** 09-May-2020 World View: The Prophet
richard5za wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 2:27 pm
> I wonder how many people are planning a stock market crash this
> month? I am. Plus H = 2. Plus V =3 What about A - will you put a
> line in the water?
John wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 3:04 pm
> No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven don't know, and
> the Son himself doesn't know.
richard5za wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 1:31 pm
> In human form, pre-Resurection, your comment about the Son is
> correct. But time is part of God's creation and God lives outside
> of time, and is not constrained by time. God's sees from the
> beginning to the end of time. So God knows exactly what will
> happen in the future in every detail.
Aaah yes, once again we revisit that great historical paradox -- if
God is omniscient and can foresee everything, then everything is
predetermined, and there's no free will.
Generational Dynamics shows that there's a lot less free will than
people think anyway. Populations and generations do things that have
been predetermined for decades, sometimes for centuries. Generational
Dynamics incorporates Chaos Theory, Complexity Theory, and System
Dynamics applied to population flows. System Dynamics tells you what
is predetermined, and Chaos Theory tells you what is not.
Catholic Theology could resolve the omniscience vs free will paradox
by incorporating a souped-up Chaos Theory into Catholic Theology.
Under this modification, God would be omniscient and could foresee all
the important things, but he would be unable to foresee some of the
details, which is what Chaos Theory says. Send that up to your pals
in Rome and tell them that they're free to use it with my compliments.
I also think that there's a lot less free will on an individual basis
than people think. There's the concept of a "calling" -- being called
to the priesthood, to medicine, to teaching, to politics, etc. --
where people say, "I didn't pick this job; this job picked me."
richard5za wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 1:31 pm
> With this updated theological information, and your ability to
> read the signs of the times, you could apply to be a prophet!
I feel that the "calling" concept applies to me and Generational
Dynamics. I can think back to high school and think of things that
pushed me in this direction. So I could also say, "I didn't pick
Generational Dynamics; Generational Dynamics picked me." So in a
sense I don't need to apply to be a prophet (whatever that means),
because prophethood has already applied to me.
And I've compared myself to the the Biblical Jeremiah. We know from
Ecclesiastes that Solomon had an intuitive understanding of
generational theory, and Jeremiah would have been familiar with
Solomon. It must have been pretty obvious to Jeremiah for years that
Jerusalem was headed for catastrophe, just as it's been obvious to me
for 15 years that the world is headed for a financial and WW III
catastrophe.
But the world is not kind to prophets. Jeremiah was thrown into a pit
when he predicted the fall of Jerusalem. He was stoned to death when
his predictions came true. Just as the history of the world is driven
by starvation, war, rape, genocide, and so forth, the history of my
life is a historic paradigm that will only end in death and tragedy.
As I've said before, I never thought that Generational Dynamics was
going to make me rich and famous, but I did hope that I could make a
living from it. Generational Dynamics is an enormous advancement in
the analysis of history and the world, but instead of bringing me a
living, it's only brought me hatred and being shunned by people I've
known for years. It's been a personal disaster for me. At least
Jeremiah was lucky enough to have a book written about him. Perhaps
my death will allow Generational Dynamics to be more widely
recognized, and someone will write a book about it. I do not want to
be stoned to death. I have no hope for life except to die quickly and
painlessly.
