People misquote him all-the-time, especially Progressives with no scientific background. What he actually says is rather extraordinary.
He also understand the true meaning of 'atheist', and has repeatedly explained the aspect of God being the fact that we don't know where the universe's order and rules came from.
Even though I don't believe in organized religion, I seemingly enfuriate Progressives when they are bashing anyone of religion. It's not a surprise that most, great physicists do have an appreciation for the order of the universe, and are very well mis-understood on the fact that it's not 'chaos.'
The same goes on the environment. He recognizes the problem are consumers, not just 'evil (insert latest entity to blame)', which too many Progressives fail to understand.