Einstein solves the problem of evil

[Gambit]

Einstein solves the problem of evil. He does this by explaining that evil is the privation of good. This is the standard Christian explanation. (The YouTube video is only 2 minutes long.)

 

[Parsimony]

I don't think there is any proof that the boy in the story was actually Einstein (or that it is even based on a true event). I'd welcome being proven wrong, however.

 

[Gambit]

I don't think there is any proof that the boy in the story was actually Einstein (or that it is even based on a true event). I'd welcome being proven wrong, however.

You're missing the point.

 

[Parsimony]

You're missing the point.

I'm not sure that this really solves the problem of evil. I think it best represents an attempt to define evil more than anything.

 

[metis]

Einstein didn't believe in a deity that taught morality, and one of his hypotheses is that he thought it possible that God was the energy of creation.

 

[Gambit]

Einstein didn't believe in a deity that taught morality, and one of his hypotheses is that he thought it possible that God was the energy of creation.

You're also missing the point of the video.

 

[metis]

You're also missing the point of the video.

I didn't watch it as I'm a bit too strapped for time.

 

[Gambit]

I didn't watch it as I'm a bit too strapped for time.

Then you shouldn't be making drive-by comments.

 

[metis]

Then you shouldn't be making drive-by comments.

I didn't know there was a rule against it, plus I would think that maybe you should know something about Einstein before posting.

 

[ChristineES]

I don't think there is any proof that the boy in the story was actually Einstein (or that it is even based on a true event). I'd welcome being proven wrong, however.

I think it's the idea that is important, not who actually said it.

 

[Gambit]

I think it's the idea that is important, not who actually said it.

St. Augustine is the one who first proposed it.

 

[ChristineES]

St. Augustine is the one who first proposed it.

And I agree with it. Even before I ever heard this idea several years ago, I had the same idea about it. A lot of us have.

 

[Gambit]

I didn't know there was a rule against it, plus I would think that maybe you should know something about Einstein before posting.

It requires more time to make three posts than to actually watch the video.

 

[metis]

Had more time that I thought, plus I realized that the video was only couple minutes long, so I did watch it.

Even though it does quote Einstein properly at the end, there are two problems with the video:

1. Einstein would not have used the terminology "God's love" for the reason I previously gave, and...

2.the arguments of the boy in terms of cold and light simply are not really valid points in the context of the issue of "evil". Einstein did not believe in "evil" in the theological sense of the word, but he did believe in "evil" in regards to man's inhumanity to man.

 

[Koldo]

You're missing the point.

Perhaps you shouldn't have mentioned Einstein if you didn't want him to be a subject on your topic.

 

[fantome profane]

Einstein solves the problem of evil. He does this by explaining that evil is the privation of good. This is the standard Christian explanation. (The YouTube video is only 2 minutes long.)

I think it is a garbage argument, regardless of who said it (or didn't say it). Evil is not the absence of good.

 

[Gambit]

Had more time that I thought,

Imagine that!

plus I realized that the video was only couple minutes long, so I did watch it.

Well, you would have realized that if you had bothered to read the OP (which was only two sentences).

Even though it does quote Einstein properly at the end, there are two problems with the video:

1. Einstein would not have used the terminology "God's love" for the reason I previously gave, and...

2.the arguments of the boy in terms of cold and light simply are not really valid points in the context of the issue of "evil". Einstein did not believe in "evil" in the theological sense of the word, but he did believe in "evil" in regards to man's inhumanity to man.

This is not about Einstein! (That's just a gimmick to make a point. Gawd!)

 

[metis]

Imagine that!

Well, you would have realized that if you had bothered to read the OP (which was only two sentences).

This is not about Einstein! (That's just a gimmick to make a point. Gawd!)

Do you honestly believe your sarcasm somehow makes you look like a real adult? Maybe we can discuss something when you decide to act less childish.

 

[Gambit]

Do you honestly believe your sarcasm somehow makes you look like a real adult? Maybe we can discuss something when you decide to act less childish.

I have already wasted too much of my precious time discussing this with you. I suggest next time you display the courtesy of at least reading the OP before you decide to post.

 

[Gambit]

I think it is a garbage argument, regardless of who said it (or didn't say it). Evil is not the absence of good.

What is it?