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There is some controversy surrounding the religion of Albert Einstein.
There is some controversy surrounding the religion of Albert Einstein.
Walter Isaacson reports him shortly after his fiftieth birthday explaining his religious views to an interviewer in this manner: <blockquote>“I'm not an [[atheist]]. I don't think I can call myself a [[pantheist]]. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws." <ref>Isaacson, Walter (April 27, 2007). "Einstein and the mind of God". ''Washington Post''.</ref></blockquote>
Walter Isaacson reports him shortly after his fiftieth birthday explaining his religious views to an interviewer in this manner: <blockquote>“I'm not an [[atheist]]. I don't think I can call myself a [[pantheist]]. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws." <ref>Isaacson, Walter (April 27, 2007). "Einstein and the mind of God". ''Washington Post''.</ref></blockquote>
In the same interview, Einstein spoke of his feelings regarding Christianity:
In the same interview, Einstein spoke of his feelings regarding Christianity: