Was Albert Einstein a Christian

Answer 1

Einstein was Jewish by birth and self-identification. He was a champion of the state of Israel, and left the bulk of his estate to the Israel's Hebrew University. His theological views, however, were distinctively his own. There is anecdotal evidence that he attended Christian Science church services in New York City and in Princeton, New Jersey on a numerous occasions during the 1940s and 1950s. He is also reported to have frequented the Christian Science Reading Room in Princeton. But that constitutes his only known engagement with organized Christianity.

Answer 2

Einstein was not a Christian in the traditional sense. He identified as agnostic and had a deep respect for religion but did not believe in a personal God. He believed in the wonder of the universe but did not subscribe to any specific religious doctrine.