The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Einstein was considered an atheist by many, but he was intensely..

spiritual. He called the Judaism of his youth silly myths, but could not endure thinking of the cosmos existing without a plan. And if a plan, then a planner.

Spinoza's pre- pantheism is where he ended up, and he spent a fair amount of time at the Ethical Culture Society in NYC. He scoffed at religious mythology, but admired the spirituality behind it.

He once said that, given a choice, he might have been a Quaker.

I doubt Einstein would had the time or temperment to be chaplain, but he was on to something.

Father Mulcahy was an ideal chaplain, btw- subordinating his beliefs for the benefit of his charges.

FWIW, I have been hearing about mainstream Christian denominations not supplying clergy to the chaplain corps. This has left it open to wingnuts.