Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached a conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true....Suspicion against every kind of authority grew out of this experience...an attitude which has never left me. ✨ Albert Einstein (2010). The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, p.338, Princeton University Press
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