Psychoanalyzing God: with Dr. Valerie Tarico
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The Thinking Atheist
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🗓️ 20 November 2013
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word "psychoanalyze" as: to treat the mental and emotional problems of (a patient) by having the patient talk about dreams, feelings, memories, etc. : to treat (someone) by means of psychoanalysis
In this podcast, we attempt to psychoanalyze God himself (actually, we'll deal with several deities claiming the One True God" title), and we'll talk to Dr. Valerie Tarico, psychologist and author of the book "Trusting Doubt: A Former Evangelical Looks at Old Beliefs in a New Light." http://www.amazon.com/Trusting-Doubt-Former-Evangelical-Beliefs/dp/0977392937
Dr. Tarico has tackled the psychoanalysis of God on her YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TrustingDoubt, and she lectures across the country. She joins us for the show and takes your calls.
Podcast with Dr. Andy Thomson: "Religion and the Placebo Effect" http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thethinkingatheist/2013/09/24/religion-and-the-placebo-effect-with-dr-andy-thomson
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, here we go, the step-by-three, two, one, action! |
| 0:06.5 | Assume nothing. |
| 0:08.4 | Brash, bald, fake, black and green. |
| 0:10.5 | Question, everything. |
| 0:12.4 | I find it extremely hard to imagine. |
| 0:14.2 | Open your eyes. |
| 0:16.4 | It is quite all right to be an atheist. |
| 0:18.6 | The fastest growing group of people in the country |
| 0:21.0 | has been measured as being those who have no belief |
| 0:23.5 | or who are atheists. |
| 0:24.8 | You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it. |
| 0:27.4 | Challenge the opposition. |
| 0:28.8 | You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument. |
| 0:32.8 | And start thinking. |
| 0:37.8 | This is the thinking atheist worldwide. |
| 0:45.2 | What I say, a huge thank you out to Allorin |
| 0:47.6 | and everybody at the folks at Skepticon this last weekend |
| 0:51.0 | in Springfield, Missouri, an amazing conference |
| 0:54.2 | the sixth year of the Skepticon event, |
| 0:57.9 | my first and had a ball to everybody who came out. |
| 1:00.8 | It was so filled with goodwill. |
| 1:03.4 | So many wonderful speakers. |
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