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Episode 169 - Nature of human consciousness and effects of religion on children

Published by: Wes Bertrand on 12th Aug 2012 | View all blogs by Wes Bertrand

http://thenatureofexistence.com/about/the-questions/

Spiritually can be viewed as increasing awareness of one's inner and outer worlds

There are no contradictions in objective reality
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/contradictions.html

Less knowledge and less awareness diminish one's range of choice

What Happens to Consciousness When We Die by Michael Sermer
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-happens-to-consciousness-when-we-die&print=true


http://www.brainsciencepodcast.com/

http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/consciousness.html

Some podcasts about religion by Stefan Molyneux
FDR70 - How To Control a Human Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxYJOBaXQww
http://freedomain.wetpaint.com/page/70.+How+to+control+a+human+soul
http://www.freedomainradioshows.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3
FDR1036 - God, Family, Bible
http://readfdr.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/1036/
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1036_God_Family_Bible.mp3
FDR1728 - Frankly Faithless: An Interview with the Thinking Atheist - The son of two prominent theologians, and a former star of Christian radio, talks about the social, professional, and moral challenges of losing God, and finding himself...
http://youtu.be/dVXjIVF5NLs
http://media.freedomainradio.com/feed/FDR_1728_thinking_atheist_interview_19_aug_2010.mp3

Religion by Jim Davies
http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/davies/davies7.html

If you're interested in self-healing and self-growth via group therapy:
http://happinesscounseling.com/group-sessions-2/

bumper music "Consciousness" by Albert Griffiths & The Gladiators
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/albert-griffiths-gladiators/id419561359

Comments

2 Comments

  • Marc Moini
    by Marc Moini 9 months ago
    Hi Wes,

    I am about 1/3 into this episode and I would like to compliment you for your great clarity of thinking and of expression. Very enjoyable to follow! Also, since you mentioned the Big Bang theory, I thought I'd share a link to this competing theory http://plasmaredshift.org which to me seems to better account for the observations I am aware of (as a casual follower of cosmology).

    Cheers!
    Marc
  • Wes Bertrand
    by Wes Bertrand 9 months ago
    Happy to meet your need for logical clarity, Marc. :) Thanks much. Yes, cosmology seems to be fraught with metaphysical challenges, huh. I investigated alternative cosmological theories some years ago, many of which were couched in plasma science. A book titled The Big Bang Never Happened by Eric Lerner is also worth checking out; it's really empirically rigorous. Cheers!
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