utc rm in that interview he identifies himself with pantheism and names baruch spinoza as another jewish pantheist a quick look on google books shows that he is often claimed as an atheist as northern heard say in one work ben gurion is called a 'freethinking deist who had profound reverence for the bible' i've not been able to confirm his pantheism anywhere else but a quote from the man himself should be considered more reliable even though this may only have been his opinion at the time of the interview according to source he identified as an atheist during the census so perhaps his views changed or were fluctuant it seems that it's hard to label him as anything although whatever he was it looks like he wasn't a theist and rejected traditional religious views of judaism july