A little know letter written by Albert Einstein has been released and is up for auction for up to $16,000. The document has been kept private for 50 years and is up for auction this week in London. Einstein was born Jewish and attended Catholic school as a child. Both Christians and Jews have been trying to claim the smartest man of the 20th century for years.

Einstein states: “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.”

“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.”

“For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than…