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douglas said that Einstein believed in an underlying intelligence to this universe, not that he believed in a personal God.
In your opinion, is belief in an underlying intelligence to this universe not belief in God?
douglas is clearly mistaken on this point as the quotes Andy produces illustrates - pantheism does not posit an "underlying intelligence to this universe", it is as Dawkins describes it "sexed-up atheism".
Andy selected a few quotes that show Einstein did not believe in a personal God. Einstein may have been a pantheist, but only to the extent that pantheists can believe in an "underlying intelligence to this universe" -- because from what I can reconstruct from Einstein's quotes, he did believe in something like that.
For example, this quote from an atheist site:
Also,
Theist sites claim that Einstein believed in God, and atheist sites claim that he didn't, and I read the same quotes in both places. Belief in a non-personal God doesn't seem to have its place, and doesn't seem to be well-understood.
Hmm, interesting, thanks! I have to conclude that Einstein wasn't thinking very clearly about the whole thing...