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Many Unaware of World Vision’s Evangelical Mission

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Valerie Tarico

On October 2nd, The Seattle Times featured an AP article about the recent quake in Sumatra, along with a “how to help” list. At the top of that list was World Vision International. What the article failed to mention, and … Continue reading →

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Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science, Part 7 of 8

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Valerie Tarico

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Change Happens The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.   –Antisthenes My parents, as I’ve said before, were three for six in terms of producing believing children.  All of us accepted … Continue reading →

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Christian Belief through the Lens of Cognitive Science, Part 6 of 8

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Valerie Tarico

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How Beliefs Resist Change The Jesuits have a saying sometimes attributed to Francis Xavier, “Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man.”  The Jesuits were a tad optimistic, but ample research on identity … Continue reading →

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The Book of Revelation: Prophecies, Hallucinations, or History?

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Valerie Tarico
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(Valerie Tarico interviews United Methodist minister Rich Lang.) Tarico: Real Christians are going to disappear abruptly someday soon.  The world is going to descend into a bloodbath while someone known as the antichrist attempts to seize control of the planet. … Continue reading →

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Christian Belief through the Lens of Cognitive Science, Part 5

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Valerie Tarico

How Viral Ideas Hook Us Did you know that Temple Baptist Church was built on land that sold for 57 cents, the amount saved by a little girl that had been turned away from their Sunday school?   Did you hear … Continue reading →

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