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Hello everyone Recently a Moroccan Atheist got his YouTube live streaming activity suspended and one his satirical video about Salomon deleted without any rational explanation given to him. This has become a trend that YouTube is censoring free speech and criticism of Islam especially within the Ex-Muslim community as they regularly receive strikes and sometimes get permanently banned from YouTube for criticizing Islam. It is possible that the Youtube arabic team of moderators act out their personal feelings and ban some contents based on their personal beliefs and emotions instead of community guidelines. This has become a very dangerous trend as many Ex-Muslim arabic and non arabic speaking are being censored and permanently banned from YouTube. Atheism in the muslim world is on the rise and during the last 5 years tens of millions of individuals men and women have left Islam to Atheism or converted to other more peaceful religions in secrecy. These people live like strangers in their own countries some of them are ostracized by their families, threatened and sometimes killed for leaving Islam. Internet and Social medias are their only outlets for free expression as they are isolated within their societies. It is also important to mention that this increasing trend of people leaving Islam has got some Islamic governments and clerics very worried of losing their credibility and power over people. Muslims especially radicals consider Internet and freedom of expression as the biggest threat to Islam and they are influencing Facebook and Youtube to censor and ban content that uncovers the dirty hidden secrets of Islam. I am linking to this Moroccan Atheist video down below. Please support him by liking his video (in english) and sharing it with everyone interested in this topic. We need more people like him! Thanks a million! Video title: Youtube Strikes Again! Channel name: Kafer Maghribi (translates to Moroccan Infidel)

It's the most cruel thing to do to a baby leaving him or her with strangers that baby has to bond with strangers in order to emotionally and maybe physically survive. It's gonna result in broken future relationships or abusive relationships, self hatred and violence against the self and against others. This abandoning of babies at such a tender age should be listed as a crime against humanity and its future.

I think self knowledge is a life long odyssey the best way in my view is to integrate the new knowledge before jumping ahead to know more, meaning accepting it and taking it seriously. Also the present is the best way to know the past (your biography) present triggers and especially when confronted with intense emotions these are signs that an old repressed emotion/childhood memory wants to come up to the surface after the emotion is experienced the memory itself surfaces then you work to integrate this new knowledge this new reality you did not know before with compassion and self love. Doing this with a compassionate therapist can speed up the process and make you feel safe and understood because self knowledge can be sometimes confusing.

I think it is staged

They do exactly the same way the first muslims conquered the middle east and north Africa then Spain by spreading chaos and fear and then changing history that it was peaceful. It's a dangerous ideology and needs to be fought

The truth about the Clintons and Obama is out there if people want to know the truth they can now with a push of a button but if they refuse to acknowledge the truth because it makes them anxious then it is not worth it to push it on them you just have to leave emotionally not only physically and not expect them to change because you may wait for a long time and can reinforce your illusions and your emotional dependency.

Thank you for your feedback and I am happy you like my choices !

If you get slapped by a psycho on the street you may apply buddhist teachings, stay zen and give the other cheek. Or you can get angry (natural animal and human response) and save your dignity and defend yourself. But if in your childhood you were brutally punished for talking back to your parents you may think in your brain that life is that way or you can choose to abandon this dangerous propaganda of zen and know that natural response to abuse is anger, rage and disgust and all these are natural human feelings (please read and try to answer Nathan Diehl question). Do you remember the way you punished for talking back ? If you do remember this violence inflicted on you as a child, this important step can open you up to discover how you were taught to get rid of anger so you became a "quiet child" and then an advocate of Zen in adulthood. Punishing children for expressing their feelings is a crime because it is literally killing their internal rich life! The joy of anger part 1 by Stefan Molyneux http://media.freedomainradio.com/feed/FDR_363_The_Joy_Of_Anger_Part_1.mp3 The joy of anger part 2 http://media.freedomainradio.com/feed/FDR_364_The_Joy_Of_Anger_Part_2.mp3

What a nice and exciting discussion it is really very interesting. Since 1 year and a half I found myself enjoying much parks and forests. I take my bike and I just go where there are trees and animals and very few people or no people at all and I can sit there for hours and I don't get bored!! I laughed so much when they said zombies will stay in cities it feels true!!! And the host smile and good energy is so contagious. Thank you for sharing this.

