Einstein’s letter where he denies existence of GOD sold on Ebay for ridic money.

Einstein’s famous letter where he more or less spread his genius bum all over the concept of God has sold on eBay for a ridiculous amount of ducets. I mean, shoot. I’d love to own it, but for the price it went for? Clearly the buyer isn’t worried about making rent on their secret Mars base.

io9:

A handwritten letter penned by Albert Einstein shortly before his death in 1954 has sold to an unknown online bidder for $3,000,100.00. In the so-called “God Letter,” Einstein touched upon such themes as religion, tribalism — and his disbelief in a biblical God.

The historical document is particularly important because it dispels the myth that Einstein was religious and that he believed in God. His famous quote, “God does not play dice with the Universe,” suggested to some that he harbored religious views. Today, historians suspect that he used the term as a kind of colloquial metaphor for such things as the laws of physics, or even the totality of the cosmos itself.

The private letter, which was written to the Jewish philosopher Eric Gutkind, was fairly scathing in its remarks. Einstein wrote, “…The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this…”