Theology: Albert Einstein (God, Religion, Theology & Science)

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A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man. (Albert Einstein)

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I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it. (Albert Einstein, 1954)

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The technology of the 20th century has delved into the tiniest particles of life and has revealed that the cell is the most complex system mankind has ever confronted. Today we know that the cell contains power stations producing the energy to be used by the cell, factories manufacturing the enzymes and hormones essential for life, a data bank where all the necessary information about all products to be produced is recorded, complex transportation systems and pipelines for carrying raw materials and products from one place to another, advanced laboratories and refineries for breaking down external raw materials into their useable parts, and specialised cell membrane proteins to control the incoming and outgoing materials. And these constitute only a small part of this incredibly complex system.

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Zero Probability

An average-sized protein molecule is composed of 288 amino acids of which there are twelve different types. These can be arranged in 10300 different ways. Of all these possible sequences, only one forms the desired protein molecule. The rest of them are amino-acid chains that are either totally useless or else potentially harmful to living things.

In other words, the probability of the formation of only one protein molecule is "1 out of 10300". The probability of this "1" to occur is practically impossible. (In mathematics, probabilities smaller than 1 over 1050 are accepted as "zero probability"). Furthermore, a protein molecule of 288 amino acids is rather a modest one compared with some giant protein molecules consisting of thousands of amino acids. When we apply similar probability calculations to these giant protein molecules, we see that even the word "impossible" becomes inadequate.

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Dear Debashish

Please go through Einstein's Theory of Relativity which has opened up the eyes of many atheists. But we must know many scientists have propounded many theories. Some of them have been established as facts while some NOT. Stephen Hawking's propounded Big Bang theory which has now been established as fact. (bestseller in A Brief History of Time). The glorious Qur'an has mentioned about it 1400 years back.

Here are some of the questions cosmology seeks to answer that I borrow heavily from astrophysicist Hugh Ross' excellent books The Fingerprint of God and The Creator and the Cosmos.:

   1. Is the universe finite or infinite in extent and content?
   2. Is it eternal or does it have a beginning?
   3. Was it created? If not, how did it get here? If so, how was this creation accomplished and what can we learn about the agent and events of creation?
   4. Who or what governs the laws and constants of physics? Are such laws the product of chance or have they been designed? How do they relate to the support and development of life?
   5. Is there any knowable existence beyond the known dimensions of the universe?
   6. Is the universe running down irreversibly or will it bounce back?

Let me begin with five traditional arguments for the existence of God. The answers r as follows:

   1. The cosmological argument: the effect of the universe's existence must have a suitable cause.
   2. The teleological argument: the design of the universe implies a purpose or direction behind it.
   3. The rational argument: the operation of the universe, according to order and natural law, implies a mind behind it.
   4. The ontological argument: man's ideas of God (his God-consciousness) implies a God who imprinted such a consciousness.
   5. The moral argument: man's built-in sense of right and wrong can be accounted for only by an innate awareness of a code of law--an awareness implanted by a higher being.
 (to be continued)

[debashish]

When fear will overtake you and lead you along it's way- Face it with the hand of God- Fold your hands and begin to pray.