| Thoughts on the Recent Events in Japan |
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I was thinking yesterday about the lives of Japanese people last week, before the earthquake, before the
tsunami, and before the beginning of the process of meltdown in one or more of their nuclear power plants.
Their lives have changed, literally, overnight.
I remember now how a very similar change occurred to the people on the coast of Mississippi, where I moved
on August 1, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina cut through the heart of that state on August 29, 2005. One day life
goes on as normal. The next day life goes on as normal elsewhere, while nothing can be done to make normal
life reappear in the place a Mississippian called home.
Examples like the recent events in Japan, and those of Katrina, the Christmas tsunami in Indonesia (et al), and
others past, are what the world faces more of in the future. Nostradamus wrote of two back-to-back magnitude
10 earthquakes, roughly one month apart, one in Turkey, the other in Greece. While a recovery, aid, and
assistance program is ongoing, the second earthquake will destroy the ships of those calling themselves
“powerful naval presences,” leading to a sudden lack of protection against uprisings.
I remember walking down a mud-slicked street in Pass Christian, Mississippi, the first day the military would let
people venture out and return to see the devastation in their neighborhoods. We were walking because there
were houses swept into the middle of the streets, as well as trees and power lines making driving impossible.
We walked by a Dollar General Store, where we saw looters going in and out, taking whatever might have still
been salvageable. There was no one there to protect that property.
When these earthquakes that Nostradamus clearly predicts occur, Europe will sudden be like the Dollar
General Store. It will not take long for eyes to notice that lack of security. People will know those valuable
trinkets inside, which are too rich for those who do not have extra dollars to spend, are there for the taking.
The people who live there are not trained to go up to looters and tell them, “Hey man, that’s not yours to take.
Besides, God said not to steal.” Just as I did while trying not to slip in the mud on the street, the people of
Europe will let theft of their things happen, when no one is there to keep it from happening.
All this deep thought made me remember the words of Kurt Vonnegut, from his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle, “Busy,
busy, busy.” I looked that quote up on the Internet, and Wikipedia lists it as one of the Bokononisms (a fictitious
religion of the fictitious island of San Lorenzo). It is detailed as meaning, “words Bokononists whisper when
they think about how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.” Think about that. “How
complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.”
While life is “complicated and unpredictable,” it is foolish to simply explain away every disaster as, “oh well,
busy, busy, busy.” Prophecy is greater than prediction, because it is from an all-seeing God. Nostradamus
wrote the prophecy of God that says two mega-disasters will occur in the geological hotspot that separates the
Asian and European continents. The defenders of Europe will go to help Greece recover and defend
themselves from an uprising of looters, from Syria and Serbia. Then the second earthquake will cripple those
navies. The only “unpredictable” part of that is “when” that will happen.
“Busy, busy, busy” is where YOU are now. You hear me talk mildly about the complete destruction of Europe
as we know it, and you do nothing. You just write it off as, “Oh well, there is nothing I can do. I have enough to
worry about now, in my busy, busy, busy little life.”
In Cat’s Cradle, Vonnegut created a mock religion, which has seemingly prophetic elements, simply because he
had an uncanny understanding of the idiocy of human nature. The language of Bokononism includes in its
glossary, “stuppa - a fogbound child (i.e. an idiot); duffle - the destiny of thousands of people placed on one
"stuppa"; and Now I will destroy the whole world - last words of a Bokononist before committing suicide.” That
clearly is a satirical synopsis of how we expect one idiot to run a nation of 300-million people, when in reality we
are all idiots bringing about the destruction of the whole world. Simply by electing idiots (one after another) and
then acting as if that exonerates the individual of any responsibility to do anything to help save the world is life
threatening. We commit suicide by our only action (if that) being to vote. The reality is we are not acting at all,
or (as an oxymoron) we are acting like we are acting.
The answer is to stand up and ask one question: What can little ole me do to change the mess the whole world
has gotten into? I can give you some hints, if not answers, based on what Nostradamus wrote. I can tell you
how to read what was actually written and see for yourself what YOU think that means. If you are like me, you
will read the words in a way that says, “You have placed your faith in man, and turned away from God. You are
more afraid of what man can do to you, than what God can not do for your soul, should you keep your back to
God.”
Keep on using the “busy, busy, busy” excuse until someone shakes you awake one morning saying, “Wake up.
We have to get out of here, quick! The whole world is crashing. There is nothing but danger everywhere. It is
not safe. We have to act now. We can no longer lay in our beds and dream!”
As the old commercial used to say, “You can pay me now, or you can pay me later.” Either way, YOU are going
to have to pay for all those you destroy by your own suicide. Jesus will forgive you for seeking forgiveness
through your understanding sins committed, and acts that keep those sins from repeating. Have you ever
heard of the sin of sloth? Sloth is defined (again on Wikipedia) as, “spiritual or emotional apathy, neglecting
what God has spoken, and being physically and emotionally inactive. (i.e., doing nothing, as opposed to
something) Acedia is a Latin word, from Greek ἁκηδείᾱ, meaning "Carelessness".” There is reason this is a
DEADLY SIN.
