The famously atheistic scientist Richard Dawkins is currently listed on online bookmaker Paddy Power's book of potential successors to Pope Benedict. His odds: 666 to one.
Clearly someone is having some fun.
Bono, the Irish Christian rockstar, might be disappointed to discover his odds are even worse: 1000 to 1.
Here's our post on the early odds-making of some of the more likely candidates.
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