I don't feel obligated or qualified to defend Einstein's words but thank you for thinking I know his thoughts better than you.

Jack, I'm not asking you to defend Einstein's words. I made that very clear. I'm asking you to defend your use of them in this discussion. If you don't agree with them, why post them?

I never had any idea that you know anything at all about Einstein's thoughts, nor did I say that. You are getting more and more into deciding that someone said something that they patently didn't say and then responding to them as if they actually said it. Get off it.

I'll try again:
You posted this quote from Einstein: the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth

Do you actually know anyone who fervently espouses atheism (and that doesn't include having a discussion about it on Mudcat) because they were traumatized by religious teaching as a child? Are there really any "professional atheists", and even if there are does anyone take them seriously?

It's perfectly OK to say, "I just found an interesting quote and posted it. I don't really agree with it, though." But the absence of such a disqualifier in the face of being asked about it pointblank really makes it sound like you agree with Einstein and was trying to make a point. Which is it? If you were trying to make a point, what was it?