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Professor at USU says U.S. society may collapse

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Provo girl | 10:48 a.m. May 28, 2009
I recently read a book of a near death experience, in it that person was shown the future while dead. Entitled, "There is No Death" Written in 1998, she was shown the collapse of the twin towers. She didn't understand what it was she had seen until 9/11. The next thing she saw was economic collapse. There appeared to be a callapse of government,because there was no law. There was no money, food was hard to come by, and there were marauders who murdered for your food and supplies. It came down to the only safe places to be, were where "people of light" were gathered "kneeling in prayer." Those people who had gathered had food and safety. Does this tell you something? Religion plays a part in everything we do and how we live. I suspect these people kneeling in prayer were praying to GOD? I suspect also that these people had gathered food BEFORE the collapse to carry with them.... it's time to get our houses in order and honor that God who made us all.
Me | 11:35 a.m. May 29, 2009
As the gap between the "haves" and have nots increases, so too will anger and subsequent revolt. When people have "nothing" - they have nothing to lose. Until recent times "religion" has kept society in-check because most of the population was illiterate. However, people are too smart now-a-days to fall for those scare tactics anymore. No "God" in the sky is going to help them - and no God is going to "spank" them "for eternity" for revolting against the rich and powerful.

Our legislators are running scared because they know the score. They want to keep their cushy jobs and live like kings with all their titles - "Honorable", "Senator" and the like. Once enough people realize they've been screwed for years by these very people, they will have had enough. People will revolt, it's only a matter of time. Once the cops show up to drag hard working familes out their homes and onto the street like yeserday's trash - to satisfy banks and the wealthy, the fighting will begin. People will only take so much before they say 'enuf.
Malthus never | 9:43 p.m. June 7, 2009
anticipated the green revolution, which was really just the use of oils influence on agriculture.

As that influence wanes I fear Mr Malthus may be vindicated.
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Sunrnr | 10:13 a.m. June 8, 2009
I suggest you all read "Sacred Demise" by Carolyn Baker as well as the many references contained in the book.

It's all about our lost connection with the environment and the irreversible damage done as a result.

The collapse is underway. Only you can decide what you're going to do with it, no one else is going to "save" you.

You cannot be apart from it as you are apart of it.

namaste
Ray | 5:40 p.m. June 8, 2009

GOD will not save us, we must save ourselves by using our GOD-given intelligence, and by not continuing to destroy the GOD-given planet we need to live on.
Jill the Pill | 6:40 p.m. June 8, 2009
Right On! (8:08 a.m. May 25, 2009) wrote:

"'Green' hit the nail on the head. The USU guy is a PC Gore clone. Societies moral/ethical underpinings will sink or save them, period."

That's the US done for then.

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