Einstein and Religion.?

Question

There seems to be alot of mis-information on Einstein's belief in God. Here are a few facts...

1. Albert Einstein was raised Jewish.
2. Around the time Einstein was eleven years old he went through an intense religious phase, during which time he followed Jewish religious precepts in detail, including abstaining from eating pork. During this time he composed several songs in honor of God.
3.Einstein was opposed to atheism. He was quoted saying the following:
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
4.The Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "Firmly denying atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in 'Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists.'
5. Another quote by Einstein

'I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details.'
6. Einstein attended the 9th Church of Christ in New York.

Answer 1

Thanks...I know that to be true.

Answer 2

"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms."
[Albert Einstein, obituary in New York Times, 19 April 1955]

"Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by a wish addressed to a Supernatural Being."
[Albert Einstein, 1936, responding to a child who wrote and asked if scientists pray. Source: "Albert Einstein: The Human Side", Edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffmann]


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."
[Albert Einstein, 1954, from "Albert Einstein: The Human Side", edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, Princeton University Press]

Answer 3

Andymcj66 forgot to include this in his copy and paste.

Einstein says he didn't believe in the AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH. HE STILL BELIEVED IN A GOD OR HIGHER BEING(INTELLIGENCE). It seems like as the atheists say about the religious the more they show against something the more they actually show FOR it. From what I have seen most atheists on here claim they don't believe in God and yet they want to show this in part because Einstein said he didn't BELIEVE IN A PERSONAL GOD.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.

Answer 4

Einstein believed in God as the grand machination that governed the universe. He didn't feel that God was some old guy with a beard that could answer our prayers. (His beliefs were based on Spinoza's interpretation of God.)

Answer 5

I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death or blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him I would be a liar. - Albert Einstein.

You have to read him in the totality. Most of them time, he was either referring to god, he meant it in the general sense. Not the god of any established religion. Toward the end of his life, he certainly wasn't a Jew or Christian. Read a little about it, but read all sides and you will see. He became less religious throughout his life. This site does a good job with the whole story. http://www.einsteinandreligion.com/index.html

Answer 6

He was also a catholic priest that almost secretly got elected as Pope.
He was not really a scientist. He knew for sure that the Earth was the center of the universe and that it was created six thousand years ago. The rest is just the invention of pervert atheists.
It's true because I believe it in my heart and lungs.

Ramen !

Answer 7

Deist Jew. might want to were a Quaker if he wasn't Jewish first although. No perception in own gods, the bible become bunk, faith is a lie they tell to little ones so as that they experience more effective useful about issues. Morality isn't constrained by way of religion, in spite of the undeniable fact that the abject disbelief of god in accordance with faith is likewise going to a techniques. "the idea of a own God is amazingly alien to me and looks even naive. in spite of the undeniable fact that, i'm also no longer a "Freethinker" contained in the ordinary experience of the be conscious because i hit upon that it truly is contained in the numerous an attitude nourished completely by way of an competition adverse to naive superstition. My feeling is insofar religious as i'm imbued with the knowledge of the insuffiency of the human options to appreciate deeply the team spirit of the Universe which we attempt to formulate as "regulations of nature." it really is this knowledge and humility I omit contained in the Freethinker mentality. in actual reality yours, Albert Einstein. "

Answer 8

The straws that you Christians need to cling to to bolster your shabby beliefs. Did you miss the statement where he said

"About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church."

Which kind of nails your argument.

Answer 9

Boring... I'll let other people tear your pathetic argument apart - I've seen it done so many times before. I guess you don't know much about Spinoza's god huh? You probably think Hawking is religious for saying he wanted to know the mind of god. Its metaphorical. They're physicists... Oh you won't understand. Religious people dont want to understand anything. Cling to your faith then.

Answer 10

Very true. Here's a link to a site that covers that below.