Read the god delusion by Richard Dawkins. He explictly states Einstein was not a deist. Unless of couse, you are more learned and intelligent than him
I know he did not believe in a personal god, hence the many quotes from einstein i've already posted.
Oh, by the way; Spinoza was pantheist. Hope this helps.
you dont have a clue what your talking about. for one dawkins is a moron in philosophy, sorry he is a zoologist if im not mistaken, how does that make him a expert on religious. please post some of his amazing arguments against god, they are poor and weak at best. i could debate dawkins easily, he is smarter then me no doubt, but does he know more about philosophy and this particular argument, i would bet agaisnt it. his book is underwhelming, and he sets up strawmen, please enlighten me as to his arguments against a creator, not religion, on that i agree.
a pantheist is a monist hope this helps. that the universe is god, this is the oneness, the universe is god and not seperate(unlike theism) you dont know what your talking about
here is pantheism
Pantheism is a metaphysical and religious position. Broadly defined it is the view that (1) "God is everything and everything is God … the world is either identical with God or in some way a self-expression of his nature" (Owen 1971: 74). Similarly, it is the view that (2) everything that exists constitutes a "unity" and this all-inclusive unity is in some sense divine (MacIntyre 1967: 34). A slightly more specific definition is given by Owen (1971: 65) who says (3) "‘Pantheism’ … signifies the belief that every existing entity is, only one Being; and that all other forms of reality are either modes (or appearances) of it or identical with it." Even with these definitions there is dispute as to just how pantheism is to be understood and who is and is not a pantheist.
pantheism is a form of monism, a detity still exists, i havent said einstein was a theist, he was a deist and beleived in divinity. please post your quotes agian so i can post counter quotes, were he refers to god, and makes many religious statements.
also, you would do better to read einsteins actual writings then someones interpretation of him, this is causing your confusion.
here you go, buy it read it, by someone with no agenda. and someone smarter then dawkins by a mile
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1570627681/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/103-6135251-8522254?ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=283155from einstein in IDEAS AND OPINIONS
"my belief is a cross between pythagoras and spinoza; there is a central order to the cosmos, an order that can be directly apprehended by the soul in mystical union".
please stop reading books written by atheists or theists on what einstein said, why dont you read what einstein ACTUALLY wrote ahaha.
also stop the ignorance, he was a deity beleiving man with many mystical writings, you just havent read them. pantheism is deitism, nautre, is god and so on, divinity is deism.