Albert Einstein believed in a God (a god of pantheism, not a personal God like the thiests), and he did not have a very high regard for the Word of God, as can be summurized in these quotes:
“The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, and religious scripture a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this.”
"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." (1954)
“I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind..."
(to Rabbi Herbert Goldstein 1929)
"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."
"God does not play dice with the universe."
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
"The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man."
"True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness."
"Only a life lived for others is a life worth while."
(more quotes by Albert Einstein here and here and here.)
Thoughts on his spirituality here and here.)
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