On one hand, he said,"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary."
_The World as I See It_ (1914)

On the other hand, he said, "Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind."
_The World as I See It_ (1914)

Theology is Webster-defined as "the study of God and the relations between God and the universe"
(1966)

Theologians dismiss what they consider erroneous versions of God, as did Einstein:
"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are moulded after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty."
- quoted in New York Times obituary, April 19, 1955

However, he made many statements, some famous, describing what he believed are God's ways:
"God does not play dice"
"The Lord God is subtle, but malicious he is not."
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
By my loose definition, this statement is also theology: "Man is here for the sake of other men."

Finally, "Wheover undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledged is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."

All Einstein quotes here are from
_The Great Thoughts_ compiled by George Seldes

• No, Einstein was very bothered by being called an atheist (nt) - harvey1 - December 4, 2001 - 19:37 UTC
  • I think, Einstein was weak believer. - alexander - December 4, 2001 - 20:11 UTC
    • Actually - harvey1 - December 4, 2001 - 20:29 UTC
      • But we must be careful... - bladesinger - December 4, 2001 - 23:40 UTC
        • Of course - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 00:38 UTC
          • Please define the god that Einstein believed in - yanniru - December 5, 2001 - 14:36 UTC
            • Let me try - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 15:49 UTC
              • Fortunately, there were never any evidences of God. - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 17:51 UTC
                • You ignore the evidence - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 19:24 UTC
                  • Really? Evidence? What evidence (of god) do you have? - alexander - December 6, 2001 - 00:49 UTC
                    • My evidence for god - yanniru - December 6, 2001 - 16:06 UTC
                  • Al, you never responded further to this discussion - harvey1 - December 6, 2001 - 02:41 UTC
                • Have you _defined_ precisely which God(s) you say do not exist - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 23:05 UTC
            • which isn't saying much? - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 23:01 UTC
  • attribution needed in science, news, law - carefuluniverse - December 4, 2001 - 20:30 UTC
    • Wait, wait, okay, I've conjured up my first quote - harvey1 - December 4, 2001 - 20:40 UTC
      • * * * * * *|| * * * * *|| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ! ! ! - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 02:22 UTC
      • Seems that Einstein believed in a mysterious force - yanniru - December 5, 2001 - 14:37 UTC
        • This mysterious force is called math (logic). - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 19:16 UTC
          • You apparently don't understand Einstein - harvey1 - December 5, 2001 - 19:36 UTC
            • learned everything they know about biography by studying math - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 22:06 UTC