1936 EINSTEIN THE DETERMINIST.
In keeping with the last post
[propaganda] I read an interesting AP article on Syria.
As most of you know Syria has
been in a civil war for many months- they are the 1st ‘Arab spring’
nation that has not ‘fallen’ to the rebels.
Now- there are lots of political
things going on in the region [Russia and China not supporting a Libyan style
NATO action] that are sustaining Assad’s regime.
But I found it funny how the
western media have chosen to portray the war.
In order for the media to side
with those who want to depose Assad- they must ‘side’ with the ‘deposers’.
So- the article spoke about the
outside Al Qaeda groups who are coming in to assist the rebels.
It used terms like ‘heroism’
‘valor’ ‘experienced fighters who know what they are doing’.
These terms were used to describe
Al Qaeda fighters- in contrast to Assad- a ‘crimes against humanity’
description.
Wow- I never thought the media
would actually try and honor Al Qaeda fighters- in order to accomplish their
agenda.
That my friends is the ultimate
in propaganda.
Okay- I read some more on Einstein
over the weekend- and wanted to cover a few things.
Over the years as you read
various sources about famous folk- you need to be aware of the source.
For instance- Christian writers
[writing from that perspective] often portray the religious tendencies of a
figure in a more favorable light then an atheist writer would.
So you have to be careful that
the author is not writing his own story into the person he is covering.
But the biography I’m reading was
not written from a religious view.
Yet- the author does share the
various positions Einstein has taken about God over the years.
One thing to note is Einstein was
a lover of philosophy- he admired men like Hume, Kant and Spinoza.
If you remember- a few years ago
I covered the history of philosophy and how much of it dealt with what the
causes of things are.
The law of Cause and Effect [also
referred to as causality].
As a Physicist- Einstein had a
great interest in these subjects.
At the end of the day- Einstein
fell into a camp of thinkers called Determinists.
That means he believed that that
the universe was ruled by definite principles- even though we did not have the
answers to all the puzzles- yet he was convinced that if we searched long
enough- we would find order to it.
This belief is in keeping with
Theistic thinkers- not with those who ascribe chance and disorder to the
creation.
I might have bitten off a little
much here- but the point is- at the end of the day Einstein rejected the
commonly held belief that there is no real cause to the things we see.
Many thinkers who argue against
the existence of God argue form a perspective that chance is behind the ‘perceived’
design we see in nature.
Dawkins [the famous atheist]
calls it ‘the appearance of design’.
Einstein did not simply believe
in the ‘appearance’ of design- but he believed that the Cosmos was indeed a
product of some type of cause that gave it design.
Now- I’m not saying Einstein was
a Christian [or observant Jew]- but the point is- in his thinking- he rejects
the most commonly held arguments that are made against the Theistic world view
[in Cosmology- science] and sides with the Christian thinkers of our day.
Einstein famously said ‘God does
not roll dice’ meaning he did not believe in the atheistic argument that things
just happen without any cause.
No- Einstein seems to agree with
one of his favorite thinkers- Spinoza said ‘All things are determined by the necessity
of Divine nature’.
Yes- Einstein was a Determinist
in his thinking- he did indeed side with the Theists at the end of the day.
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