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Here in the Philosophy forum we will talk about all the "why" questions. We'll have conversations about the way in which philosophy and theology and religion interact with each other. Metaphysics, ontology, origins, truth? They're all fair game so jump right in and have some fun! But remember...play nice!
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Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Anyone ever experience being awake while your body is asleep? When you sleep your brain turns off your body so you don't act out your dreams, basically paralyzing you. I have had incidents where I woke up but my body was still "asleep" and I could not move. It is freaking scary. You are not fully awake but you are conscious. I feel like some shadowy beings are hovering over me and sometimes I hear whispering (kinda like what Brum was saying) - I will try really hard and will wake up all the way and sit up.
I think things like that are what cause people to think they are being attacked by demons or abducted by aliens.
http://www.sleepeducation.org/sleep-...overview-facts
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostAnyone ever experience being awake while your body is asleep? When you sleep your brain turns off your body so you don't act out your dreams, basically paralyzing you. I have had incidents where I woke up but my body was still "asleep" and I could not move. It is freaking scary. You are not fully awake but you are conscious. I feel like some shadowy beings are hovering over me and sometimes I hear whispering (kinda like what Brum was saying) - I will try really hard and will wake up all the way and sit up.
I think things like that are what cause people to think they are being attacked by demons or abducted by aliens.
http://www.sleepeducation.org/sleep-...overview-factsAtheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostThat has happened to me a number of times when I was younger, it is interesting that it hasn't happened since I have been a Christian. And it is scary - a dark presence in the room... And I don't dismiss the demonic...
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostAnyone ever experience being awake while your body is asleep? When you sleep your brain turns off your body so you don't act out your dreams, basically paralyzing you. I have had incidents where I woke up but my body was still "asleep" and I could not move. It is freaking scary. You are not fully awake but you are conscious. I feel like some shadowy beings are hovering over me and sometimes I hear whispering (kinda like what Brum was saying) - I will try really hard and will wake up all the way and sit up.
I think things like that are what cause people to think they are being attacked by demons or abducted by aliens.
http://www.sleepeducation.org/sleep-...overview-factsI DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.
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Originally posted by seer View PostThat has happened to me a number of times when I was younger, it is interesting that it hasn't happened since I have been a Christian. And it is scary - a dark presence in the room... And I don't dismiss the demonic...
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Originally posted by mossrose View PostI just wake up in the morning and can't get my body moving because I hurt. Does that count?Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostBut what is the subconscious? Is it another personality? Another "me" making decisions that this "me" not consciously aware of? I mean who is running the show here?Last edited by Tassman; 06-22-2018, 08:39 PM.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostIt's the 'inner you'. It's the part of your mind of which you're not aware but which nevertheless influences your actions and feelings...some would argue that it is the primary influence.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostSo the conscious me really has no idea what the inner me is thinking or planning! That is scary...“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostMost of our brain activity is beyond our conscious awareness; it is generated in a non-conscious manner. The good news is that if we were raised right during our formative years, our subconscious brain activity will probably result in positive choices on the whole.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostBut! If that is the case then this unconscious process has been forming our conscious minds from the beginning. How did "it" know what was good or positive or not?
I consider dreams a normal process in most higher mammal, and even at least some reptiles. In sleep the neural network of the brain goes through a sorting and regeneration process, and goes through different stages,
we actually do not remember most dreams. Dreaming occurs in the REM stage with rapid eye movements and is part of a natural process.Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:
go with the flow the river knows . . .
Frank
I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.
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Originally posted by seer View PostBut! If that is the case then this unconscious process has been forming our conscious minds from the beginning. How did "it" know what was good or positive or not?
As per the quote originating with Aristotle: 'Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.' It is our formative years that make us who we are at the subconscious level and our decision-making is to a large extent a process handled by our subconscious mental activity.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0414145705.htm“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostThe natural evolution of human behaviour ensures the survival of the family and community so that the human species survives. And what we are as adults is largely influenced by what we absorbed from our social environment as a child.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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