I have seen it written on their site that he was a Pantheist. Is there any record of him stating the such. It seems like every religion wants a bit of Einstein so I don't know what to make of it.
On the right border of this page http://www.pantheism.net/ there is a listing of Pantheist and he is shown as one.
2007-01-31 15:07:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, he was Jewish. He even helped make up a minyon when my uncle needed one.
It's an interesting thing about Judaism. One need not "believe" in the Christian sense of "faith." All you need is to live your life by the Torah - even if you don't think there is a G-d, if you do as you should toward man, and keep the commandments, you will have a better life than if you don't.
Of course if you do believe, it is easier to do what is right, because you aren't constantly questioning yourself.
Not that it has anything to do with Einstein, but just as a way to understand how one can be religious without the usually expected trappings of ideology, read "The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism," by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin.
2007-01-31 15:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by mourning my dad 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Einstein intentionally didn't directly say much about religion. I think he was a Deist from reading him, but I am really not sure. He certainly didn't believe in any personal God. But it is quite possible that he was an agnostic or atheist. I do think that he probably fit the pantheist definition in many ways.
2007-01-31 23:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes I believe he was some of the time but some of his quotes seem as vacillations from one single theme.you decide :
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Albert Einstein When the solution is simple, God is answering.
Albert Einstein Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert Einstein My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Albert Einstein Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Albert Einstein Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details.
Albert Einstein I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
Albert Einstein
God always takes the simplest way.
Albert Einstein God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.
Albert Einstein
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
Albert Einstein
2007-01-31 23:27:10 · answer #3 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dawkins wondered that also. I believe that he was most likely atheist, but could have been a pantheist. Definitely not deist or theist.
A pantheist believes that god is nature. Einstein did speak of god, but I don't believe it was in literal terms.
2007-01-31 23:13:31 · answer #4 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Depends exactly what "pantheist" means. I don't think Einstein believed in a *personal* God, even though he used God-language.
2007-01-31 23:11:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I find it funny that Einstein is mentioned so many times by Christians, when he despised organized religion, and Christianity in particular. He did not believe in a monotheistic creator as portrayed by organized religions..
2007-01-31 23:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because he mentions Spinoza
Einstein appeared to agree with Spinoza when he said:
I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals Himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings
—Albert Einstein
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us "universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
2007-01-31 23:11:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i always assumed he was an atheist. thomas
2007-01-31 23:19:45 · answer #8 · answered by Thomas A 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Deist would be more accurate.
2007-01-31 23:09:54 · answer #9 · answered by WWTSD? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