Elizabeth, it is the pious who’ve been using Einstein’s quotes about god and dice as a rock to pound at the skepticism of the unbelievers until they fell silent. Well, your own rock has backfired on you, and left you with a bloody nose.
In truth, while Einstein had his own distinctive reverence, he was no more an authority on religion than Pope Benedict XVI is on quantum physics. But prominence and undisputed genius in any field has the spill-over effect of lending credence and authority to voices so publicly acclaimed, even when they speak outside of their expertise.
The problem with this is that we’re God is involved no one has any expertise. Everyone is just guessing. Einstein was as good an athority on God as Pope Benedict or the school lunch lady.
