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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 14, 2017 3:05:56 GMT
Sorry, no video this time. Forgive me.  www.marianland.com/conspiracy/stormberger.htmlThe ungodly say there is no way to see the future, but this 19th Century man foresaw three world wars fought with airplanes and tanks. Of course, in his time there was no word for tank, so he called them "iron fortresses that move." Reminds me of the Modoc code talkers in WWI. There was no word for tank in the Modoc language, so a tank was called a "turtle." I also seem to remember that the Modocs called a machine gun "little gun that fires very fast," and poison gas was referred to as "bad air." When reading the Book of Revelation, I think it should be remembered that John was told from the beginning his vision was for people in the future to understand, and it was not for him to understand it, but only to record what he saw, using the words of his own time as best he could to describe it. |
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Post by Arlon10 on May 14, 2017 10:40:04 GMT
Sorry, no video this time. Forgive me. www.marianland.com/conspiracy/stormberger.htmlThe ungodly say there is no way to see the future, but this 19th Century man foresaw three world wars fought with airplanes and tanks. Of course, in his time there was no word for tank, so he called them "iron fortresses that move." Reminds me of the Modoc code talkers in WWI. There was no word for tank in the Modoc language, so a tank was called a "turtle." I also seem to remember that the Modocs called a machine gun "little gun that fires very fast," and poison gas was referred to as "bad air." When reading the Book of Revelation, I think it should be remembered that John was told from the beginning his vision was for people in the future to understand, and it was not for him to understand it, but only to record what he saw, using the words of his own time as best he could to describe it. H.G. Wells called tanks "Land Ironclads." In his short story about The Land Ironclads bicycles were used in war also. Obviously Wells had never ridden a bicycle on anything but pavement, if even on pavement. *** A recurring problem with "prophesies" is that they are often so little known before the events take place that it is easy to believe they were made up after. I'm reminded of Mother Shipton's Prophesy (Have a nice Mother's Day everybody!). This Prophecy was published in 1485 (according to my source) Carriages without horses shall go
And accidents fill the world with woe.
Around the world thoughts shall fly,
In the twinkling of an eye;
Water shall yet more wonders do,
Now strange yet shall be true
The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at the root of a tree;
Through hills man shall ride
And no horse nor ass be at his side.
Under water man shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk
In the air men shall be seen
In white, in black, in green
Iron in water shall float
As easy as in a wooden boat
Gold shall be found midstone,
In a land that is now unknown
Fire and water shall wonders do,
England shall admit a Jew
And this world to an end will come
In Nineteen Hundred and Eighty One.
Of course we now know that the world did not end in 1981. Ronald Reagan has some serious detractors, but few who would equate his first becoming president January 20, 1981 as the "end of the world." My source here is an obscure book published in Oklahoma City by Lu Ann Bransby who also believed the world was soon coming to an end in 1981. It was published in 1981 by "Bransby" publishing. She apparently was not aware, as Wikipedia claims to be, that the prophesy about 1981 was added long after Mother Shipton died. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 14, 2017 10:49:20 GMT
H.G. Wells was a socialist Freemason, but his stories were cool and prophetic.
Superdude has been badgering me about the socialized medicine thing lately. It reminded me of late 1980, in which Ronald Reagan was supposed to end FDR's Social Security and start a war with the Communists; neither of which happened.
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Post by phludowin on May 14, 2017 11:26:33 GMT
Unimpressive.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 14, 2017 11:33:02 GMT
I have no intention of impressing you. |
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Post by Arlon10 on May 14, 2017 13:36:44 GMT
Interesting in this context is the number of atheists here who believe there is no free will or free choice, or count themselves as "determinists." If everything is so "determined" why are there no predictions forthcoming? If you're going to claim how "logical" it is that everything proceeds according to chemical properties and that everything is therefore predictable, shouldn't you be able to predict something or not bother? Can you speak for those people? Are you one of them? |
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