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Originally Posted by Magii
Here is great example of what im reffering to ..
with all the so called DOOM Threads on here ..
Look at this post
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4078
The poster - posts up SUPER DOOM .. aka "Death of 3 Billion"
all based from what a speaker says in some video ..
IF you were to research the speaker
YOu will find .. the Speaker runs a really nice website .. and a really nice Store ... that sells .. Everything that you will need due to the incoming "Doom"
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This reminds of me "George Green"
Talks doom, sells books / gets gigs for speaking
Sadly to say .. this forum was created on his Doom  |
As I said before M, the message to "remain calm" is not only prudent, but valued in the times we are living in. As a caveat, make sure your facts are correct. As an example, George's books are free. He charges nothing for them, not even the shipping costs. So whether you agree with him or not, earning money is not a factor.
There are many people, speakers, sites, etc... that fall into the description you gave above, but you do a disservice to everyone to unfairly include those that don't belong - equal to the service you do when you expose that which do, not to mention the damage to your own credibility.
Those that promote a dark future from a self promoting and self enriching motivation do great harm, but it can be argued that those that deny the possibility of dark times approaching, especially when incorrect information is the source, do a greater harm.
"Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best" is an approach that has born fruit from the days when a man was attempting to light a fire at will up to today, and everyone must be careful to distinguish between that philosophy and one which sees everything, no matter how innocuous, as the "approaching tsunami".
Your approach to this forum seems to veer too far the other way, purporting that ALL warnings of danger equate to meaningless worry. You might be wise to recall the words of Martin Niemöller, a German citizen who witnessed the rise of National Socialism in Nazi Germany...
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
I assume this is not your intention, and I admit that I play the advocatus diaboli intentionally with my replies, but please be careful for your own sake, and the sake of others, to not confuse skepticism with blindness, nor bravery with obedience.
Z