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$\"\"$ About a week and a half ago, I did an interview with WIBC news radio<\/a> on the subject of the letter<\/a> that was up for auction on eBay, in which Albert Einstein commented candidly about his religious beliefs \u2013 including some statements that were rather negative about the Bible and Judaism, which was his own background.<\/p>\n

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