Ask that question!!! ACT!!! Try doing it before your earthquake comes, followed by your tsunami, followed by
your nuclear meltdown. It will be too late if you wait till then.
tsunami, and before the beginning of the process of meltdown in one or more of their nuclear power plants.
Their lives have changed, literally, overnight.
I remember now how a very similar change occurred to the people on the coast of Mississippi, where I moved
on August 1, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina cut through the heart of that state on August 29, 2005. One day life
goes on as normal. The next day life goes on as normal elsewhere, while nothing can be done to make normal
life reappear in the place a Mississippian called home.
Examples like the recent events in Japan, and those of Katrina, the Christmas tsunami in Indonesia (et al), and
others past, are what the world faces more of in the future. Nostradamus wrote of two back-to-back magnitude
10 earthquakes, roughly one month apart, one in Turkey, the other in Greece. While a recovery, aid, and
assistance program is ongoing, the second earthquake will destroy the ships of those calling themselves
“powerful naval presences,” leading to a sudden lack of protection against uprisings.
I remember walking down a mud-slicked street in Pass Christian, Mississippi, the first day the military would let
people venture out and return to see the devastation in their neighborhoods. We were walking because there
were houses swept into the middle of the streets, as well as trees and power lines making driving impossible.
We walked by a Dollar General Store, where we saw looters going in and out, taking whatever might have still
been salvageable. There was no one there to protect that property.
When these earthquakes that Nostradamus clearly predicts occur, Europe will sudden be like the Dollar
General Store. It will not take long for eyes to notice that lack of security. People will know those valuable
trinkets inside, which are too rich for those who do not have extra dollars to spend, are there for the taking.
The people who live there are not trained to go up to looters and tell them, “Hey man, that’s not yours to take.
Besides, God said not to steal.” Just as I did while trying not to slip in the mud on the street, the people of
Europe will let theft of their things happen, when no one is there to keep it from happening.
All this deep thought made me remember the words of Kurt Vonnegut, from his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle, “Busy,
busy, busy.” I looked that quote up on the Internet, and Wikipedia lists it as one of the Bokononisms (a fictitious
religion of the fictitious island of San Lorenzo). It is detailed as meaning, “words Bokononists whisper when
they think about how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.” Think about that. “How
complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.”
While life is “complicated and unpredictable,” it is foolish to simply explain away every disaster as, “oh well,
busy, busy, busy.” Prophecy is greater than prediction, because it is from an all-seeing God. Nostradamus
wrote the prophecy of God that says two mega-disasters will occur in the geological hotspot that separates the
Asian and European continents. The defenders of Europe will go to help Greece recover and defend
themselves from an uprising of looters, from Syria and Serbia. Then the second earthquake will cripple those
navies. The only “unpredictable” part of that is “when” that will happen.
“Busy, busy, busy” is where YOU are now. You hear me talk mildly about the complete destruction of Europe
as we know it, and you do nothing. You just write it off as, “Oh well, there is nothing I can do. I have enough to
worry about now, in my busy, busy, busy little life.”
In Cat’s Cradle, Vonnegut created a mock religion, which has seemingly prophetic elements, simply because he
had an uncanny understanding of the idiocy of human nature. The language of Bokononism includes in its
glossary, “stuppa - a fogbound child (i.e. an idiot); duffle - the destiny of thousands of people placed on one
"stuppa"; and Now I will destroy the whole world - last words of a Bokononist before committing suicide.” That
clearly is a satirical synopsis of how we expect one idiot to run a nation of 300-million people, when in reality we
are all idiots bringing about the destruction of the whole world. Simply by electing idiots (one after another) and
then acting as if that exonerates the individual of any responsibility to do anything to help save the world is life
threatening. We commit suicide by our only action (if that) being to vote. The reality is we are not acting at all,
or (as an oxymoron) we are acting like we are acting.
The answer is to stand up and ask one question: What can little ole me do to change the mess the whole world
has gotten into? I can give you some hints, if not answers, based on what Nostradamus wrote. I can tell you
how to read what was actually written and see for yourself what YOU think that means. If you are like me, you
will read the words in a way that says, “You have placed your faith in man, and turned away from God. You are
more afraid of what man can do to you, than what God can not do for your soul, should you keep your back to
God.”
Keep on using the “busy, busy, busy” excuse until someone shakes you awake one morning saying, “Wake up.
We have to get out of here, quick! The whole world is crashing. There is nothing but danger everywhere. It is
not safe. We have to act now. We can no longer lay in our beds and dream!”
As the old commercial used to say, “You can pay me now, or you can pay me later.” Either way, YOU are going
to have to pay for all those you destroy by your own suicide. Jesus will forgive you for seeking forgiveness
through your understanding sins committed, and acts that keep those sins from repeating. Have you ever
heard of the sin of sloth? Sloth is defined (again on Wikipedia) as, “spiritual or emotional apathy, neglecting
what God has spoken, and being physically and emotionally inactive. (i.e., doing nothing, as opposed to
something) Acedia is a Latin word, from Greek ἁκηδείᾱ, meaning "Carelessness".” There is reason this is a
DEADLY SIN.
Ask that question!!! ACT!!! Try doing it before your earthquake comes, followed by your tsunami, followed by
your nuclear meltdown. It will be too late if you wait till then.
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