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The 125th Edition of the Carnival Of The Godless has been posted over at A Nadder! Hark! Verily I say unto you, go, and read of the scripture there. Ramen.

The 116th Edition of the Carnival Of The Godless is up over at Relatively Science! Wow. 116 COTGs. Hard to believe sometimes!

The 109th edition of the Carnival Of The Godless is up over at Reduce To Common Sense.

Check it out!

Back in early January of 2005 I created the Carnival Of The Godless, then hosted the 1st Edition later that same month on January 30th.

For close to four years now it has been a dynamic and vital blog carnival. It has pulled in excellent examples of godless writing from all parts of the planet. I also like to think that it was instrumental in ushering in a global and almost organic organization of godless blogs, websites, commentators, authors, and social networks.

But it's all about to end.

I have never had any trouble rounding up hosts until the last year or so. Which is ironic given the explosion in atheist and godless-themed blogs recently.

However, I have exactly ONE more COTG in the pipe for this weekend, November 9, 2008, and then - nothing. No one has volunteered to host after that.

So, there are two things that I would like to ask the godless community:

1. Do you want the COTG to continue? If so, I need hosts. Lots of hosts. If you'd like to host a future COTG, please send your host requests to me at brent dot rasmussen at gmail dot com.

2. Is anyone interested in taking over the reigns of the COTG? It's not a lot of work, but I've been doing it for four years now, and I've had just about enough. I'll keep doing it until someone steps forward and agrees to take on the responsibility. Please don't agree to do it as a lark. If you'd like to take over, send me an email (see my gmail address above) and lets talk about it a bit. Ideally I'd like for the person to be an established godless blogger who would take it seriously and work hard at advertising/cajoling. :)

So, there you go. The COTG is in your hands.

The 102nd Carnival Of The Godless is coming up fast on October 12, 2008.

Db0, the host, has a great idea for a storified COTG, but he needs your help!

[A Division By Zero] So I am going to be your next host for the Carnival of the Godless and I am planning to make it a bit more interesting than simply having a list of links. I was a bit disappointed on how the 100th version turned out so I’d like to make something more memorable, something like the Pulp Edition. Of course I can’t really make such good art to go along with[1] it but I will at least try to make it as memorable.

Check out the post, and get your submissions in!

The 94th Carnival Of The Godless is posted over at Hank's place - Earthman's Notebook. Check it out!

Also - I need hosts, people. There are only two more hosts in the queue, which means that a month from now the COTG could end, before it even gets to the 100th edition.

There are plenty of atheist blogs out there now. If you have a new or new-ish atheist blog, and you are looking to get some great exposure and bump your hit count through the roof, volunteer to host the COTG. I'll put you on the hosting list and get you set up. Email me at brent.rasmussen@gmail.com and request a hosting slot. If you want a specific date, let me know that as well. Remember we have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas coming up!

The 88th COTG has been posted over at Atheist FAQ!

Oh, and I need hosts, people! Send me an email if you would like to host a future COTG. Riches beyond the dreams of avarice, fame, fortune, and godlessness can be yours. Well, godlessness, anyway.

Hi Folks - The newest COTG has been posted over at Tangled Up In Blue Guy. Check out the COTG Peer Reviewed Journal Of The Godless!

And a side note - I need hosts, people. If you have hosted the COTG in the past and you'd like to do it again, or if you have a brand new godless, skeptical, scientific, freethought, atheist, etc. blog and you'd like to drive some serious traffic through it for a day, send me an email and offer to host!

Here are the guidelines.

Thanks!

Carnival Of The Godless Guidelines

1. The post you send in must be from a godless perspective and address something such as godlessness, atheism, church/state separation, the evolution/creation debate, theodicy, philosophy of religion as it relates to godlessness, etc. There is a huge amount of wiggle room in the post subject and we will consider every submission carefully for inclusion.

2. You may only submit one post per carnival. More may be accepted at the host's discretion. If you submit a post that you really think ought to be included from another blog, and the author of that blog also submits a post, we'll use their post. This should be considered a great way to get one of your excellent, but (for whatever reason) unknown or underrated posts in front of a potentially huge audience. Grab the bull by the horns!

Time frame

The Carnival Of The Godless will be posted every two weeks on Sunday. The cutoff date for submissions will be the preceding Friday. If we get the submissions chosen and sorted out before Sunday, it will be posted earlier.

Submissions

Send your submissions to the COTG Submissions page at Blogcarnival.com. Make sure you include:

• The name of the blog where the post is from
• The post title.
• The post author's name or handle.
• The post's permanent link.
• A short description of the post.

Attention Internet Infidels

Forum posts may also be submitted. Have you written something on the boards that you think needs a wider audience than II? Submit it!

Hosting

If you run a godless blog and if you would like to host the Carnival Of The Godless, send your hosting request to brent dot rasmussen at gmail dot com, or use the COTG Contact page at Blogcarnival.com.

