Einstein and the Wisdom of Creation: What Science Reveals About the Mind of the Creator

As mentioned in a previous article, we do not need to understand the essence of the Creator or grasp the depths of His wisdom in order to recognize His existence. It is enough to observe the clear evidence of design and intelligence in the universe — a design infinitely surpassing human intellect, to conclude that the One who created the universe must be infinitely wiser than we are.

Einstein’s Insight — and Its Implication

For illustration, Professor Albert Einstein is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century. This is because through his intellect, he better understood the structure of the universe — for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded for his discovery of the photoelectric effect.

However, Einstein did not create a new universe out of nothing, nor did he invent a new law of nature. He merely discovered an existing principle within the vast structure of creation. For this discovery alone, humanity considers him a genius and a symbol of wisdom.

What can we therefore say about the One who created the very laws of physics that Einstein merely uncovered? If Nobel Prizes were awarded for wisdom, who would deserve them more — the one who learns from the Creator’s wisdom, or the Creator of wisdom Himself?

Einstein’s Own Humility Before the Creator

Einstein himself recognized how small human intellect is compared to the wisdom behind creation. He wrote: “I am not an atheist. The human mind, no matter how highly trained, cannot grasp the universe. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different languages. The child knows that someone must have written those books, but does not know who or how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn’t understand it. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God.” (Albert Einstein, interview with George Sylvester Viereck, “Glimpses of the Great,” pp. 372–373.)

The Obvious Truth Even a Child Can See

In truth, one need not be Einstein to recognize that there is a Creator. Even a child can look at the world — at its harmony, its intricate order, and its astonishing wisdom, and reach the same simple, unavoidable conclusion. All the more so, anyone who studies the wonders of creation cannot help but see the hand of design everywhere.

The fields of physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, psychology, zoology, and countless others each require years of study. Every one of these disciplines divides into endless subfields, so vast that no single human being could ever master them all, even if granted many lifetimes. And still, so much remains hidden from our understanding of nature’s laws.

Such infinite complexity — requiring endless research and deep contemplation, points directly to a Creator whose wisdom is immeasurable, far beyond all human intellect.

As the prophet Yeshayahu (Isaiah) proclaimed: “Lift up your eyes on high, and see who created these, He who brings out their host by number, who calls them all by name.” (Yeshayahu 40:26)