[URL="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/15/charles-darwin-letter-auction-religion-bible-creationism"]Charles Darwin letter repudiating the Bible heads to auction[/URL] Darwin’s [URL='http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-12851']reply[/URL], penned on 24 November 1880 – exactly 21 years after the publication of [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.bestseller']On the Origin of Species[/URL] – was blunt: [I]Dear Sir,[/I] [I]I am sorry to have to inform you that I do not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation & therefore not in Jesus Christ as the son of God.[/I] [I]Yours faithfully[/I] [I]Ch. Darwin[/I] That letter is headed to auction at Bonhams on 21 September in New York, where it is expected to fetch $70,000-$90,000. perhaps rand paul's pac could buy it and burn it!
