6 Atheist Tales
By Eric Maisel
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Eric Maisel is the author of The Atheist’s Way and 40 other books and the developer of natural psychology. Natural psychology, Dr. Maisel's new psychology of meaning, presents a naturalistic, secular, and atheistic psychology. These six atheist teaching tales, similar to Sufi teaching tales, Biblical teaching tales, and fables and fairy tales, convey important natural psychology lessons in story form. Included in this anthology: On Tuesday You Can Walk On Water, Job Interview, Pander Bear, Foursome, War Hero, and The Missing Link.
Eric Maisel
Eric Maisel, PhD, is the author of numerous books, including Fearless Creating, The Van Gogh Blues, and Coaching the Artist Within. A licensed psychotherapist, he reaches thousands through his Psychology Today and Fine Art America blogs, his print column in Professional Artist magazine, and workshops in the United States and abroad. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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6 Atheist Tales - Eric Maisel
Six Atheist Tales
By Eric Maisel
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Welcome to these six atheist teaching tales. My name is Eric Maisel and I’m the author of more than 40 books, including The Atheist’s Way. I hope you enjoy these tales and, if you do, let others know about them!
Many spiritual, religious and philosophical traditions employ the teaching tale or teaching fable as a way to communicate their principles and practices.
There are biblical tales in the Judeo-Christian tradition, well-known Sufi teaching tales like The blind man and the elephant,
Enlightenment tales like Candide, and modern cautionary tales like Animal Farm.
This volume contains six tales that add to the canon of atheist teachings. I am including them in the natural psychology series of writings since natural psychology is rooted in the Darwinian and naturalistic view that our species evolved and was not created and therefore is essentially atheistic.
If you would like to learn more about natural psychology, please visit:
http://www.naturalpsychology.net
If you’d like to learn more about my views on atheism, please visit:
http://www.theatheistsway.com
Please enjoy these teaching tales! If you’d like to be in touch, drop me an email at ericmaisel@hotmail.com
Six Atheist Tales
1. On Tuesday You Can Walk on Water
2. Job Interview
3. Pander Bear
4. Foursome
5. War Hero
6. The Missing Link
1. ON TUESDAY YOU CAN WALK ON WATER
A stranger, arriving in town for a few days to transact some business, was surprised to see an old man on a downtown corner giving away water. The old man had a set-up just like any hawker’s, except that beside his table he had a large bucket with a ladle hooked over its edge and a sign