by iconoclastic 44 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
DJS,
In olden days, it was prophets who spoke about impending disaster. In our time it is Governmental Agencies such as NASA …
http://www.newslite.sg/content/singapore-and-tokyo-risk-disappearing-due-rising-sea-levels-nasa
http://tribune.com.pk/story/945624/nasa-sees-unavoidable-sea-level-rise-ahead/
Rising sea levels are going to be a problem to deal with, for a certainty. As is climate change in general. But that is in no way evidence we are doomed. This planet has re-shaped itself countless times over the millennia. This one, which appears caused by humans, will be yet another one. We will figure it out. Try again.
DJS
NASA warns nothing can stop dangerous sea level rise
DJS,
Human nature is the guarantee that we are doomed: Even a rich country may become poor overnight through a natural calamity. Wealth can disappear with changes in the economy. Stocks and bonds may lose value or a serious illness may drain our finances. Alexander the Great proved to the world putting his empty hands outside of his coffin that we come here empty-handed and has to go empty handed. Knowing all these things, people are repeating the same mistake of amassing wealth at the cost of many other people. We are born in fear, live in fear and die in fear. We live in a time when even the President of the sole superpower requires a no-fly zone over his residence even when he visits other countries.
DJS,
About human nature, here is an interesting quote:
“No destiny attacks us from outside. But,
within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself
vulnerable; and then, as in a vertigo, blunder upon blunder lures him.” --Antoine de Saint
DJS,
Here is another one lamenting:
“I guess if there’s
one thing I can say about the 21st century, it’s that the 21st century is all
flash and no substance… everything is digital, nothing but files of invisible
electronic data on computers and mindless zombies on their cellular phones… it’s
sad how because of the digital age, society is ultimately doomed. Nothing in
the digital age is real anymore, and you know, they say celluloid film and ray
tube televisions and maybe even paper might become obsolete in this century?
…What’s most annoying is that nobody cares, they’ve just learned to accept the
digital age and get addicted to it… none of them are ever going to step up and
say to the world, “you’re all a bunch of sheep!” and even if they did say
anything, I doubt anyone would listen… they’re all too obsessed and attached to
their cellular phones and overly big televisions and whatever other moronic
things they’ve got these days… it almost makes me want an apocalypse to happen,
to erase digital technology and force the world to start over again.” –Rebecca McNutt
Yes, it is so bad now. Would you have preferred to live in the 100,000 or so years before 1900 when the average life expectancy was 24 - 34? How about in cities during the 1700s and 1800s when cholera and TB were killing millions - problems that have largely gone away with hygiene, water/wastewater treatment and medical technologies.
You whine about what you and others don't like about the right now. Trade it for some other time in our recent or distant past. Pick a time. Humans were far more violent than now, and the haves and have nots were determined exclusively by who had the largest sword or biggest army. The distribution of wealth doesn't solve all of the problems, but it has led to a better standard of living for the have nots than at any time in human history.
For 100,000 years there were no programs such as welfare, food stamps, social security, medical and healthcare insurance. You whine because things aren't perfect and claim the current situation is evidence of Last Days. Dear god, we are living in Paradise compared to the first 100,000 years of human history.
