Or his written views as in this article I was reading this morning: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/12/peopleinscience.religion http://www.guardian.c

Or his written views as in this article I was reading this morning: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/12/peopleinscience.religion http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/12/peopleinscienc... The essay's quote was used to help describe an experience many people go through, probably better than Paul could himself, and therefore was very appropriately chosen. Why would there have to be an artificial caveat? Later quotes would not be relevant to the time of life the essay was discussing. Absolutely, he maintained his Jewish identity - the payload of beneficial cultural values - but he consistently rejected the religious practices (non-payload portions) - up until his choice of what type of funeral to have. Here is a good quote from the article that recognizes the balance however: Despite his categorical rejection of conventional religion, Brooke said that Einstein became angry when his views were appropriated by evangelists for atheism. He was offended by their lack of humility and once wrote. "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."