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NWO Litter Technician
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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord, in his wisdom, doesn't work that way. I just stole one and asked Him to forgive me. - Emo Philips
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Penultimate Amazing
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Yesterday upon the stairs I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish that he would go away. |
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Penultimate Amazing
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If I see somebody with a gun on a plane? I'll kill him. |
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Philosopher
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Here's the problem with "only the one, true god makes prophecies and they're always correct": You can't possibly know he is the one, true god until the End of All Things™, at which point you tally up his hits and misses. So, even if the Olympics are cancelled due to World War III, that is not enough for anyone to accept that your god is the one, true god. What if he gets the next one wrong? And if your god turns out to be incorrect about the Olympics, then your statement about false gods not making prophecies is also incorrect. You're in a rough place at that point, because you'll have absolutely no way of telling false gods from the one, true god. Hell, you're already in a rough spot, because even you must be keenly aware of all the crazy people around the world making predictions, calling them prophecies from their divine connection, and then having those come out completely wrong. |
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Croydon!
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8.15 To Manchester
I do hope that PeaceCrusader does come back to explain what went wrong after the start of the Olympics. It's the excuses that are often the best bit. |
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Safely Ignored
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Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Belgium (Flatland)
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Yesterday upon the stairs I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish that he would go away. |
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NWO Litter Technician
Join Date: May 2004
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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord, in his wisdom, doesn't work that way. I just stole one and asked Him to forgive me. - Emo Philips
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Graduate Poster
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Divide by zero...
Oh boy, My boss is going to be so mad... He told me that I'm scheduled to go on a business trip to Shanghai end of July for three weeks. I've got the visa already! Still, with the Chinese Army in the Philippines, I guess the streets won't be crowded, huh? |
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Illuminator
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: North Yorkshire
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Illuminator
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: North Yorkshire
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pc mcgarry number 452
It seems to me the depth and breadth of this Prophecy increases every day. |
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Illuminator
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: North Yorkshire
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633 Squadron
Just noticed the OP has used Alex Chiu and his Superwoo Website as a Ref. Wow! |
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Winking at the Moon
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: UK
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There's no woo too woo for Peace Crusader. |
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People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... timey wimey... stuff. |
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Olympic Equestrian Wannabe
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• There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. - Winston Churchill • Never wrestle with a pig - you just get dirty and the pig enjoys it. • My blog: Pardon me, may I ask... |
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Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Yesterday upon the stairs I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish that he would go away. |
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Master Poster
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Penultimate Amazing
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Yesterday upon the stairs I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish that he would go away. |
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Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Belgium (Flatland)
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The Third Policeman
In the meantime are there any suggestions as to what the excuse will be? |
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Yesterday upon the stairs I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish that he would go away. |
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Muse
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: America! (F, yeah!)
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Number!
FTFY! Why is it that the Olympic games being cancelled is the big news and global thermonuclear war is a side note? PeaceCrusader, I think the person pretending to be the Holy Spirit is either insane or a filthy mother-**********. |
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When I think about woo, I detect myself. |
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If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. - Charles Mingus |
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Muse
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: America! (F, yeah!)
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Love it! (OT: NumberWang!)
