Einstein Letter on God ($404,000)

I came across an interesting article in the NYTimes last week. Einstein wrote a letter to philosopher Eric Gutkind in 1954 briefly describing his religious viewpoints primarily regarding Judaism. The letter reportedly sold for $404,000 to an unidentified buyer.

Although the article suggests Einstein "lost his religion at the age of 12" and that Einstein is clearly "agnostic" and not a proponent of intelligent design, he clearly battled with the idea. Other famous quotes of his make it seem that he recognizes an ultimate designer. For example:

"... We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God."

A copy of the letter is seen in the image below and the text can be found here.


In the end, he is dead and he has all of his questions answered. I hope he found the "simple equation" that unifies it all. (not to be read sarcastically).