2007-10-26 15:27:03 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You'll get lots of christians breaking the commandment about "false witness" on this one...
2007-10-26 15:30:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Einstein believed there was an intelligence and order behind the mathematical laws of the universe that he thought of as "God." He did not like aspects of Quantum Theory because he did not think that "God played dice."
However, he did not believe in a God that intervened in the affairs of mankind.
2007-10-26 15:35:35 · answer #2 · answered by baja_tom 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
pantheists is as close as one might come or scientist who spoke politely not to offend in metaphors to nature and it's laws . He stated emphatically he did not accept god as of the jewish /christian Abrahamic version .
I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
Albert Einstein
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.
Albert Einstein
2007-10-26 15:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He followed Metaphysics. In essence, he believed in a God that transcends the "man-god" concept that Christians have and that "God" was his creation (ie. The Universe). If you were to label Einstein with a religion, his views would relate more closely to Buddhism and Hinduism.
Try reading some of his quotes...
"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."
A quote for all the religion-fanatics: "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
2007-10-26 15:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by Jasumi 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He was AGNOSTIC. Thats the exact word he used to describe him self.
"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
2007-10-26 15:35:53 · answer #5 · answered by Lord NeXuS M00N 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
More than likely agnostic or deist. I wouldn't say he was just a straight atheist because lots of quotes contradict that.
2007-10-26 16:19:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did not believe in a personal God such as the Christian God nor did he believe in 'religion'. He is best described as an agnostic.
2007-10-26 15:33:05 · answer #7 · answered by cheir 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
He was raised Jewish and left that religion. After that you could make arguments for Deism, Pantheism, Agnosticism, and atheism.
2007-10-26 15:37:03 · answer #8 · answered by meissen97 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely an agnostic, a pantheist or a deist.
2007-10-26 15:30:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
He obviously had the hard FACTS of science,,a brilliant mind, and wisdom to back it up. Seems reasonable to me.
2007-10-26 15:41:49 · answer #10 · answered by hamoh10 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He did not believe in a personified entity, but a universal order (Pantheism).
2007-10-26 15:32:41 · answer #11 · answered by novangelis 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