What did Einstein mean when he said, "God is in the details." ??

Answer 1

I thought he said, ""I want to know God's thoughts...the rest are details." -


Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Einstein is probably the best known and most highly revered scientist of the twentieth century, and is associated with major revolutions in our thinking about time, gravity, and the conversion of matter to energy (E=mc2). Although never coming to belief in a personal God, he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe. 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." This actually motivated his interest in science, as he once remarked to a young physicist: "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." Einstein's famous epithet on the "uncertainty principle" was "God does not play dice" - and to him this was a real statement about a God in whom he believed. A famous saying of his was "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
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Answer 2

I got this in my mail. I think it clarifies what Einstein said about God.

Albert Einstein, the most intelligent man the world has ever known, became a theist through his scientific discoveries. Einstein's theories have been thoroughly proved and verified by experiments and measurements. But there's an even more important implication of Einstein's discovery. Not only does the universe have a beginning, but also time itself, our own dimension of cause and effect, began with the Big Bang.

That's right -- time itself does not exist before then. The very line of time begins with that creation event. Matter, energy, time and space were created in an instant by intelligence outside of space and time.About this intelligence, Albert Einstein wrote in his book "The World As I See It" that the harmony of natural law "Reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection."

He went on to write, "Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe--a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.

"For more information go to this link. "A Day Without Yesterday" - Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaitre and the Big Bang http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?u8j4uiot8...

Peace and every blessing!

Answer 3

That's funny. I don't know who originally said it but the saying I've always heard is "The devil is in the details." Meaning you can undo yourself real quickly in anything you do if you don't pay attention to what seem like minor details.
Don't try to make the saying religious because it's not...

Answer 4

I take that to imply that meaning/God comes to us when we attend well to the smallest of things.

Answer 5

He was making fun of the expression, "the Devil's in the details."

Don't ask.

Answer 6

actually read this link: a German Architect said the quote not Einstein. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe

Answer 7

That was actually Mies van der Rohe, and he was talking about Bauhaus architecture.

Answer 8

Perhaps you can show the full text? Taking something out of context is not a good habit ......

Answer 9

It sounds like, the real truth is in what is not known.

Answer 10

Don't know. Never heard that particular quote.