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Einstein and God (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by lawrence@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

God just threw the universe together, but Einstein took the time to understand it.

Alternatively, the Bible has an extremely naive (and often counterfactual) understanding of natural science. If the world really was created by an all-knowing God and His word revealed in “inerrant” holy scripture, you’d expect it to be a whole lot better at matching the science.

[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Oooh, I like your alternative take a lot. The whole idea of the Bible being written as a result of "hearing the voice of God" or being divinely inspired is always a fun topic because it's impossible to define.

Evidently when John Nash (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash_Jr.) was asked how a logical and smart person like him could believe that he was being recruited by aliens from outer space to save the world he replied "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me in the same way that my mathematical ideas did. So I took them seriously."

I always thought people who were "hearing the voice of God" were experiencing the same thing. Something irrational happens but you interpret it in a way that just feels true to you as an individual, and it's so impactful that you choose to believe and test it.

[–] owsei@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

While I do like this interpretation, the comic, Um Sábado Qualquer, depitcs gods as kinda clueless/clumsy, leading me to interpret the comic as: god just kinda did it without noticing what he was doing, than someone came and understood what was happening. (but attributing the complexity and geniousness to god)

BUT, in real life, what you said is a pretty solid argument

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Checkmate you several thousands years old scripture !

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Not so much a dunk on historical texts as it is on people who believe that something written thousands of years ago is somehow infallible.