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Richard Carrier<\/a>, the famous atheist who writes and speaks about historical matters related to early Christianity, has added my book The Burial of Jesus<\/em> to his Amazon wish list<\/a>. If any regular readers have always wanted to make his aquaintance, why not buy it for him and take the opportunity to introduce yourself? \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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On his blog<\/a> he said that if he really loves it or really hates it, he might blog about it. Both reactions are within the realm of possibility, perhaps even simultaneously\u2026<\/div>\n
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Richard Carrier, the famous atheist who writes and speaks about historical matters related to early Christianity, has added my book The Burial of Jesus to his Amazon wish list. 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