The 79th COTG is up over at the Sexy Secularist. And it's got scansion and meter!

The 75th edition of the Carnival Of the Godless is up over at Ain't Christian. Check it out!

Submit your writing for the next one, to be held September 30, 2007 over at A Load Of Bright, at the BlogCarnival.com submission page here.

The ride had been long, but coming back to the town of Skeptic's Circle after being away for nearly two years felt good.

My appy mare smelled the fresh hay layed in next to the livery about a mile out of town and I let her prance a bit. I looked to my left and grinned. This time the UTI brand was represented well. Jim Downey, my ranch manager, trotted his horse alongside mine, his Sharps 50 rifle riding high in it's scabbard, the vernier sights packed away in their own leather pouch. Rick Ulrey, a former soldier, rode slightly behind us, his eyes scanning our backtrail for sign. Hank Fox, a grizzled veteran of many skeptical campaigns, rode ahead. Eric Lorson, brought up the rear, his oiled-leather guitar case strapped where a long rifle scabbard would normally go, his crossed pistols secured with leather.

My old partner DS, who had been with me two years ago when we came in to town, had started working for the Kos brand a while back, and from what I'd heard was doing good work there. Not that I ever doubted it. DS was a hell of a hard worker.

As we got closer I noticed that the town of Skeptic's Circle was...

(This one ran a lot longer than I thought it would, folks. There were a lot of submissions! If you want to skip reading the story, and instead just have a plain-jane list of links, you can find them here. Thanks for reading! -Brent)

Here you go!

1. Steve Snyder from The Socratic Gadfly - World-renowned scientist wants new 9/11 investigation, but unfortunately appears to be adding to conspiracy thinking
2. Trent M. Toulouse from RationalWiki - Non-Materialist Neuroscience
3. Jeffperado from The Big Picture - The Noah's Ark Challenge
4. Berlzebub - What Are The Odds?
5. Evangelical Realism - 3d Noah's Ark Imagery
6. Whorechurch from My Other Blog Is A Porsche - Conspiracy of Conspiracy Theorists
7. Runolfr - Yet Another Chain-Letter Hoax
8. Greta Christina - Does The Emperor Have Clothes?
9. Greta Christina - Literally (I couldn't work this one into the story, but here's the link. -Brent)
10. Blake Stacey - Stuart Pivar Sues PZ Myers!
11. Blake Stacey - PR Flacks for Pivar!
12. Peter A. Lipson, M.D. - Will Vitamin C Save Your Life?
13. Bad Idea - Is Microwaving an unhealthy way to cook your Compact Discs?
14. Paul of Aurora Walking Vacation - Bigger Than Jesus
15. Mark from Denialism Blog - Mythbusting Is Harder Than You Think!
16. Akusai of Action Skeptics! - The Poverty Of UFO Photography
17. Adam of Daylight Atheism - On Incorruptibility
18. Factician at Conspiracy Factory - Oy journalists
19. Dr. Martin Rundkvist of Aardvarchaeology - The Intelligence of Game-Playing Software
20. Christian Bachmann of Med Journal Watch - But he has nothing on!
21. Sandy Szwarc of Junkfood Science - Mythbusters: Are the odds stacked against us?
22. Richard of Skeptico - The Parsimony of the Multiverse
23. Orac of Respectful Insolence - An embarrassing critique of "The Enemies of Reason"
24. Orac of Respectful Insolence - How "evidence-based" is evidence-based medicine?

Until next time at the Conspiracy Factory on September 27, 2007. Thanks for letting me host! Get your submissions in!

UTI is hosting the 69th edition of the Skeptic's Circle on September 13, 2007, and I need submissions! You'll find the guidelines for submission here.

Send your submissions to me at brent@brentrasmussen.com, and make sure that you have the words "Skeptic's Circle" in the subject line.

Thanks in advance!

Shazam! The 74th Carnival of the Godless is up over at Atheist FAQ. Check it out!

More than two years ago UTI had the distinct privilege of hosting the 12th edition of the then-brand-new Skeptic's Circle. Unfortunately at the time my web host had gone down hard and I had to host it over at the UTI Annex. You can check it out here.

Well, St. Nate, the legendary founder of the Circle, has moved on and Orac from Respectful Insolence rides herd on the Circle now.

UTI will be hosting the 69th edition of the Skeptic's Circle on September 13. Send your submissions to me at brent@brentrasmussen.com. The rules and guidelines for submission are located here.

See you in the Circle!

It's up over at The Defence Of Reason.

Woo hoo! Quixotic quests, lost secrets, stone tablets, and Oasis' 'Wonderwall'. What more could you ask from an early Carnival Of the Godless?

Check out the gobs of godless goodness available in the 68th edition of the COTG over at Action Skeptics!

Carnival of The Godless has been posted over at Letter From A Broad. Check it out!