I wouldn't presume to change your beliefs.  They seem fairly static.  I just wanted to offer a differing point for other people as they read along this blog.  Then, if they were interested they could look up Einstein's beliefs themselves.&nb sp; I don't consider myself an expert source on the subject, I was just describing from what I've read.  I don't remember specific books but now that my interest is piqued, here are a couple of quotes from Einstein on wikipedia: 

"My position concerning God is that of an agnostic.  I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment." 

Einstein also stated: "I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth."

And here are a couple more quotes, which if you cherry picked would give one the impression Einstein either believed or didn't believe in God:

"In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views."

"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. 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."

That was interesting, I'm glad I checked it out.

by reba on 12/25/2008 09:14:37 AM EST

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