I believe you when you say that you think that your had a good mother and I think that is the reality your mother wants you to believe since a very young age abuse is always hidden behind good intensions we keep the good intensions in memory and we erase the abuse. I have listened to so many podcasts that now I clearly believe that we repeat a propaganda that we internalized so early about the "normal" childhood. The positive side of you being here and being open to talk about your childhood is that you will learn to de-normalize what was normal in your past. So...in order to see things for what they are it is important you read some books about childhood rearing and I would highly recommend you the book "For Your Own Good" by Alice Miller you can find a free copy of it at www.nospank.net (scroll to the bottom of the page) it will help you to remember things and review your ACE score. I am very sorry you had to go through a suicide attempt, that is very painful I have been there too and it is really the biggest crisis someone can go through and it is a signal quite big signal that things are not well within you and it is a good thing you are starting therapy. Also try to schedule a call with Molyneux he can help you a lot, if that happens please private msg me with the episode link. Last point is about the girl you are dating you chose this person for a reason and to know oneself better is to know that nothing is coincidence in our choices we just do things and we are driven by the unconscious in choosing things that is my view of things. Therapy should help you to bring back to the surface what was hidden in the unconscious, at that moment you will say "AHA I was in my childhood all this time without knowing it". Thank you for sharing!

We usually choose or cling to what is familiar to us. It looks like you did not have a good mother and this girl is a perfect parent figure/replacement. Have you listened to any of Stefan podcasts about childhood loneliness and the relationship mother/child ? Are you open to talk about your childhood ? Do you consider that you had a good mother and that it is purely your fault that you make bad choices ? or you consider that your choices are the template you learned in childhood from your mother. The template you internalized which your mother may have provided you with through education, punishment and rejection could be this, she could be saying this in your head "You must change not me, you are guilty not me, I am perfect you are not, Only me can love you, Don't desert me or I will be sad, You must love me, You cannot live without me, You will suffer from loneliness if you leave me, I don't owe you anything I am your mother and you owe me everything, etc etc etc" In my view it is not a coincidence that you have this girlfriend in your life though knowing why and the reasons that led to your choice is what will help you to avoid them in the future. If you have a wound and you ignore it, it does not mean that the wound is gone and the wounds from childhood go into the unconscious and pretty much run our lives. This podcast can help you http://media.freedomainradio.com/feed/FDR_312_Girlfriend_Part_2.mp3

I know and feel you write from the heart! Thank you

You're welcome I think we all need the help of others especially when we are in the beginning of the path to the real self slowly you will need less validation from others and you will provide validation for yourself without much doubts. Sometimes you will find yourself typing for yourself and no one really understand or want to understand your struggle at that precise time you should not feel guilty or abandon yourself, at that precise moment you need your own unconditional compassion for your own self because the person that ultimately should understand you is YOU others can bring support to help you to trust YOU. I too sometimes type for myself. I think that self knowledge is not yet as popular as it should be that is why you don't get much attention. On a mother note I recommend you a book called The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting by Alice Miller Take care

Yes it was concern that sports would take you away from self-knowledge thank you for clarifying your position. Self knowledge for me is the most important thing in the world. I hope it becomes also an important thing for others too. I wish you good luck in your projects!

The dream may tell you that you are still drinking your parent's propaganda. It takes so many years to heal. Dreams are very helpful and can be highly symbolic and very clear like in this one. Some of my childhood memories came up in dreams and they were very clear I used them to advance in self knowledge. Don't forget that your drinking habit was to numb your pain. Anything done in excess is to numb emotional pain and to not to remember the past. Beware of anything you are doing in your life in excess that can serve your escapism. Also beware of finding all sorts of "logical" excuses to your escapism. Sometimes we need to stop to run and face the past. You are a very smart man use that asset to extricate yourself from your abusive past, please don't repeat it.