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		</div><p>A letter written by Albert Einstein in which he doubts the existence of God has been auctioned for $2.9m (€2.6m) in New York.</p>
<p>The letter, dated 1954, was written in German to philosopher Eric Gutkind and in it, Einstein said that he did not believe in God.</p>
<p>Einstein wrote: &#8220;The word God is for me nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;The Bible, a collection of venerable but still rather primitive legends.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In 2002, a letter dated 1939 from Einstein to US president Franklin D Roosevelt warning him about Nazi atom bomb preparations was auctioned for $2.1m. According to Christie&#8217;s Auction House, the &#8216;God Letter&#8217; sold for a record price, surpassing its estimated $1-1.5m (€880k &#8211; 1.3m) valuation.</p>
<p>The letter was last sold to a private collector in 2008 for $404,000 (€356k).</p>
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