Tom Mazanec wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 9:02 am
I believe Roman Catholicism is the Truth, but being made up of fallen humans it is as prone to genocide as anyone else.
Tom, you point out what I'm trying to get John to understand, but I fear without being inquisitive (John is too set and formed by western secularism/materialism, so he can't differentiate these from christianity, for example) I can't help an orthodox brother here. Grouping people is what leftists do, and I know John isn't, so I'm not sure why he falls for that lazy way of thinking - when it comes to an idea/identity such as religion. For example, race is real and groups of people truly do have different characteristics, proclivities and aptitudes. They share other characteristics as humans but are still remarkably different as groups. These are
materialist/scientific realities, though, and can be talked about as such. When you get to religion, grouping people only matters insomuch as the group is following its ideas and teachings. Simply put, and this shouldn't have to be said (except for that western leftist thought now confuses and permeates, even John), but let's say for example, because a Christian sins, it doesn't mean he's the same "as any other guy" or that Jesus Christ isn't real or the Son of God. It's ridiculous. But that's what is happening when John talks about "Christians killing christians" or "Muslims killing christians" or "Confucians killing group X". Those
MIGHT BE TRUE but they are case by case and have to do with the situation at hand AND if religion X says IT IS OK TO DO SO. I hate to keep killing this topic but it's unfathomable how people aren't open minded to consider it so I have to mention again: A human can do something or say something NOT IN ACCORD with belief or religion X and thus that person in himself is not acting in accord with the religion, so it is utter foolishness to say that a "Christian did X" as if was justified by that religion. Sometimes it might be, I'm just saying it has to be discerned
AND you have to know the actual religion in question, all of which have various teachings (some do and some do not justify violent acts, etc).
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Ok, moving on, and thank you John for your response to my last post, you said,
Let's take another example. In 2005 I started predicting war with China. I was ridiculed for that prediction, as I was for the stock
market prediction, but the trend line is clear. Today one can look back and see a trend line of increasing belligerence, hostility,
nationalism, and xenophobia. The Generational Dynamics prediction is that all these trends will continue to increase unsustainably, and
that you can apply "If something can't go on forever, then it won't," and conclude that there will be a war at some time in the future.
This was a great prediction because it was so misunderstood and unevaluated by many, or underevaluated/dismissed. It was therefore VERY useful.
The economics one aren't because most people in the last 10-15 years at least have realized the joke of sovereign debt the world is in. To say it will come to an end is not helpful at all, especially when some measures taken (QE) have inflated the markets to all time highs, and if you were a Peter Schiff, you got the first part right (luck, even though he like you is fundamentally correct about things) but don't actually understand the nuts and bolts that would have allowed you to make 5-10x more on investments in the S&P or Dow in the next period of QE/inflation of assets. So being THAT early is being WRONG, in that scenario. It is important.
Now, I think we are late stage as well and I think you see bankruptcies in business and in states and pensions next year big time after Trump wins and no bailouts from the FEDs happen. Then we might get a wild fire. I am in commodities and btc for the long term because of this so its' not like I disagree with you on balance. It just takes way longer and a lot of times it shows you that generic prescriptions aren't helpful.
I'll keep an eye out for Navigator's and your thoughts, so I'm glad you like my pushback a little. At the very least you should welcome it to make you be thoughtful and critical of things and work out new ideas and predictions. Best,
Cool B