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“God was looking out for me that day,” Linda said, “because I called four different exterminators and none of them could come out for four or five hours and I was trapped in my house watching my animals die.”
This is the closing quote from the article Bees trap woman in home, kill her dog ‘Chewy’ [...]

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I was just accosted by a Moonie. In the lobby of the Snow Building.
As soon as he said he was from the Unification Church, I just said two words. “Please leave.”
I knew people who were suckered into going to their “ranch” in Boonville, only to find that they were never left alone with their thoughts, [...]

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5.4 Earthquake. In Illinois.
Whenever an earthquake would rattle San Francisco, there were always a flurry of letters to the SF Chronicle from people in other parts of the country. They would patiently explain that seismic activity is a sign of God’s wrath against gays, feminists, and atheists.
But an earthquake near Champaign, Illinois…what did the computer [...]

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I know lots of people whose religious faith inspires them to dedicate their lives to helping the poor, the homeless, the sick or disabled. And although I’m not a believer, I applaud anything that inspires anyone to work selflessly to benefit those less fortunate, to strengthen communities, protect wildlife and the environment, or cultivate the [...]

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I called the downtown precinct to ascertain if one needs a permit to shout through a megaphone on a downtown street corner (you do.) In less than 10 minutes, a couple of officers showed up. They are talking to the adults in the crowd now, while a passel of kids in school uniforms gallivant around [...]

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Have a little girl shout through a megaphone on a downtown street corner telling people to repent and come to Jesus.
Just go the fuck away, will you? I’m trying to work here.

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If I could choose a day to live again,
it would be any random afternoon when,
coming home from school,
I’d find you in your upstairs room,
the cat and dog gone fast asleep
and lying in the sun,
and you would let your work lie fallow
in your lap and tell me tales
of ancient kings, of artistry,
of long-forgotten trinities that flourished [...]

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Parents pick prayer over docs; girl dies

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Barry and I are NOT an interfaith marriage. We’re both atheists. That said, I grew up a church-going, sacrament-receiving, parochial-school education Catholic. He’s Jewish and hasn’t been to temple since his bar mitzvah.
Barry’s tolerant of the tree and the stockings and my manic cookie-baking marathons. I’m always willing to enjoy a plate of latkes.
But I [...]

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An article in the October issue of Scientific American reports on the neurology of mystical experiences.
I’ve been meditating in one for or another for around 30 years. I started originally for stress reduction in an attempt to short-circuit migraines. My intention was never spiritual, but in the process I’ve experienced what many consider spiritual experiences.
I’ve [...]

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