As a believer, i appreciate Einstein's view on this. The fact is, he was one of the greatest scientists of all time, and yet, still believed there was something more, something possibly ordering it.

I think that Einstein felt humbled by the vastness and ordered aspect of the observable universe and so felt compelled to keep his options open. Unique thinker

I don't pretend to know why I was created But I do know that Im innately passionate about helping others and exploring PEOPLE, other fellow human beings their cultures, exotic places And making a positive impact on others and spreading LOVE to ALL not just to a choosen elite and segregate myself from people who are different then I

" Reality is the physical form of consciousness. The human body is a flesh and blood vehicle for The Spirit, an avatar for consciousness. We are all one in the same. Love always !

Albert Einsetin was not an atheist. He realized that humans and their knowledge of the universe and all we can know was unable to answer the question of "how it all got here" and whether or not there was a Creator (of everything) and lawgiver who set everything in motion. General relativity predicts a true beginning of the universe and is theoretically in line with the idea of a Creator. In the very beginning what brought about the universe? He was simply agnostic and admitted he could not know the answer. He was far too intelligent to declare himself an atheist and understood God could not be ruled out by science just as (at least at that time and it currently remains so) science can not prove there is a Creator (God), either. Einstein was not an atheist, explaining at one point: "I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal god is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being."[1] According to Prince Hubertus, Einstein said, "In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views."[19] Einstein had previously explored the belief that man could not understand the nature of God. In an interview published in 1930 in G. S. Viereck's book Glimpses of the Great, Einstein, in response to a question about whether or not he defined himself as a pantheist, explained: Your question is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question I can answer simply with yes or no. I am not an Atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a Pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. May I not reply with a parable? The human mind, no matter how highly trained, cannot grasp the universe. We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of the human mind, even the greatest and most cultured, toward God. We see a universe marvelously arranged, obeying certain laws, but we understand the laws only dimly. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that sways the constellations.

Religion without science religion is blind faith, science without religion,is boring.- Albert Einstein.

Children of the Church of Atom incoming.....

"I cannot conceive of a god who rewards and punishes his creatures or has a will of the kind we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egotism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in Nature." - Albert Einstein

The problem with using faith as a truth compass is that faith does not have to be grounded in facts and so it is like a compass which does not have to point to the North but could be pointing at any direction.

This is not "Einstein on God" its Richard Dawkins on Einstein.

Always practice safety. Einstein is one of my favorite scientists. Thanks for the information.

Dawkins accuses religious groups of trying to pull Einstein to their side while trying to pull Einstein to his side.

In the last 100 years scientists have made far more progress in understanding the universe than in all of human history before that. Never the less scientists are not one bit closer to proving or disproving the existence of god.

_"I do NOT believe in a personal god and I have NEVER denied this"_ (Albert Einstein) I mean, that couldn't possibly be any clearer. So when will religious people finally stop pretending "Einstein was a believer"?

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Einstein is probably the best known and most highly revered scientist of the twentieth century, and is associated with major revolutions in our thinking about time, gravity, and the conversion of matter to energy (E=mc2). Although never coming to belief in a personal God, he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe. The Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "Firmly denying atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in "Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists." This actually motivated his interest in science, as he once remarked to a young physicist: "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." Einstein's famous epithet on the "uncertainty principle" was "God does not play dice" - and to him this was a real statement about a God in whom he believed. A famous saying of his was "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."

"I am not an atheist."-Albert Einstein

How right and correct he was and is today!

Okay, personal or impersonal he still believed in God. A creator. Also, there is a huge difference between religion and God. Just because a person does not believe in religion does not mean they don't believe in God...There is nothing presented here that shows Einstein is an atheist...

can anyone tell me what did that person said in the begining of the video ( something about theist , pantheist and some other things which i couldnt understand)

Difference between science and religion is....... Religion is based on FAITH, and Science is based on FACTS - In religion you can make up any story you want and nobody will care if its true, they won't even question it. - In science if you come with proof of something, everyone will question it and try to disprove it. And only if a lot of very smart people come up with the same results as you, then it can be called a fact!

