Letter: Einstein's relative belief in God's existence

Tuesday 30 March 1993 00:02 BST

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Sir: May I reply to William Genge's letter denying that Albert Einstein believed the laws of physics to be the work of a divine creator. According to Banesh Hoffmann's and Ronald Clark's biographies, Einstein, when asked by a New York rabbi whether he believed in God, replied that he believed in Spinoza's God 'who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of all that exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings'.

Banesh Hoffmann describes Einstein as 'the most religious of men, who looked upon all Nature as God'.

Yours faithfully,

M. F. PERUTZ

Cambridge

29 March

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