Charles Darwin letter repudiating the Bible heads to auction
by Rebecca Rego Barry from on (#MHPR)
Blunt note stating that he did not believe the Bible was 'divine revelation' nor that Jesus was the son of God could fetch $90,000: 'It is the ultimate piece'
In November 1880, Charles Darwin received a request from a young barrister named FA McDermott. "If I am to have the pleasure of reading your books," McDermott wrote, "I must feel that at the end I shall not have lost my faith in the New Testament. My reason in writing to you therefore is to ask you to give me a Yes or No to the question Do you believe in the New Testament."
Darwin's reply, penned on 24 November 1880 - exactly 21 years after the publication of On the Origin of Species - was blunt:
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