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Einstein was an atheist who only identified with Judaism from a cultural perspective: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/word-god-is-product-of-human-weaknes

• InclinedPlane 16y ago
  Einstein stated quite bluntly that he was not an atheist, specifically using the phrase "I'm not an atheist." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein%27s_religious_views http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein%27s_religious_v... The notion that there is nothing to debate is insulting. Proof is required, always. And everyone is bettered by an open an honest debate that patiently brings people around by convincing them with a sound argument backed by evidence. At some point it's important to recognize when an intellectual opponent is no longer worth debating, but that doesn't justify shutting down debate entirely, or of refusing to reach out and attempt to convince others who might be more open minded. Indeed, this is quite critical, especially today. Because guess what? Atheists, and believers in, say, evolution, we are in the minority. Even in the liberal and intellectual modern western world. Far more so in the world at large. The world believes in gods, it doesn't believe in science. If you shut off that debate you aren't helping yourself or your beliefs in the slightest.