A letter by Albert Einstein, in which he described religion as "childish superstitions" and the Bible as full of "primitive legends", has sold at auction for a world record £170,000. The note was written in German to the philosopher Eric Gutkind on January 3, 1954. He went on to scorn the Jewish idea ...
mattdowling.blogspot.com
UPDATE - The letter sold to an anonymous bidder for £170,000 , over 20 times more than expected. With fees included the actual price is over £200,000 .
Found 64 days, 4 hours, 11 minutes, and 16 seconds ago
darksyde.dailykos.com
Arguments by authority are one of the most common rhetorical arrows plucked from the quiver of logical fallacies. They're particularly effective among authoritarian groups. For years Einstein's opinion on supernatural phenomena has been used and misused and outright fabricated to prop up various metaphysical claims. A new letter reportedly written by the world's most famous scientist was recently found and auctioned off in which Einstein wrote in part:
TeleUK -- The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
Found 64 days, 4 hours, 11 minutes, and 11 seconds ago
religionblog.dallasnews.com
A 1954 letter in which the physics genius dismissed religious belief as "childish superstitions" and the Bible as full of "primitive legends" sold at auction in London for 170,000 pounds.
Here 's the story from The Telegraph.
That much British poundage is about $331,000. Here 's how I know. (Don't say you never got anything worthwhile from this blog.)
Found 64 days, 4 hours, 11 minutes, and 13 seconds ago
psychoanalystsopposewar.org
Einstein is sometimes cited as a great scientist who believed in God. Cited in support of this is hiss famous statement in regards to the probabilistic nature of quantum theory: "God does not play dice with the universe. A recently auctioned January 3, 1954 letter however gives a clearer sense of his thoughts on religion, which in some sense resemble those of Freud and Marx:
The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
Found 63 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes, and 36 seconds ago
dailykos.com.
I link to PZ so I won't have to link directly to the interview, in which Ben Stein whines that evolution doesn't explain gravity and this therefore, means, something bad ... about evolution ...? Yeah, we can't figure it out either.
Found 64 days, 44 minutes, and 48 seconds ago
musefree.wordpress.com
An excerpt from the 1954 Albert Einstein letter that was recently sold at auction for £170,000 .
The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.
Found 64 days, 4 hours, 11 minutes, and 10 seconds ago
bhfrick.dailykos.com
Arguments by authority are one of the most common rhetorical arrows plucked from the quiver of logical fallacies. They're particularly effective among authoritarian groups. For years Einstein's opinion on supernatural phenomena has been used and misused and outright fabricated to prop up various metaphysical claims. A new letter reportedly written by the world's most famous scientist was recently found and auctioned off in which Einstein wrote in part:
TeleUK -- The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.
Found 63 days, 21 hours, 12 minutes, and 47 seconds ago
