Einstein‘s famous ‘God letter‘ sells for $3 million at an auction in New York.
The Albert Einstein’s handwritten ‘God letter’ to religious philosopher Erik Gutkind in 1954, sold three times the expected amount, for $3m to an unnamed buyer at an auction in New York.
In this famous letter the scientist offers his unvarnished opinion that:
“The word God is for me nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of venerable but still rather primitive legends.”
The letter is a response to Gutkind’s 1952 book ‘Choose Life: the Biblical Call to Revolt.’
Einstein also said that he ‘lost his faith at a young age,’ and he called religion ‘childish superstition’ born of ‘human weakness.’
This is the first page of Albert Einstein’s “God Letter,” dated January 3, 1954. Photo provided by Christie’s
via CNBC
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