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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)
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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Einstein believed in god.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

~~More of a pantheist~~

Edit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Religious_and_philosophical_views

In a letter he wrote:

The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. ... For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. ... I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them.

[–] Grail@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

That depends on your definition of the word "god". Einstein certainly wasn't an Abrahamist, he was a pantheist. He believed the entire universe was comprised by a divine whole.