Einstein solves the problem of evil

[ChristineES]

Yeah, but imagine if someone came up with something great and then spread it out, telling people that Jesus said it.

For instance, "Thou who devour strawberry ice cream are evil and will go to Hell without passing Go!" That was Jesus who said it, to his teacher, during a debate. Regardless if the statement in itself was true or not, wouldn't it upset you that someone is lying about what Jesus said only to promote their own ideas? How about having Jesus say, "Christianity is a false religion." Christians would blow a gasket, I'm sure if someone claimed this. Why? Because they know Jesus wouldn't have said it, but rather the opposite. Attributing Einstein to say something that he probably wouldn't have said at all is rude and dishonest. I wouldn't invent and lie about what Jesus said, so why would any religious person lie about Einstein? There's no need for it. Present the idea, but don't put it in the mouth of those who is dead and can't defend themselves.

People are gullible. I heard this argument before, and attributed to someone else, not Albert Einstein. People spread things all over all the time and attribute them someone else. I guess if it's attributed to someone who is a well-known, highly intelligent scientist like Einstein that more people will listen to it.

 

[Ouroboros]

People are gullible. I heard this argument before, and attributed to someone else, not Albert Einstein. People spread things all over all the time and attribute them someone else. I guess if it's attributed to someone who is a well-known, highly intelligent scientist like Einstein that more people will listen to it.

Yes, it's a way of endorsing the message, but doing it so through fraud since the person never did endorse it.

The person making the video spent probably several weeks making it, instead of spending 5 minutes researching it. That shows bias and no interest in honesty or truthfulness. Research the source material before making an expensive video making false claims.

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor." Ex 20:16

 

[ChristineES]

Yes, it's a way of endorsing the message, but doing it so through fraud since the person never did endorse it.

The person making the video spent probably several weeks making it, instead of spending 5 minutes researching it. That shows bias and no interest in honesty or truthfulness. Research the source material before making an expensive video making false claims.

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor." Ex 20:16

I agree that it's deceitful attributing it to someone who did not come up with it.

 

[Ouroboros]

I agree that it's deceitful attributing it to someone who did not come up with it.

Thank you.

There's a famous philosopher who did this in ancient times. Plato. He used Socrates as his mouthpiece to explain philosophy. I'm not sure why he did.

 

[Trantorfuzz]

I'm not sure I understand your post.

The point is that even the fictional young Einstein portrayed in the old legend did nothing to solve the problem of evil.

 

[Parsimony]

The point is that even the fictional young Einstein portrayed in the old legend did nothing to solve the problem of evil.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I had said as well.

 

[ThePainefulTruth]

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.)

Good video. Also a lie is the absence or privation of Truth. But what does that have to do with any revealed god, including a Christian/Jewish God who incited or caused genocide and other "punishments"?

 

[metis]

Einstein referred to the concept of God teaching and demanding morality as being "childish". However, he did feel that there indeed was such things as good and evil in terms of how we treated "Nature", to use Spinoza's name for that which is all-encompassing, which includes God and all humanity.

 

[Monk Of Reason]

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.)

The absence of good would be neutrality. Neutrality isn't innately evil in any sense of the word without some serious tweaking of theological terminology such as adding to the original sin argument as not simply an evil we start with but that our innately neutral state is evil.