• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      More of a pantheist

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Religious_and_philosophical_views

      In a letter he wrote:

      The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. … For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. … I cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them.

    • Grail (capitalised)@aussie.zone
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      12 hours ago

      That depends on your definition of the word “god”. Einstein certainly wasn’t an Abrahamist, he was a pantheist. He believed the entire universe was comprised by a divine whole.