Some Quotes from Albert Einstein "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." "Imagination is more important than knowledge." "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details." "The only real valuable thing is intuition." "A person starts to live when he can live outside himself." "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." "Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds." "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." "God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically."

No matter what, Einstein is always my most fav!❤️❤️❤️

I love einstien's hair and all the great thinking he did,...I love that he was so caught up in thinking, that at times he forgot to put his pants on...times when he forgot ,which way he was heading down the halls and had to stop and ask someone which way he was going as he stopped to ask them,.. which way he was going, so that, he knew whether he had eaten or not..He was a gifted man, no doubt about it....But he was just a man....a passionate man of scientist...not a theologian...He probably experienced more of the wonder of God than 50% of Christians out there ( of which I am one)...My faith is in no way hinged on a door of what anyone else thinks or believes, no matter the degree of intelligence or stupidity or ignorance for that matter...For those who disbelieve, there is no explanation to make them believe...for those who do believe, no explanations necessary....

“What I am really interested in knowing is whether God could have created the world in a different way.” - Albert Einstein

"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. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this." Albert Einstein

The narrator is Richard Dawkins who has devoted a great deal of thought and written extensively on the subject of "god."

In January of 1954, just a year before his death, Albert Einstein wrote the following letter to philosopher Erik Gutkind after reading his book, "Choose Life: The Biblical Call to Revolt," January 3rd 1954 "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can change this for me. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstition." That's good enough for me.

That classic debate. Science and religion operate on 2 very different planes and with different purposes. The author in the letter, and my college Biology instructor, said it best, that religion and science are inherently incomparable due to their very nature. Religion is based on faith, not knowledge.

Religion is the one of the major causes of all the human conflicts that we had, have and will have.

The only reason I believe in God is because I'm so good looking that only divine intervention can explain such beauty.

When he was like ten years old his dad gave him a compass it always pointed north

Einstein gets me! It's like someone finally put my thoughts into words. How awesome.

“I want to know how God created this world. I want to know his thoughts.” - Albert Einstein

My faith in God hardly rises or falls on the amateurish philosophies of a great scientist but there seem to be a lot quotes attributed to Einstein by dubious doubters with a point to prove. Here is a verifiable citation that can be validated : When asked about a clipping from a magazine article (likely the Saturday Evening Post) reporting Einstein's comments on Christianity taken down by Viereck, [6] Einstein carefully read the clipping and replied, "That is what I believe." "To what extent are you influenced by Christianity?" "As a child, I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene." "Have you read Emil Ludwig's book on Jesus? "Emil Ludwig's Jesus," replied Einstein, "is shallow. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrase-mongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot." "Unquestionably. No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life. How different, for instance, is the impression which we receive from an account of legendary heroes of antiquity like Theseus. Theseus and other heroes of his type lack the authentic vitality of Jesus." "My religiosity consists of a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. Einstein, The Quotable Einstein, 2005, p195-6)

I remember hearing from my physics teacher that Einstein jumped up and at play and shouted there's God and started to work on a the existence of God!

I am going to try and chime in here. Being someone that is curious about the why in everything. I do appreciate the metaphorical and artistic retorts from these great thinkers. As more and more study is being done about the human brain, the intuitions that Einstein had for the future is becoming true. I can see how he was able to make the statements that he did across all fields of academia, that once you know the why in certain behaviors or phenomenon, you can use what you have learned to solve more unknowns. He just thinks about everything at the same time. Although he would've greatly benefited if he could've been a better teacher. I think that he realized no matter what he said to others, his words would hold no credibility or weight behind it, like always, the best ideas are the ones that gets mocked at first because it is perceived as impossible. Again, I'm just seeing if I can get some feed-backs here because I think this would make an interesting debate.

Whatever Einstein was(Deist/Pantheist) if you believe in a personal god it's wrong to claim him as one of your own.

