Why do many U.S. Christians assume that Einstein believed in the Christian God?

[XenonEmeritus]

Because they assume he believed in the Jewish God? Because he sometimes referred to "god" and they misunderstand his use of the term? Because of various urban legends which they accept simply because they came from a pastor or Christian friend?

 

[lasloekovacs]

Look, if you believe in the Christian idea of "god", you'll believe anything else they tell you.

 

[NoChanceWithoutJesus]

something more than the ones who care

 

[RaTz]

Yes, because their lying ministers and/or chain emails have told them so. If they were inclined to be critical of things they heard they wouldn't have the beliefs they do.

 

[SayAnythingRocks]

He didn't he was more of a deist. Also if they look into the history of the founding of this nation it was not anywhere near all Christians founding this nation there were deists, pagans, and a few Satanists who helped too. Look it up if you don't believe me. This is the reason why our country is so free because it was NOT founded by all Christians (though there were a few that helped found this nation).

 

[Pothead]

because they're idiots. and they like to assume things without doing the proper research.

 

[Christian]

Cause his curly white hair.

 

[disrxt]

Because they are desperate to have anyone with even half an uneaten brain believe in the zombie worshipping cult.

 

[James]

einstein is in our science departments at the present moment,i havent seen him in a while,he loves that science!,we love you all,the holy family.

 

[DonY]

If by "the Christian God" you mean the unchristian triune deity, I don't think I've ever heard or read of anyone suggesting that Einstein believed in any such being. But I wouldn't doubt that there are preachers in the evangelical/fundamentalist wing of Christendom who may have promulgated such an idea; that isn't as strange as some of the things that I've heard them pushing on TV and in their churches when I've attended with friends.

Einstein did not believe in a personal God. He could probably best be described as a Deist, as were most of the Founders of our nation such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. When asked by a prominent New York rabbi to expand on his concept of God, he replied in part: "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings."