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There is so much senseless pain and misery in the world that I came to find it impossible to believe that there is a good and loving God who is in control, despite my knowing all the standard rejoinders that people give.
“God is a thought that makes everything straight crooked and everything that stands whirl.”
― The Complete Works of Nietzsche: including Thus Spake Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Human All Too Human, The Birth of Tragedy, and many more
― The Complete Works of Nietzsche: including Thus Spake Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Human All Too Human, The Birth of Tragedy, and many more
“RETROSPECTIVE FALSIFICATION «D. H. Rawcliffe coined this term to refer to the process of telling a story that is factual to some extent, but which gets distorted and falsified over time by retelling it with various embellishments. The embellishments may include speculations, conflating events that occurred at different times or in different places, and the incorporation of material without regard for accuracy or plausibility. The overriding force that drives the story is to find or invent details that fit with a desired outcome. …The original story gets remodeled with favorable points being emphasized and unfavorable ones being dropped. The distorted and false version becomes a memory and record of a remarkable tale.»”
― Can You Stand The Truth?: The Chronicle of Man's Imprisonment: Last Call!
― Can You Stand The Truth?: The Chronicle of Man's Imprisonment: Last Call!
“When someone lives in matter, he has a {sub-stance} and {sub-fers (suffers)} under someone’s authority and can only exist as a {sub–ject} and slave/servant of his god creator”
― Can You Stand The Truth?: The Chronicle of Man's Imprisonment: Last Call!
― Can You Stand The Truth?: The Chronicle of Man's Imprisonment: Last Call!
“The very demands of his survival teach man craftiness, lying and deception; otherwise others will survive against him. These are the Laws of this universe. What he will finally reach after these thousands of reincarnations is not ascension –as they claim– but total spiritual death inside the clever body of a bio-robot.”
― Can You Stand The Truth?: The Chronicle of Man's Imprisonment: Last Call!
― Can You Stand The Truth?: The Chronicle of Man's Imprisonment: Last Call!
“Trolls hurt people—their words turn news sites, social media sites, and other collective posting spaces into toxic spaces. Even when the reader is aware that the person posting such vitriol and hate is, at best, a coward operating from the anonymity of an alias, simple exposure to this hateful, uncivil, baiting, and cruel abuse contributes to the larger toxicity in which we are all currently living and that is negatively impacting everyone’s health and well-being.”
― "Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility
― "Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility
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