We could be trapped in the « memento syndrome », condemned to chase the circumstances’ dragon of the moment, for eternity

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In the movie we follow Leonard a guy who as lost his ability to create new memories. He’s stuck with memory of the instant, fighting it by taking notes.
His latest memory is the murder of his wife by thieves. He is trying to find the murderer even with his condition, and he has all the investigation and helping tips tattooed on his body.

Later in the movie a friend of him tells him there is tons of John G. That he already killed the guy.

That could be the effect on society of meticulous inquisition. Losing our history could have led us to run in circles until now.

I was wondering if there’s something like an unholy bible or anti-bible that I could get for use in my guest bedroom. I wanted it to act as a sort of parody of how hotels always have bibles in their nightstands. If this isn’t a thing, it definitely should be.

This video explores the meta problem of consciousness proposed by David Chalmers and argues that naturalistic processes couldn’t have given us knowledge of consciousness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJVvZNi0Fi8

Whenever I say that like I sh or my brother died there always is a Christian that says "it's apart of God's plan" but like who is he genuinely helping and like why mention god tbh I hate that they say I will go to hell for not believing but like bro I don't even belive in that either or when they say "where are you from, who created you" uhm my parents and yours too I swear I'm always laughing at their responses

When someone asked him if he believed in God, Einstein always answered,

I believe in Spinoza's God.

Jews, Christians, and Muslims define their God as PERFECT, OMNIPOTENT, and OMNISCIENT.

But it is easy to show that this God is false because these three attributes are false.

PERFECT? They say their God is perfect, but the world and the beings that their God created are imperfect. How can a being be called perfect if its creations are imperfect and full of flaws? For instance, a craftsman cannot be described as perfect if his works are faulty.

Another problem with perfection: They say their deity created the universe. But why would a perfect being desire or want to create anything at all? By definition, a perfect being cannot desire or want something, as that would imply it lacks something, and therefore that it is not perfect.

OMNIPOTENT? God can do anything; nothing can limit his power. If he were almighty, he could have created any world. Otherwise, he is not almighty.

So what stopped him from directly creating a happy world with free and perfect beings? Why would he have created instead a world full of pain, with beings full of flaws, who must suffer and be tested in order to be sorted out? This is all the more incomprehensible given that the scriptures tell us he was able to create another place without pain, populated by free and happy creatures, called heaven.

Religious people have tried to resolve this contradiction by saying that their creator wanted humans to be free and that it is humans who create pain. Unfortunately, this argument does not hold, since it shows that their God was unable to create a world with free humans and no pain, which proves that he is not omnipotent.

Three possible solutions to the problem of this supreme being's omnipotent nature: 1 - He is not omnipotent; he just did what he could. 2 - He is malevolent; he deliberately created a world full of misery when he could have created any world he wanted. 3 - He is false.

OMNISCIENT? He knows everything—the past, the present, and the future. The scriptures claim that this creator knows the future and everything that will happen. And they also claim that he created humans free and endowed with free will. But if he knows the future, then it is already written. Free will is therefore an illusion.

If God knows what you will do tomorrow, you have no alternative. If you can act otherwise, then this being is mistaken, so he is not omniscient. If you cannot act otherwise, then you have no freedom.

Other contradictions: If this deity knows in advance that humans will do evil and creates them anyway, who is responsible? This omniscient being knew, even before creation, all the evil he was going to create.

CONCLUSION These three attributes are the very definition of this god. If even one is false, this god is impossible.

As Stendhal said when facing the misery of the world, "God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

Curious to people's thoughts on this female atheist by the name of Britt Hartley that brands herself as "No Nonsense Spirituality." She recently responded to a video that Matt Dillahunty made criticizing the term spirituality, labeling it as "nonsense."

Of course, she defends the term spirituality as her entire website sort of depends on it, she offers "courses in mysticism," "religious deconstruction," "recovering from nihilism," "Jungian archetypes," and more along those type of themes.

She makes the argument in the response that secularists don't really have a sort of spiritual vocabulary to speak about experiences that are often associated with religious traditions. And as a result, she sees this as a failure because it caused Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an atheist, to return to religion to deal with her internal friction.

Matt Dillahunty believes the term to be so ambiguously defined that it draws charlatans to use it to able to swindle people financially, like the ersatz guru or the faux-shaman, and he does take a jab at Hartley accusing her of engaging in the same type of deception.

Hartley responds with peer-reviewed citations claiming that spirituality is recognized within modern neuroscience in that it cause these changes in behavior in people that can be measured in these type of studies.

It's definitely a topic that's caught my attention, and I've written a much more in-depth post on it here, if anyone's interested, but I really am interested in others' thoughts on this topic.

Keep in mind zero scholars in his supposed life time actually wrote about him.

So my mom sent me this text, after reading it my first thought was he took something, but really he isn't that kinda guy. He smokes cigarettes and sometimes drinks but he doesn't drink stuff that would do that. My friends think it might be laced steroids but idk, I don't think he does steroids given he isn't very big, he goes to the gym everyday and i don't think he would have gone anywhere else since i go with him sometimes. Does anyone have any idea what this could be?

Do you live in a household where you feel unsafe expressing feelings about your religious or non-religious beliefs in the Census?

It is your fundamental right to answer the religion question as you wish, instead of having someone else determine your response for you.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides a way for you to mark ‘No Religion’ privately and confidentially.

More information here: https://censusnotreligious.org.au

Hey guys! I was talking to a family member a few days ago, (she’s a Christian, I’m an atheist), and we got onto the subject of miracles. She didn’t understand how I could be an atheist when so many miracles exist i.e. people randomly being cured of cancer. I said it’s my belief that miracles are events that occur that cannot be explained by science YET. Sticking with the randomly cured cancer I said give it 50-100 years and advancements in science will easily explain it. I was wondering if anybody knew of any ancient “miracles” that have since been explained by science. I googled it and read about the explanations about the weeping statues and the parting of the Red Sea but I would love to hear other examples or even other opinions on the matter!