corollary, the charge of totalitarianism. ( ... ) The information is mostly false or expected, and its function is to reinforce the frames of a thought on the rise: The Clash of Civilizations and the necessary fight against Islam." The Catholic magazine Esprit & Vie describes the Traité d'athéologie as an "atypical book, nourished by a visceral hatred against religion in general (...) It brings nothing fundamentally new compared to Nietzsche's work, if not the author's crazy contention to stand almost as the first true atheist." Amongst the "incalculable number of contradictions and improbabilities in the body of the text of the synoptic Gospels", two claims are made: crucifixion victims were not laid to rest in tombs, and in any case, Jews were not crucified in this period. John Dickson, from the Centre for Public Christianity, has said that Philo, writing about the time of Jesus, tells us that sometimes the Romans handed the bodies of crucifixion victims over to family members for proper burial. Josephus remarks: "the Jews are so careful about funeral rites that even malefactors who have been sentenced to crucifixion are taken down and buried before sunset". Regarding the second claim, Dickson calls this a "clear historical blunder". By contrast, the journal of popular science Automates intelligents praised the book, saying it "reads like a novel. (...) In a very pleasing style, it takes on every aspect of the blindness and human evil produced by religions. (...) However, the journal also said: "It can be reproached to having limited to a critique of religion (...), but to have offered nothing concrete to the spirits who are in search of an alternative adapted to our times." "Scientific analysis of the belief" is missing. "We would have also appreciated that Michel Onfray mentions many modern scientists who honor the scientific materialism and atheism." See also Antireligion Antitheism Atheism Criticism of religion Egoist anarchism Hedonism Metaphysical naturalism References 2005 non-fiction books Antitheism Books by Michel Onfray Books critical of Christianity Books critical of Islam Books critical of Judaism Books critical of religion Books about atheism Éditions Grasset books Atheism in France New Atheism Works about the Christ myth theory