TheoScience
The Unified Study of Science and Theology

• "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
• "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
• "I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."
• "God is subtle but he is not malicious."
• "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
• "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."
• "The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
• "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
• "...how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."

EINSTEIN'S VIEWS ON GOD

Einstein has been a challenge for atheists who cannot accept that such a modern genius would believe in a Creator. Some have resorted to his statement that he believed in "Spinoza's God" to neutralize that possibility. In fact some have stated that Einstein only believed in "nature," or that Einstein used the term "God" as a metaphor rather than a reality.

By believing in Spinoza's God, Einstein is clearly refuting the idea of a "personal" God, in the Judeo-Christian tradition. He, consequently, did not embrace the belief that the Creator sits on a throne in Heaven having a body and human-like features, nor did he believe that God had any reward or punishment in store for humans. Yet, he did believe in a conscious, powerful, intelligent, good Being who manifests His greatness within His creation. Understanding this great Being, he stated, was the driving force behind his scientific search.