Einstein was an atheist?

Answer 1

Nope!He was born Jewish and later became a Deist or Neo-Pagan(not so sure). he believed that God is present in everything you see, that nature is evidence itself of God's existence.

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Answer 2

No

He was raised Jewish

He might be simply a Diest

His quotes include:

Science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion. To this there also belongs the faith in the possibility that the regulations valid for the world of existence are rational, that is, comprehensible to reason. I cannot conceive of a genuine scientist without that profound faith. The situation may be expressed by an image: science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

"God does not play dice".

In the nature of things nothing accidental is granted, but all things are determined by the necessity of the divine nature for existing and working in a certain way. In short, there is nothing accidental in nature." "God does not play dice" was asserted again and again by Einstein in connection with his belief in a fully rational world of law and order, and in rejection of the appeal to random elements in certain forms of quantum theory, e.g. the so-called "uncertainty principle" put forward by Heisenberg. Far from having explanatory value, what is called chance is after all a negative way of thinking, or rather a way of not thinking. Einstein's "God" would not allow him to rest content with anything less than a rigorous scientific description of the intrinsic orderliness of nature at its micro-physical as well as at every other level of reality. Einstein once wrote of his objections to the then current form of quantum theory that his view of the matter "does not represent a blind-man's buff with the idea of reality".

I can't answer with a simple yes or no. I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see a universe marvellously arranged and obeying certain laws, but only dimly understand these laws. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that moves the constellations. I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things.

Answer 3

There is a quote in which he outright says that he was an atheist.

"From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist."

Einstein did speak of "God" quite often in other quotes, however, the "god" he speaks of is thought to be an abstract concept of nature and the laws of nature itself... in other words, when he uses the word "god," it is merely as a personification of nature. Rather like we personify nature when we speak of "Mother Nature."

That aside, a person's beliefs and worldview are their own to claim and to proclaim. Einstein's views are not as cut and dry as some other people's views have been.

Whether a deist (believing in an impersonal god) or an atheist, his work in science stands apart from that.

Answer 4

I have a poster of Einstein with his quote, "I want to know God's thoughts. The rest are details." What do you think?

Answer 5

Actually, Einstein was Jewish, but he later renounced this. And turned away from religion.

Answer 6

Probably not. I think he was more likely an agnostic or a deist. You will see quotes that indicate he was religious and you see others that indicate he wasn't.

He certainly didn't have a traditional belief.

Answer 7

I don't know what Religion he was. He was one smart man. I'd bet he would have been fun to go out drinking with.

Answer 8

No. He was agnostic, somewhat. He believed in a higher power, but he wasn't sure who or what it was.

Answer 9

he believed in religion, however he did not tell others publicly what he believes in.

Answer 10

No! He believed strongly in God.