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Believing in God is Stupid
A couple of weeks ago some details in a letter Albert Einstein wrote to a friend came out. The father of relativity did not have relative views on religion. In it he said things like:
“The word God is for me nothing more than
the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection
of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless
pretty childish.”
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“For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions.”
What do you think? I actually talk about this in my upcoming book 10 Things I Hate About Christianity:Working Through the Frustrations of Faith. Einsteins words do not offend me, as a person of faith. In fact, I think I agree with him to some degree.
Even Jesus said that we need to have faith ‘like a child.’ While that is not exactly what Einstein was saying, I think there is a similarity.
That is to say, I have had to face something in my experience with faith, something I HATE. I hate the fact, that no matter how much I try to avoid it and out-think it, having faith is not an intellectual decision. It’s hard to admit, but it simply is true.
Having faith defies reason. It contradicts logic. Yes, it is childlike in many ways. It trusts and accepts things that are difficult, even impossible, to prove scientifically. But that’s what faith is. It is, itself, the evidence of things that are not seen.
I guess I’m stupid…
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Nate, yes Obama did. I guess I need a gun now to totally fit his template.
Chip, I agree. Thanks for being dumb with me. BTW-trackbacks are active now. Sorry, about that. I’m still getting familiar with this new blog service.
I do not believe that God requires faith in His existence. To the contrary, belief that God does *not* exist requires FAR more faith. The more we learn about the nature and laws of our universe, the more the existence of God is proven beyond any shadow of doubt.
What *does* require faith, though, is the understanding of God’s relationship with man, and with His plan for our salvation – subjects which require faith because they absolutely defy human reasoning.
P.S. why are trackbacks closed?
Didn’t Obama say something like that recently? “People who are bitter about their situation (weak) cling to their guns and religion” to ease their frustrations.