Thought Experiment: Einstein on Worship

While Albert Einstein was certainly not a Christian, I recently ran across a passage written by a physicist (named Charles Misner) which contemplates what Albert Einstein's opinion might have been about worship. I have taken the liberty to convert Misner's comments to the first person as a sort of "thought experiment" about what Einstein might have said.

Albert Einstein – "The design of the universe is very magnificent and shouldn't be taken for granted. This is why I have so little use for organized religion. I hear what preachers say about God and think they are blaspheming. I have seen more majesty than they ever could have imagined. The preachers I have run across do not have the proper respect for the author of the universe."

I am again indebted to John Piper's commentary on this matter. "The charge of blaspheme is loaded. The point packs a wallop behind the charge that in our worship services God simply does not come through for who he is. He is unwittingly belittled. For those who are stunned by the indescribable magnitude of what God has made, not to mention the infinite greatness of the One who made it, the steady diet on Sunday morning of practical how-to's and psychological soothing and relational therapy and tactical planning seem dramatically out of touch with Reality - the God of overwhelming greatness. (reference, Nations be Glad, pp. 12-13).