No. It means it is impenetrable.
For example, before we had telescopes, the skies were impenetrable. Once we had telescopes, the galaxy became impenetrable. Then we got the Hubble telescope. Do you see? What you are asking for is a God of the Gaps. "Because we don't know how it works, it must be supernatural."
You ASSUME that Einstein is talking about something supernatural, because the rhetoric he uses is similar to the rhetoric you have heard regarding the supernatural. *shrug* An honest mistake.
Einstein's god wasn't merely impersonal, as you claim. It wasn't a god at all. It has no feelings. It has no cares. It's like... how one would view Mother Nature. Except it's Everything. It can be seen as... a mystification at the beauty of the universe, not unlike the feelings one get from religion. Einstein is being honest, and I have to say, I get the same feelings as him when I learn the wonders of the world around us.
Spinoza's God is a metaphor for the appreciation and mystification we feel towards the wonderful world we live in.
From wiki: "In a 1930
New York Times article,
[57] Einstein distinguished three styles which are usually intermixed in actual religion. The first is motivated by fear and poor understanding of causality, and hence
invents supernatural beings. The second is social and moral,
motivated by desire for love and support. Einstein noted that both have an anthropomorphic concept of God. The third style, which Einstein deemed most mature, is motivated by a
deep sense of awe and mystery. He said, "The individual feels
the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves in nature
and he wants to experience the universe as a single significant whole." Einstein saw science as an antagonist of the first two styles of religion, but as a partner of the third style."
Besides, what Einstein thought is rather irrelevant. It doesn't matter whether he was an atheist or a theist. Leonhard Euler was a Christian and he was pretty much one of the greatest mathematicians ever. I won't deny him that, just because he was a theist.
The truth is, either our universe has a supernatural God or it doesn't. What Einstein thought is irrelevant.
And Polycarp and friends (isambard too =P), why are you guys meaninglessly flaming each other? Can't we all just... get along? For two seconds? Please? [/quote]
I'm not doing anything other than responding to questions, insults and accusations.
I've stated my position.
It is sound logic and I need no further explanation of it.