I wonder why Mr Dawkins didn't choose Max Planck to quote?

What concerto is it?

why are we fighting, the truth is there is no truth at the moment its just beliefs. i was raised as a christian but my beliefs changed it doesnt mean that i dont believe in god it means that i have to just admit i dont know if there is a god or not, neither outcome would surprise me. WE JUST DONT KNOW and we all have to realize this and come togethor as a species to reach our goals . im not saying to throw away your beliefs but we must admit that we just dont know

(The following is from Einstein and Religion by Max Jammer, Princeton University Press) "I'm not an atheist, and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws. Our limited minds grasp the mysterious force that moves the constellations."

If this Audio file is borrowed from Dawkins book, thank you. ... i was looking to review it again it has set me free years ago when i most needed it

I thank you Albert Einstein for not being religious ! I Am also not religious ! My religion is KINDNESS !!

Well done, Richard. This is a very useful and much needed video!

Einstein did not believe in a creator god, or that the universe had an ultimate beginning at all-- he lived before the big Bang was generally accepted. The Big Bang is only the beginning of our own local universe, there may be other Big Bangs and other universes. Modern physics is more in harmony with concepts in Eastern thought about endless cycles. This upsets Creationists, who are trying to hijack Einstein into their ideology.

Science and religion do not cancel out each other, but rather exist in harmony. Science does not cancel out the existence of a God or religion nor does God/religion cancel out the need for science. It is when one of those things become grossly misunderstood that issues arise.

Intro song ?

It's odd to me that Einstein's most telling comment on religion is not included in this video. In his autobiographical notes, written around age 67 he said, " Thus I came ---though the child of completely irreligious (Jewish) parents--to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of twelve. Through reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true. The consequence was a positively fanatic (orgy of) free thinking coupled with the impression that youth is intentionally being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression." This according to his words engendered a life long mistrust of every kind of authority. This is quoted from a small book that was the closest Einstein ever came to writing an autobiography Thus to anyone who can read, Einstein's  opinion on religion is clear and unmistakable..

Einstein was using God as a Spirit of all things which is the correct way of viewing God. It is written that God is the spirit of all things. He understood the true God. Not the God of fake teachers of religions. Man does not understand that he did believe but in a way which was not common in those times. For false teachers taught of a man in the sky. When truly the bible teaches in a different way. It is man has defiled the true interpretations of the bible & ancient teachings. & Einstein seemed to understand this & see through it. He did not want people to think he believed as others believed in a false version of God as a person in the sky.

It is written, We walk by Faith and not by sight.

This video was presented in a very impressive amusing way. I Like it so much

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.(Albert Einstein to Eric Gutkind from Princeton in January 1954)

This feels like a greatly biased opinion coming from one of the world's great atheists.

This is a really poor video on the topic. It's as if they tried to take sound bites from his some of his commentary to suggest Einstein did not believe in God. Einstein believed in God but just not one that was personal or One you had to pray to. His Theory of Relativity was pursued because, in his words, "I want to know God 's thoughts in a mathematical way ". What more do you need? This video really just splits hairs on issues needlessly and seems to focus on Catholic commentary at the time. The woman orator is terrible. Over acting and just stuffy.

Physicists never resort to the supernatural to explaining anything. Most scientists since the 20th century never use the word 'god' in any way but as a metaphor for nature or the cosmos-- like Einstein.

The entire history of science has been a steady growth away from the supernatural toward the rational.

“Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” - Einstein (Some type of creative force exists “”Superior Intelligence”, Old wise One”, etc. are terms Einstein used to describe this creative force (GOD). Einstein was agnostic and refused to adhere to the atheistic view throughout his life and even preferred the religious believer’s view over the atheistic view). The atheistic view: If Hawking's model is correct then the universe could be regarded as a causally closed system, uncreatable and indestrucible. Hawking: It obviously matters because if there is an edge, somebody has to decide what should happen at the edge. You would really have to invoke God. Why does that follow? Hawking: If you like, it would be a tautology. You could define God as the edge of the universe, as the agent who was responsible for setting all this in motion. Reference www.physicsforums.com/threads/hawking-on-the-edge-of-the-universe.401641/ Hawking has been trying (and failing) to prove the equations are wrong and the universe is a closed system for decades. The equations are right. There is an edge. The hypothesis should not be that there is no edge and the universe is a closed system, somehow always existent. That is the ridiculous view of a hard headed atheist. Very sad. He will die failing to prove the equations are wrong. The hypothesis should be that there is an edge a beginning of the universe's existence in a singularity and search for ways and methods to locate precisely how the universe began by outside agency. Look for signs of an outside agency. It will help us discover what this Creator is. Hawking is saying A CREATOR GOD EXISTS IF THERE IS AN EDGE. It is the logical SCIENTIFIC conclusion. He then goes on to say there is no PHYSICAL EVIDENCE EITHER WAY over whether or not there is an edge, however the equations of general relativity predict a singularity coming about at a finite moment and an edge of the universe is predicted which is backed by measuring distant galaxies moving away from us..... (a universe currently expanding AS SCIENTIFICALLY OBSERVED THROUGH TELESCOPE). So what does Hawking do and what do other atheistic scientists do? They create theories of a somehow always existent universe that have never and will never be proven. Why do you think Hawking is struggling to prove the universe is a closed system with no actual edge? If he new there was no need for a God he would just say here scientific community here is proof of a closed system. You see, we atheistic scientists had it right all along. The universe is a closed system> HE CANNOT. Live with the fact that mathematical and scientific evidence can be used to support belief in God. I stated seemingly a million times already anything God has done in the universe or to the universe after the start is based on faith. Einstein a brilliant modest man not a hard headed fool did not see the point in trying to prove there is no edge. He knew his equations spoke the truth. He also believed the universe came into existence at a finite moment ALL OF IT past present and future is here. Impossible to prove there is no edge because there is an edge, and as a result Einstein was agnostic and never once sided with the atheistic view. He in fact preferred the believer's view over the atheistic view. Have the patience for science to figure it out THEREFORE GOD. I lack belief the universe was in any way always here, and i lack belief the universe made itself. Everything I wrote is true and can backed with evidence. EVERYTHING. Check out this below youtube video. It is I believe the truth of the basic fabric of our universe, and an outside agency is needed and the logical conclusion. I happen to believe that free will has been written into the system, however the choices we will make are already known. Einstein actually went me one better in his deterministic view and believed we, like a leaf floating down stream, in reality have no say in what happens to us. It is all determined. We in actuality have NO (ZERO) choice in our actions (and even in our thoughts). The universe and time itself (which also came into existence in the singularity at a finite moment) are unfathomably complex, ..and it is all here already. Belief in a Creator GOD can be backed by evidence. A somehow always existent universe (or one that made itself) cannot. “Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNihoLCgrpbbm6c.html

Einstein will be remembered as a positive element of world history.

Occam's Razor is an important scientific idea: it states that the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation is. "We are to admit no more causes of natural things other than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. Therefore, to the same natural effects we must, so far as possible, assign the same causes". Isaac Newton. "Whenever possible, substitute constructions out of known entities for inferences to unknown entities". Bertrand Russell.

Einstein was a typical Jewish intellectual of the 20th century-- he believed that God is a cultural construct, not a person with a will or ego . He didn't think the fundamental forces of the universe were interfered with on the whim of any intelligent entity.

very well written (and spoken, too).

Fantastic vids! Way to go!!

Just because a phenomenon has a 'beginning' doesn't mean it has to have a 'creator." A day begins at dawn, but no magical person 'creates" the day, it happens as a natural consequence of the earth's motion.

Einstein was spinozistic pantheist.

I read Bhagavad-Gita as it is. very informative on the Supreme Absolute. For any true seeker no matter what affiliation, it is a real boon. Eternally fascinating.

