Einstein's Religion

by mikepence 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  mikepence

  The WTS has misrepresented Einstein's beliefs. Here is what the man himself had to say:

  "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. It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we can dimly perceive and to try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in Nature."

  "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 minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God."

  Albert Einstein.
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  metatron

  When asked by a rabbi, I recall that he said he believed in
  'Spinoza's God' - a pantheistic Creator manifested by the laws
  of the universe.

  metatron
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  RunningMan

  You are right.

  Although Einstein makes occasional references to "God", and the Society makes much of it, you have correctly noted that his idea of "God" was nowhere near what the Society implies.