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When I think about woo, I detect myself. |
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Heretic Pharaoh
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 265
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Catch 22
Hey PeaceCrudersa, have you ever given it any thought (even if it was a small one) of seeking help from a professional mental help expert? It seems to me the things you're expounding do not quit add up. Just go back and read some of your fantastic claims and tell me if they make any sense at all, if they do you better hurry and get that help as soon as possible. I Am He |
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Graduate Poster
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: The Beautiful Finger Lakes
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1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 artichokes
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"Such reports are usually based on the sighting of something the sighters cannot explain and that they (or someone else on their behalf) explain as representing an interstellar spaceship-often by saying "But what else can it be?" as though thier own ignorance is a decisive factor." Isaac Asimov |
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Philosopher
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Muse
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 606
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Galaxy Express 999
Peace Crusader, have you even considered the size of a 200,000,000 man army & The transports required? The largest amphibious transport in the Chinese navy (The Type 071, IIRC) carries 800 troops & they have 2 of them, with another 2 under construction... The Chinese navy has roughly another 58 transport ships, of which around 20 carry about 250 troops, the rest carry around 60...this gives them the capacity of roughly 10,480 combat troops (assuming all 4 of the big 800 troops transports are operational) per trip...That's a flotilla of 62 transports, or as my Submariner friends say "a target rich environment". It would also require them making the crossing from China to the Philippines 38,168 times to transport those 200000000 troops. This is one of the most laughable claims I have ever run into...for even more fun, I just weighed a round of Chinese military surplus 7.62x39mm ammo I have. In order to give each soldier one 30 round magazine of ammunition, China would have to produce 240,000,000 pounds of 7.62x39mm ammunition, which would require a fleet of 1200 ships alone (most chinese transports can carry about 100 tons of cargo if not carrying troops) to move that much ammunition...I can't be bothered to figure out how many transports they would need for other neccesities like food, water & medical supplies...Your Holy Spirit really needs to get a subscription to Jane's Defense weekly... |
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You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill; I will choose a path that's clear- I will choose Free Will. -Rush, "Free Will" |
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Grammar Resistance Leader
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Pattaya, Thailand
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2 for the seesaw
PeaceCrusader, you might want to check some of the sources you're providing. The I-Ching "expert", Alex Chiu, is an idiot and fraud. He's actually inserted the words "communists" in what were purportedly 8th century predictions. And the book has been pretty obviously re-written hundreds of times over the years so Alex is just one of the more recent ones. If no one else is familiar with the Tu Bei Tu, it makes Nostradamus look positively lucid. A random sample:
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Muse
Join Date: Jan 2007
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20120616.1850 The Holy Spirit’s prophecies are more believable than the ones listed in “List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events”. Why? Because He is a spirit, THE Holy Spirit, whereas those in the list are people who are prone to err. The Holy Spirit said in mid-1980s that the trouble in the Philippines will become the trouble for the whole world, meaning World War III. Then He said in the middle of the year when it will happen. I guess between 06-21 to 07-21 inclusive. Then on 2012-05-01, He said Wednesday. I narrowed down the dates to choose from in 2012 to 06-27, 07-04, 07-11, and 07-18, because He said that the 2012 Olympic Games in London will not be held. It will be cancelled. I may be wrong in my selection of the middle of the year. It maybe from 06-22 to 07-22. But the Wednesdays between either 06-21 to 07-21 or 06-22 to 07-22 are still the same dates. I chose 07-04 as that Wednesday. Which place? China, Philippines, US? I chose US. Why? Because logically, 07-04 is US Independence Day, a public holiday. It would be best to sneak or surprise attack the US like the 1973 Arab-Israeli War during Israel’s holiest day, Yom Kippur. I may have erred in my choice of 07-04. It could be 06-27 or 07-11 or 07-18. Which place? It may be the Wednesday in China, in the Philippines, in the US, etc. I do not know. So you see that as a person, I am not sure. I only guess based on available info. But it won’t be far from those Wednesdays. I am not the one making the prophecies. I am just echoing what I heard and learned from the Holy Spirit to you for your information. The decision to believe Him or not is up to you. |
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Muse
Join Date: Jan 2007
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20120616.2000 The Holy Spirit said that the 2012 Olympic Games will not be held. It will be cancelled because of the nuclear Word War III, like in 1944 when it was scheduled in London also. It was cancelled because of WWII. The Holy Spirit said Wednesday. I narrowed it down to 06-27, 07-04, 07-11, 07-18. If by 07-20 and the prophesied WWIII did not eventuate, then I will concede defeat. But if it happens before this date, what will you do, Croydon Bob? I tell you that the prophecy came from the true God, the Holy Spirit, the spirit of Jesus, so I know that it will happen. I hope you survive. Croydon in just 10 km from London. |
