I got this via pandagon.net
Albert Einstein described belief in God as “childish superstition” and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.
The father of relativity, whose previously known views on religion have been more ambivalent and fuelled much discussion, made the comments in response to a philosopher in 1954.
As a Jew himself, Einstein said he had a great affinity with Jewish people but said they “have no different quality for me than all other people”.
It is interesting that a guy who really understood how the universe works had no problem imagining it without a creator.
Einstein failed quantum mechanics. He was an athiest when it came to his contemporary Schrodinger’s theories.
So he didn’t really understand how the universe worked. One could argue at even the most basic of levels. Schrodinger was right.
Plus, Einstein was wrong about Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons program. Just saying, besides relativity and photogenics, I don’t think Einstein helps us measure things requiring faith.