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Albert Einstein described belief in God as “childish superstition”

By Rizki Akmanda Zaymi • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Others

Albert Einstein described belief in God as “childish superstition”.

The big scientists this physics also said Jewish group not people were chosen.

That was said by him in his letter when living, which was sold in London by an auction house. It was said an auctioneer, as being quoted by the AFP, on Wednesday (14/5/2008).

The relativity father, that his view of the religion was known to be ambivalent and triggered many debates, made this statement as the response to a person philosophy in 1954.


As a Jew, Eisntein said himself had the good relationship with the Jewish resident, but he said “them (Jewish) did not have the difference”

Of the quality for me compared with the other person”.

“God words for me not more than the expression and the weakness product of humankind,” said him in the letter dated January 3 1954, that was aimed to filose Eric Gutkind, as being quoted the Guardian newspaper.

The very polite German letter was sold by the Bloomsbury Auction House in Mayfair after becoming the personal collection for more than 50 years, said the auctioneer Rupert Powell.

“For me, the Jewish religion like other is the incarnation from childish superstition,” said the scientist who was famous with the formula E=MC2.

Einstein added: “for the length of my experience, there was no human group that better than the other group.”

Beforehand, this big scientist was famous with he commented as “Science without the religion was crippled, and the religion without blind science”.

Powell said the Einstein letter was sold this week and gave the clarity about Einstein actually thought about this problem.

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