A letter from Einstein to a German philosopher is being auctioned in London this week.

“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,” he wrote in the letter written on January 3, 1954 to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, cited by The Guardian newspaper.

A lot of people are using this as an Aha Moment to claim that Einstein was, in fact, an atheist. I beg to differ. The word “god” to me, as understood in many Abrahamic religions to mean an entity sitting in a particular place, does seem like a childish idea. My idea of “god” … and I believe Einstein’s idea of “god” … is so much larger than that.

The Vatican has announced it is possible to believe in both God and aliens on other planets. I finally agree with the Vatican on something.

Funes said that ruling out the existence of aliens would be like “putting limits” on God’s creative freedom.

And finally…

John Hagee, an influential televangelist who endorsed John McCain, is apologizing to Catholics for referring to the Roman Catholic Church as “the great whore” and calling it “the apostate church.”

It’s not as if he only said it once. This concept, and the further idea of the eradication of the Catholic Church has been an ongoing theme with this guy for a very long time. This makes me wonder why the sudden change and what he’s getting from McCain in “payment” for his sudden and drastic change in tune. Will Hagee be apologizing to Muslims next? Don’t hold your breath. Muslim hate is still very much acceptable in the USA.