My Loss of Faith

[frostedwonder]

I love Albert's quotes!
But don't some Atheist's hold on to the possibility of a god but without proof they don't believe? I would consider myself one that hopes I would one day have what I need to believe in something like a god, until then I try just to be healthy and as good natured as I can to myself and others.

I wondered why there was a spiritual area on this site and figured it could do without it, but even with all the arguing one thing on a small level happens...people express how they feel and what they believe. It can either solidify another readers existing beliefs or make someone further question life. Either way your still on a journey of self discovery which is in itself cool IMO

Real eyes realize real lies!:hippy:

[BlueBlazer]

I love Albert's quotes!
But don't some Atheist's hold on to the possibility of a god but without proof they don't believe? I would consider myself one that hopes I would one day have what I need to believe in something like a god, until then I try just to be healthy and as good natured as I can to myself and others.

Atheists do not hold on to a possibility that god is real. I believe Agnostic is what you mean.

I don't think Einstein was an Atheist, or an Agnostic. His belief was more like a Buddhist's (or more correctly like a Taoist).

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism. ~ Albert Einstein

I believe American Indian spiritualism is also much like what Einstein describes.

[chris62008]

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. (Albert Einstein, 1954)

Since Einstein clearly did not believe in your god, he is most likely speaking figuratively there. Einstein not only did not believe in a personal god but made an effort to "express it clearly"

I've heard trolls have a problem with clarity.


Read again one of the quotes you posted yourself.

"The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge."

Than who or what was he talking about when he made all of those quotes? Your trying to say he didn't mean GOD, when he clearly stated GOD in most of the quotes. Quit trying to turn these around like usual. HE SAID WHAT HE SAID!

He CONCEDES to a creator, lets just put it that way...

[BlueBlazer]

He CONCEDES to a creator, lets just put it that way...

Let's don't.

It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it. (Albert Einstein, 1954, The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, Princeton University Press)

[chris62008]

"Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish"

whats he talking about there than?

[BlueBlazer]

"Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish"

whats he talking about there than?

Not what you think.

I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature. (Albert Einstein, The World as I See It)

[chris62008]

Not what you think.

I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature. (Albert Einstein, The World as I See It)

You atheist scum! Your tatics won't work here!!!

Let me say this AGAIN! Albert Einstein CONCEDES to a creator! NOT neccassarily ANY type of religions!

Although never coming to belief in a personal God, he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe. The Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "Firmly denying atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in "Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists." This actually motivated his interest in science, as he once remarked to a young physicist: "I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details." Einstein's famous epithet on the "uncertainty principle" was "God does not play dice" - and to him this was a real statement about a God in whom he believed. (quoted from another website)

It's obvious that Einstein believed in a creator. A creator of everything we see. and that is what I believe (to an extent). The only thing is that I believe GOD is the sole "creator" of all these things. Which is totally true. Science is merely the work of GOD.

[BlueBlazer]

You atheist scum! Your tatics won't work here!!!

You're assuming a lot for a guy who claims injury when assumed upon.

1) I never said Einstein was an Atheist, to the contrary. I believe his "god" belief was akin to the Taoist "god" belief.

2) Even if Einstein did believe in a creator, he didn't believe in yours. He was the smartest man ever you said, but he was wrong about that?!?

3) I never said I was an Atheist. I am, however, most certainly not a believer of the god presented in the Bible, Torah, and Koran. I do not believe in a personal god or a creator, but I am close to Taoism in my personal philosophy.

4) My agenda here is not to work Atheist tactics on this board. I began by expressing my non belief in GOD, and have been dealing with your trolling ever since.

Your troll tactics are not working. You can't upset me, because I don't believe you take any of this seriously. You troll for a reaction and are thrilled when you get one, even if it makes you look stupid. If you don't care about your troll persona, why should I?

[chris62008]

You're assuming a lot for a guy who claims injury when assumed upon.

1) I never said Einstein was an Atheist, to the contrary. I believe his "god" belief was akin to the Taoist "god" belief.

2) Even if Einstein did believe in a creator, he didn't believe in yours. He was the smartest man ever you said, but he was wrong about that?!?

3) I never said I was an Atheist. I am, however, most certainly not a believer of the god presented in the Bible, Torah, and Koran. I do not believe in a personal god or a creator, but I am close to Taoism in my personal philosophy.

4) My agenda here is not to work Atheist tactics on this board. I began by expressing my non belief in GOD, and have been dealing with your trolling ever since.

Your troll tactics are not working. You can't upset me, because I don't believe you take any of this seriously. You troll for a reaction and are thrilled when you get one, even if it makes you look stupid. If you don't care about your troll persona, why should I?

I think what it really all comes down to is, Who supports their opinion more? You have NO answer to the creation of the universe, or what was before it. I DO in fact! and I have came up with WAY MORE points to support my opinion rather than yours. You even said it yourself "I don't know" cuz thats right... YOU DON'T KNOW SHI*.. you should do some research to SUPPORT your opinion like I said before.. cuz you havnt done shi* really but make yourself look dumb!

[BlueBlazer]

Okay troll boy.

You've made your claims loud and often. I guess that adds up to proof for a troll.

Anyone with any intelligence that reads this thread, regardless of their spiritual belief, should easily see that you have made repeated efforts to insult me into provocative action. Like trolls normally do. I, on the other hand, have resisted the urge to sink to that level.

Readers decide for yourself.