Einstein's God


Albert Einstein said he did not believe in a God, or a supernatural being, but he did have a religious faith in nature. He would consider himself a Cultural Jew, but not a practicing Jew, because in his mind a scientist who does not bring religion into science isn't a true scientist. Einstein did not like the idea of a supernatural power rewarding or punishing his creatures, or that a God would interfere with the laws of physics he himself (the God) made. “God does not play dice with the universe." The closest that Einstein came to believing in a God is with Baruch Spinoza's version of a God. "God's intelligence manifests itself in nature."

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Another area where Albert Einstein agrees with someone else about God, is how God is eternal. Albert Einstein agrees with St. Augustine because they both believe God is outside of time, therefore He is immortal, or eternal.
Einstein also wondered why God made the world, because he felt that God could not interfere with the earth or he will violate the laws of physics that he made. The laws of physics and the mathematical laws of nature is what caused wonder in Einstein. He held a cosmic religious sense which is why he felt we were all apart of nature. Which means that we can all understand the laws of physics so we all can see "a glimps of God's mind."

Einstein quotes

"A man who can no longer feel amazement is as good as dead."
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
"I would have had to pity our dear Lord, the theory is correct all the same."
"Science is created only by those who aspire for truth and understanding."


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