Unified Faith Theory

January 16, 2012

 

When a man is so severely anxious and lost his faith that he must be counseled professionally, his greatest immediate need is guidance and understanding. But sometimes, even skilled mental-health workers may find it hard to breach the barriers that seal a man off from faith, due to misconception about God that resulted from his traumatic experiences. It is therefore not surprising why some depressed people became atheists, for they argue “How can there be a God if these things happen?” While others can sympathize with this kind of argument, it is only based on misunderstanding. Indeed, it is in the nature of man always to blame God for his ills and sufferings.

In this unusually candid conversation between a young student and a mentor, apparently Albert Einstein and Max Talmey, you will be enlighten on what is really the true concept of God and why you have to look for Him in the depths of your own heart.

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UNIFIED FAITH THEORY

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Max Talmey: Let me explain to you the problem Science has with God. You’re a Christian, right?

Albert Einstein: Yes, sir.

Max Talmey: So, you believe in God?

Albert Einstein: Absolutely, sir.

Max Talmey: Is God good?

Albert Einstein: Sure! God’s good.

Max Talmey: Is God all powerful? Can God do anything?

Albert Einstein: Yes, of course.

Max Talmey: My wife died of cancer even though she prayed to God to heal her. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is this God good then?

Albert Einstein: …

Max Talmey: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, son. Is God really good?

Albert Einstein: Yes, sir. God’s really good.

Max Talmey: How about the Devil, Lucifer? Is Lucifer good?

Albert Einstein: No.

Max Talmey: Where does Lucifer come from?

Albert Einstein: From God.

Max Talmey: That’s right. God made Lucifer, didn’t he? Tell me son, do you believe that the goodness in this world emanates from God?

Albert Einstein: Yes, sir. No doubt about it.

Max Talmey: God is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything, correct?

Albert Einstein: Yes.

Max Talmey: So who created evil?

Albert Einstein: (Didn’t answer the question.)

Max Talmey: If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.

Albert Einstein: …

Max Talmey: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?

Albert Einstein: Yes, sir.

Max Talmey: So, who created them?

Albert Einstein: (Didn’t answer again the question. Just waiting for the right moment.)

Max Talmey: Science says you have five senses to use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, have you ever seen God?

Albert Einstein: No, sir. I’ve never seen Him.

Max Talmey: Then tell me if you’ve ever heard your God?

Albert Einstein: No, sir. I have not.

Max Talmey: Have you ever actually felt your God, tasted your God, or smell your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Albert Einstein: I’m afraid I haven’t, sir.

Max Talmey: Yet you still believe in Him?

Albert Einstein: Yes.

Max Talmey: According to the established rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?

Albert Einstein: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Max Talmey: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has with God. There is no evidence to prove His existence. Only faith.

Albert Einstein: Sir, can I ask you a question?

Max Talmey: Yes. Go ahead.

Albert Einstein: Is there such a thing as heat?

Max Talmey: Yes, there’s heat.

Albert Einstein: And is there such a thing as cold?

Max Talmey: Yes, there’s cold too.

Albert Einstein: No, sir. There isn’t.

Max Talmey: Why do you say? Would you care to explain it to me?

Albert Einstein: Sir, we can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, white-heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called ‘cold’. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

Max Talmey: (Just thinking on what he had heard to the student.)

Albert Einstein: What about darkness, sir? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Max Talmey: Yes. What is night if it isn’t darkness?

Albert Einstein: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it’s called darkness, isn’t it? That’s the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn’t. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

Max Talmey: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Albert Einstein: Sir, my point is that your philosophical premise is flawed.

Max Tamley: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Albert Einstein: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, sir, just the absence of it.

Max Talmey: (Was surprised this time on what he had heard to the student.)

Albert Einstein: I’m sorry if I happen to disrespect you, sir.

Max Talmey: No, not really. I’m just surprised. Don’t worry, its ok.

Albert Einstein: Sir, can I ask you another question?

Max Talmey: Sure.

Albert Einstein: Sir, do you think that we, humans, evolved from a monkey?

Max Talmey: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.

Albert Einstein: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? Or anyone for that matter?

Max Talmey: (Shook his head with a smile.)

Albert Einstein: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

Max Talmey: So, what are you trying to point out this time?

Albert Einstein: To continue the point you were making earlier, sir. Let me give you an example of what I’m trying to point out with you. Have you ever actually seen your own brain, sir?

Max Talmey: (Was surprised again by the question of the student.)

Albert Einstein: Have you ever heard it, touched it, or smell it?

Max Talmey: …

Albert Einstein: I guess you haven’t done, sir. So, according to the established rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir. So if Science says you have no brain, how do I then trust your lectures, sir?

Max Talmey: (Just stared at the student. His face unreadable.)

Albert Einstein: Sir?

Max Talmey: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

Albert Einstein: That is it, sir, exactly! The link between man and God is faith! That is all that keep things alive and moving.

Max Talmey: (Just smiled at the student.)

Albert Einstein: Now, I think you accept that there is faith, sir, that faith exists with
life. Now, sir, is there really such a thing as evil?

Max Talmey: Of course, son, there is. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man’s inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

Albert Einstein: I’m sorry to say that you’re wrong again, sir. Evil does not exist, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God.

Max Talmey: (Just stared at the student.)

Albert Einstein: God did not create evil, sir. Evil is just the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.

Max Talmey: (Didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.)

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In order to realize Him, you do not have to go anywhere. For nowhere else can you find Him but in your heart.

- Swami Satprakashananda

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Boy EDITor note: Unified Faith Theory* is just a product of my wildest and nonsense imagination and has nothing to do with the great works and discoveries of Albert Einstein.”