter of communism at one time too, a fact often trotted out by fundtards as 'evidence' that any disagreement between the bible and relativity is due to the untrustworthiness of the latter.
In fact, the only reason Einstein's beliefs come up at all was because fundies would insist that if a genius like Einstein believed in God, it must be true. Now you're being f**ked by your own fallacy, you are whining about it. And that is childish and uninformed.
Or your understanding of what he said was childlike and uninformed.
Einstein at was a genius at at least one thing, which puts him ahead of you freepers.
It is Bible story time!
When his disciples asked Jesus who is held in the highest regard in heaven:
"Truly I tell you,unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
". . . but his knowledge of other questions was childlike and uninformed."
How does quadrant know this? What books has he read about Einstein? What can he quote from Einstein? What knowledge was 'childlike and uninformed'?
I think we need citations if we're to believe any of this.
fergus
"No one has "Knowledge" in matters of faith. Faith has nothing to do with knowledge."
In fact it's the opposite of knowledge. If 'belief' is thinking something is true because of the supporting evidence 'faith' is claiming something is true despite the evidence to the contrary.
I love those other comments:
"Not so smart after all." - MrLee
So now that you can't use him as a means to make your idiotic myth collection look a little intellectual, he's not so smart.
"Einstein knows better now." - seanmerc
'Fancy words makes baby Jebus send you to the Debbel'
"GOD DOES NOT PLAY DICE"
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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