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A Heartfelt Thank You–to the Seattle Police Department

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Valerie Tarico

Not what I usually write about, but something that has been bubbling at the edge of my consciousness.  I dropped this off at my local precinct headquarters this afternoon. November 26, 2010 As I was chopping celery for stuffing and … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Confessions of an Ornery Atheist

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Valerie Tarico

As a child I liked Thanksgiving hymns even better than Christmas carols – perhaps because I’ve always been a bit of a contrarian.  My daughter, Brynn, is the same way.  Case in point:  She probably would have disliked the Twilight … Continue reading →

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God’s Emotions 6: Pleasing a High Status Deity (Supplication, Adulation, and Subservience)

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Valerie Tarico

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Note:  This is Part Six in a series, “God’s Emotions: Why the Biblical God is so Very Human.”  Parts 1-5 are available at http://www.awaypoint.wordpress.com. Imam Muhammed Baquir is said to have related this illustrative fable:  “Finding I could speak the … Continue reading →

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Getting God’s Self-Appointed Messengers Out of Your Head

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Valerie Tarico

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The self appointed messengers of God are legion.  Some lived thousands of years ago; some stand weekly in front of thousands of people.  Some lecture you from the pulpit; some lecture you when you go home for the holidays.  And … Continue reading →

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God’s Emotions 5: A God with a Temper

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Valerie Tarico

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[Wicked men] are now the objects of that very same anger and wrath of God, that is expressed in the torments of hell. And the reason why they do not go down to hell at each moment, is not because … Continue reading →

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