
Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true. I came-though the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents-to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of twelve. In his Autobiographical Notes, Einstein wrote that he had gradually lost his faith early in childhood: Early childhood Įinstein was raised by secular Jewish parents and attended a local Catholic public elementary school in Munich. He conceded that "the problem involved is too vast for our limited minds". Einstein believed the problem of God was the "most difficult in the world"-a question that could not be answered "simply with yes or no". 2.1 Relationship between science and philosophyĮinstein used many labels to describe his religious views, including " agnostic", "religious nonbeliever" and a "pantheistic" believer in " Spinoza's God".
