Within the scientific community, a debate has raged for years: Was Albert Einstein an atheist?
Like the stories swirling about the legend of Charles Darwin, it seems many on either side of the “faith and science” divide wish either that the scientific icon who fled Nazi Germany was a believer in God or an outright denier.
Into this raging argument steps Ray Comfort. The founder of Living Waters Ministries has a new book, “Einstein, God & the Bible,” which offers provocative evidence that … well, you’ll have to read the book to discover Comfort’s conclusions about Einstein’s views of God. Rest assured, however, it is a fascinating, well-worth-the-time read that offers startling insights into the subject.
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In the book’s foreword, Ken Ham offers a perspective on how atheists view Einstein: “In the propaganda war carried out today by the ‘angry atheists’ (as they have been dubbed), their standard-bearer is often the late great scientist Albert Einstein. In fact, why not use him as their poster boy, the atheists would argue, if he was the smartest man in the world of the past century and also an atheist? After all, if the most brilliant man in the world was an atheist, then shouldn’t all of us be smart enough to follow him and be atheists ourselves?”
So the foundation is laid for Comfort to put to rest what Ham calls this “urban myth” about Einstein.
Indeed, Comfort provides a plethora of actual quotes from the man himself. For example: “I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.”
It’s often said that the more “intellectual” of the human species have great difficulty embracing religious faith, because it is a head issue. Ray Comfort will have none of that.
“It’s not an intellectual issue, it’s a moral issue,” he says.
It is here that “Einstein, God & the Bible” becomes so absorbing. Comfort makes clear that the famous scientist understood the implications of his worldview.
“Although he clearly didn’t believe in a personal God (as revealed in the Bible),” Comfort contends, “Einstein wrote that he wanted to know ‘His’ thoughts, referred to God as ‘He,’ and acknowledged that He revealed ‘Himself.’ So, it is clear from his own writings that he didn’t believe the Creator of the universe was simply an unthinking ‘force.’ He gave God a gender, and he asked how God ‘created this world.’ In other words, it is evident that Albert Einstein wasn’t a pantheist (one who thinks that God and nature are one and the same). Neither did he profess atheism, of which he is often accused by atheists.”
As with Darwin, there has always been some ambiguity when it comes to Einstein’s actual beliefs. For example, with the above quote, it’s clear Einstein at least dipped a toe into orthodoxy, yet he also referred to the Bible as a “collection of honorable, yet still primitive legends.”
Quite interestingly, Einstein didn’t seem to possess an out-of-control ego, such as that seen by modern-day skeptics like Richard Dawkins.
In fact, Einstein seemed to have understood his place in the world: “My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior Spirit who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
Frail and feeble mind. From the mouth of the great Einstein! This quality enabled him to at least ponder the great mysteries of the universe.
Launching from his fascinating subject, Comfort deftly uses the book’s platform to make a compelling case for a Creator, so that “Einstein, God & the Bible” becomes a powerful apologetic for pastors or youth leaders, especially, to instruct youth. The research Comfort puts into the book, along with his own insights – gained from decades in evangelistic ministry – makes “Einstein, God & the Bible” a powerful argument in opposing atheists, who want to use Einstein as Exhibit A for their worldview.
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