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No he wasn't. When Einstein used the term god it was not as in a deity but a metaphor for how the universe works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_philosophical_views_of_Albert_Einstein
Religion is a metaphor that's how most people view it. Plus given the distinct lack of information for or against the scientific method would indicate that the existence of god is unknowable at this given time.
Thats like really just religion with extra steps.
Personally i prefer the term spiritual. But this concept of god as the way the universe is rather then a person has even been held by established catholics where god the persona is a symbol for the masses.
Many people forget that the centralized church in rome is an umbrella organisation for many different schools/philosophys/flavors/interpretations of Christianity.
For example the last pope was a jesuit. The first of this order to become pope and the main reason he did not wear the lavish clothes.