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Selective Memory

By Laura on February 26, 2010 2 Comments

I have a problem that’s driving me absolutely wild.  I have a great knack for remembering what I hear.  I can recognize voices really well – far better than I remember faces – and quote movie lines verbatim even years later.  The other day when a Hot Air commenter compared me to Stalin and accused me of thinking I’m smarter than everyone else (yes, really) I replied with advice to switch to decaf via a movie line from, of course, Real Genius.  Hey, just because no one else catches this stuff doesn’t mean I can’t have a little fun with it.  The point is, Real Genius was released in 1985.  I’ve seen it a few times since, then, but not so many that I should have it practically memorized.  It’s infuriating how easy it is to do that, or hear a voice and place it from a brief encounter years ago, yet so hard to memorize bible verses I find especially meaningful.  Anybody else have this problem, or a similar difficulty memorizing verses?

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  1. Jonnathan says:
    February 26, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    I have a friend from church who can remember things with so much detail, especially movies and movie lines, and I mean he can tell me what I was doing what I was wearing when such and such was said 7 years ago…yet he also has a hard time memorizing bible verses (and he is a devoted Christian). I wonder if it’s psychological? Like if you did bad at school the thought that it’s another book, you know? Me I can remember things are in the bible, even paraphrase quite well or give exact quotes but can never tell you what chapter and verse (will give you a book, though). It’s frustrating!

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  2. Gina Burgess says:
    March 4, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    I have the same problem. I think it is because I grew up with at least 5 different translations of the Bible. None are exactly the same so I can give the gist of a verse, paraphrase it, even the book… I usually fall back on “Paul said…” or Romans Somewhere…
    .-= Gina Burgess´s last blog ..The OT saints that walked after Jesus rose from the dead =-.

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