Have assembled at Salto sobrius. Go forth and partake at the Carnival of the Godless 50.
In other news, I bought the new Dawkins book, The God Delusion. It's a captivating book in the usual Dawkins' style. This time, he's out not to educate but to eradicate. Eradicate that delusion called religion. Delusion, incidentally, is a clinical state. A pathology. Dawkins talks about the choice of the title in the preface.
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There are some recent carnivals of note that I should mention:
*Skeptics' Circle 44 at Salto sobrius.
*Carnival of the Godless 50, also at Salto sobrius.
*Teaching Carnival #13 at A Blog Around the Clock.
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