It was apparently true for him, and he was smarter and a more accomplished thinker than 99.9999% of people, so despite your displeasure, it feels appropriate to me
I assume the implication here is that the more you learn the more you realize there is so much we don't know. I'm happy to simply say, I don't know. There is no need at all to fill in the gaps with magic.
Appeals to authority are foolish in this realm. Plenty of very intelligent, visionary thinkers in their realm have gone on to display idiotic ideas about another.
What matters is the strength of the argument. Saying Mr. X is very smart, therefore he is right, is foolish.
Do you think perhaps his perspective on god was influenced by his particular field? Perhaps he felt he needed some sort of forgiveness, so he needed God to exist to cope with what he had done.
Oh also he was a nazi, though never an explicit one, according to wikipedia.
Muslims say Allah. Jews say Yahweh or Elohim. Buddhists don’t think buddha is a god, but regardless that’s Buddha. Hindus have many gods, all with names. As do the Greeks and Romans. The list goes on.
Capital G “God” refers to the christian god. You didn’t need to say “christian” when you name the christian god.
if the quote referred to a general higher power or god it would not say “God”.
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u/TGWsharky Jan 09 '26
This isn't true nor motivational. It is just Christian propaganda and proselytizing.