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I must offer thanks to those who decided to pre-order The Only True God<\/em>. I just looked and it was ranked as a bestseller, coming in at #53 on amazon.com in the category<\/p>\n

Books<\/a> > Religion & Spirituality<\/a> > Judaism<\/a> > History of Religion<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, I initially suspected that perhaps there were only 53 books in this category, but not so! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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