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Old 05-01-2008, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Oregon Elephant View Post
You're mistaking a "personal God" as the only God. When I say Einstein believed in a God, I'm not saying in a personal God that interacts daily with it's creations, but Spinoza's God, which he said, "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings."

So pending on how you define "God" Einstein's belief can be argued either way.
By the definition of those who consider themselves religious, Einstein would be an atheist.
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