Wise men know all the truth. The church men will never know it.

“Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point”( Pascal)

how hard is it for conscious 'beings' to realize that the universe is one Being; an infinite and intelligent consciousness?

He believes not in a personal god but and orderly harmony of what exist. That means he still believes in god but his perspective is of god is different. Stop trying to prove he didn't believe in god1

" all it takes to see there is purpose in the reality of a higher perfect being is perseverance in faith"

What you believe is true FOR YOU, because you believe it. Also what you don't believe is true FOR YOU because you believe you don't believe it.

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."

To believe in a god you must switch your brain. Believe functions best without thinking.

Einstein believed in the pantheistic God of Spinoza. He did not believe in a personal God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings, a view which he described as naïve. Einstein called himself an "agnostic" and a "religious nonbeliever." When asked if he believed in life after death, Einstein replied, "No. And one life is enough for me."

To dracumelenios:- The problem with believing that Beethoven was a great composer is that it does not have to be grounded in facts and so it is like a compass which does not have to point to the North but could be pointing at any direction.

I agreed who said that god is a faith not a knowledge.... bravo :)

My favorite Einstein quote regarding god and religion. He believed in a "Creator", NOT a personal God like that of Christianity or Islam... "In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views." "I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangements of the books, but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God."

amazing Emmanuel

Is that Lalla Ward narrating along with her husband?

Basically he dosent believe in that god that's people feel fearful/separate/worship by people

Is it Richard Dawkins narrating?

Every once in awhile declare peace. It leads your enemy to utter confusion.(76)

5.01 - 5.40 really helps me out in my journey of finding 'God', and my confusion on 'scientist popular terms on God'. So, 1 piece (of my spiritual journey) is found. Feels good. Thanks for sharing the awesome video! Namaste.

Mr. Einstein knew the answer the moment he left his body on April 18, 1955.

Dawkins may have a good memory to store information but honestly he is not smart. He is naive when comes to philosophy

Richard sounds like he is about to tell us a story about the soup dragon.

Religion is all about ME, ME, ME whereas science is about everything that surrounds me.

I don't care what anyone says, I love God and respect him.

ITs Christmas day 2015 , Thank Evolution for gravity and the invention of the English language

I believe in God because it wrote my spiritual story A naïve soft hearted man who lived in a wealthy city and spent all his time helping people distanced himself to a mountainous land. On the way there he kept helping people. He then fell ill and these thoughts came to him: what will I do afterwards? I will go to the top of the mountain and let the vultures eat me; I want no riches of this world; I am coming to help my father; and I can work. He then goes back to the wealthy city and miraculously finds work. He then understands the vultures are the people he attracted and he did not know he was attracting because he was naïve; he wants no riches of this world because he has the virtues of this world; he helps his father die with out suffering in his old age, and he works.

did dawkins narrate this?

Narrated by Richard Dawkins????

I agree with Einstein......

Continue this conversation l am 10 my mother always said read she read to me and sang

Admirable.

People should understand Einstein believed in Spinoza God because of his scientific knowledge. Our scientific knowledge evolves so the idea of God also evolves. Spinoza God is imo a fancy word for the God of the gaps. Most gods started as gods of gaps. There are less and less gaps in science so the idea of a God wil slowely evolve out. He did not believe in a personal God, like the christian God. He ridiculed it. That's what he said about the bible: "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."

Einstein is human. Humans are not ALL knowing.

I thought that the on god part of the title was the song

“Agnostic” defined: Any person who holds the view that ultimate knowledge or reality (concerning God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly: one who isn’t committed to a belief in either the existence or the nonexistence of God. Perhaps that best describes the view of Einstein.

The road to everlasting life in heaven is narrow and very few will find it. But the road that leads to everlasting destruction (hell) is wide and many will enter in by it. What road will you take? Will you seek Jesus with all your heart? Or end with the demons forever in hell. Don't believe? Are you really willing to take a chance? "ITS FOREVER"