2006-09-06 23:05:43 · 16 answers · asked by cebukitty 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If anything, Einstein *may* have believed in God in some type of abstract way as underpinning the universe but he did not believe in any kind of personal or revealed god such as Christianity.
2006-09-06 23:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually Einstein believed in a higher power.
2006-09-07 06:56:41 · answer #2 · answered by kingofnarniaforever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/mathew/arguments.html#einstein
Einstein has also said:
" It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. 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"
2006-09-07 06:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by CJunk 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of his more quoted lines included "God does not play at dice." so I guess he wasn't an atheist...
On the other hand, Bill Gates, Thomas Alva Edison and Carl Sagan were/are all either agnostic or atheist.
Here's a more comprehensive list....enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdVucvo-kDU
2006-09-07 06:09:44 · answer #4 · answered by spindoccc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couldn't be any farther from the truth . Einstein was always referring to God and finding inspiration in God as well ...He was sometimes known to incorporate God into his argument...so I must answer No, definitely not. and since he was a Jew of course he rejected a christian God.
2006-09-07 06:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most scientists accept that there are powers that defy our knowledge. It is not to say that we might not be able to explain them someday but at present, we can't. Einstein was Jewish.
2006-09-07 06:09:38 · answer #6 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes he was, he made some comments about God that were ironic or left open to interpretation is all...taking these out of context to suggest he was a theist is bogus.
2006-09-07 06:16:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Einstein might have been wise enough to keep his true beliefs secret, or he may have not had very strong beliefs at all.
Find your own spiritual truth.
2006-09-07 06:12:23 · answer #8 · answered by Absent Glare 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Check this out
2006-09-07 06:09:58 · answer #9 · answered by Cyber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't sure himself, so it's a Yes
2006-09-07 06:58:35 · answer #10 · answered by Ben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