A common creationist claim is that famous person so-and-so was a creationist or that famous scientist so-and-so believed in God, and Einstein is a common target. But in a 1954 letter from Albert Einstein to philosopher Eric Gutkind that just sold at Bloomsbury Auctions in London for $404,000, Einstein makes his religious beliefs eminently clear. Not that they weren't already, but he makes his position more clear in this private letter than he did in his public writings.
Here's a link to the NY Times article (requires subscription, which is free):
Einstein Letter on God Sells for $404,000
I was also able to find on-line a more complete version of the text:
What he wrote
Here's a couple excerpts:
Einstein writes:
The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions.
Is this sufficiently conclusive for creationists to stop claiming that just because Einstein tended to use God as a metaphor for the laws of the universe (e.g., "God does not play dice.") that he believed in God?
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