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Heretic Pharaoh
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Muse
Join Date: Jan 2007
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20120616.2005 Yes, there are ‘military satellites’ in space. But did you know that in 2006, China fired lasers at US satellites, to blind them temporarily maybe? In 2007, China destroyed an orbiting old weather satellite with a missile? Will China not use this technology in this coming World War III? How will the US guide its missiles to its target if its military satellites have been knocked off? |
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Heretic Pharaoh
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Heretic Pharaoh
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Winking at the Moon
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Happy birthday sweet 16
My Olympic tickets arrived in the post today, the postman told me they have thousands to deliver just from our small rural sorting office. The Holy Spirit isn't getting the message out, apparently. |
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Muse
Join Date: Jan 2007
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20120616.2115 @I Am He, #383 Which He are you, I Am He? I am just sharing to you what I heard and learned from a spirit, a holy spirit, THE Holy Spirit, if you will believe it, who we (plural) talk to. I do not force anyone to believe in what I share. The salvation of a person depends upon himself. Here is the prescription from the Physician. However, the patient does not want to take it. So how can you expect him to be healed? |
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Muse
Join Date: Jan 2007
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20120616.2130 @Ravenwood, #386 Did I say that the 200,000,000 soldiers will be poured into the Philippines only? Remember, it is a world war. Therefore, the invasion force will be scattered to different places, like Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Taiwan, etc. That is why the Chinese will soften their targets first by firing their missiles at them. Eight hours of earthquakes. Earthquakes that is eight hours long? No. The nuclear exchange would be for eight hours. And of course, the men will not be sent immediately to nuclear bombed out sites. The Holy Spirit mentioned Manila being wiped off, or disappeared from, the map, maybe as a result of being bombed by nuclear weapons. It may be like the abandoned place of Chernobyl. |
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Schrödinger's cat
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"The correct scientific response to anything that is not understood is always to look harder for the explanation, not give up and assume a supernatural cause". David Attenborough. |
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Heretic Pharaoh
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Grammar Resistance Leader
Join Date: Aug 2006
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2, 4, 6, 8 we don't wanna integrate....
Since your prophet is getting boring, let's discuss the logistical reality of this coming World War. Firstly, China has not called for a general mobilization nor called up the reserves. It would take more than a month to call up, equip and move all those forces. This would be noticed in China. The Russians and USA and Taiwan and Japan watch China very carefully. There are no less than a dozen spy satellites synchronized over their major military installments/locations. There is nothing like this going on. And be assured, they'd need that ground army. Their real numbers are impressive, but they have to call up 800,000 reserves to get to three mil. Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam and Myanmar can match that three million total, plus have a combined navy that is stronger, because India would not sit still. Once again, the facts will counter your speculation. Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Pakistan, India, Japan, Singapore, Bangladesh and even with low numbers in each country, pretty soon you come up with sufficient numerical strength to hold the Chinese army, navy and air force at bay if they were to decide on, let's say, Continental Asian hegemony in the next 41 days. (And remember, they have a 3 million man army - not 200 million. How many could they commit to crossing into Southeast Asia, where there are more than 3 million forces to oppose them.) They will/would be bogged down before they got near Indonesia, The Philippines or Australia, believe me. And that assumes that their traditional worry - the big bear to the north - does not take advantage of this situation. Russia still has the same or a little fewer nuclear weapons as the USA. China launches one nuke at Manila and your eight hours of earthquakes will be a lot more like two hours of the four horsemen. Nukes would rain down on China from all directions. China cannot get to the Russian silos - doesn't have the missiles. They do not have the fleet or the technology to stop the missiles from Russian subs, either. They'd have ONE ally, North Korea. But there are no targets near North Korea other than South Korea. (Arguably, they could point towards Russia or Japan, but the minute they did so, the South Korean and American forces would cross the border en masse and reduce Pyongyang to rubble. So North Korea might try to take advantage of the opening to invade the South, but they're not going to be available to help China out. And, in this scenario with China surely loosing, I've left out massive American or European intervention - just keeping it local to the Asians. So,... No! Your war's not going to happen and if it was to, The Philippines would be an afterthought to China. China knows history. They well remember the last Asian power set on regional domination who decided to start with an attack on the islands. |
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