`::Certainly, ``the word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses`` does not on its own indicate an agnostic view, but I do not think it is inconsistent with one, nor is it definitively an atheist view. From the context of the letter (see this abridged translation), it is clear that Einstein was speaking of Jewish monotheism and its biblical basis. His rejection of these in this letter is nothing that was not already known from his previously available words on the matter. One may reject the Jewish conception of god, and any other conception of god, while still acknowledging the possibility of a god as yet unconceived. Given the context of the letter, and the context of Einstein's other complex and nuanced words about God, I don't think we're justified in interpreting this as a definitive expression of atheism.  ::I am not the only one who does not see this newly available quote as an unambiguous expression of atheism: note the evaluation by John Brooke, ``who said the letter lends weight to the notion that 'Einstein was not a conventional theist' — although he was not an atheist, either``, as reported here. Elsewhere in the article, it is acknowledged that Einstein ``expressed complex and arguably contradictory views on faith, perceiving a universe suffused with spirituality while rejecting organized religion.`` Given the complexity (and possibly self-contradictory) nature of Einstein's views, whom will we trust: evaluations of the primary sources made by Wikipedia editors, or those made by reliable secondary sources? I would put much more stock in the latter.     `