I tend to agree with you.
Posted on 12/07/2022 7:54:47 PM PST by Jonty30
Historically, once a country is on a path to socialism, it is very nearly impossible to turn it around. It also takes upwards of 100 years to work socialism out of society.
This is where, I believe, America is now heading. The liberals have managed to create a voting system that almost ensures an electoral win every single time and I don't think America can recover.
So I have a suggestion. In the event that America really is done, as we all knew her, I suggest that each of you start gathering documentation of America's founding and the Founding Fathers and everything about America, including the educational materials like math and science and English and civics and everything.
I do not doubt that, once the communists have taken control of Congress, they will make what is in the archives disappear. They may even openly burn the Archives, because they have so much contempt and hatred for America.
In the event that the day should come and we can start working socialism out of America, this information will be like gold. I'd even suggest signing books out of your public libraries and "losing" them and giving the libraries the replacement costs for the books, just so you have a record of something.
I do believe that America falling into socialism is a necessary step just before the coming of the Messiah, but if the Messiah is not coming for hundreds of years, we will say, then we need something to build upon once this madness has passed from the American people.
“The problem imo, is not that Americans have gone mad, although many have.”
Demonic possession often is confused. With insanity. What people are saying and doing now, with such a vengeance, is too organized and pervasive to be mere madness. Evil has taken over.
I take Christ's words literally, as I do much of scripture. I believe some 'nuances' crept into translations over the millennials.
But in this case, he did appeared in His glory to his disciples and many others in coming days after His resurrection:
"On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord." - Book of John
Certainly His ascent to heaven must've been something to see!
"Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?" - Book of Acts
My 'predictions' some of those alive today will see his return, hardly compare to Christ's Gospel. Mine are based on my own interpretation of prophesy, world events, and other pointers as I see them.
Btw, thank you for tips on photograph naming conventions and reminding me that I also need to scan a great number of our family photos.
Clearly, the founders tried, but it has failed.
The problem is the absence of God from society. Figure out how to keep God in a society w/o forcing God on people and it might work.
If you don’t believe a loving God is also a God of judgement, you don’t need to follow laws, you can justify cheating, and a society can’t survive without the rule of law. It just can’t.
“It is my understanding that the fall of America is going to happen just before the coming of the Christ”
Most evangelical theologians I know believe that in eschatology no reference is made to America, although other countries seem to be, e.g. Russia.
If true, on the overall timeline I wonder if America falls “JUST before” Christ returns, or decades / centuries before. (I guess we’ll find out some day.)
I did a little messing around with the new AI fad at ChatGPT.
I asked it to write a fictional summary of events leading to a clandestine group stealing elections in America.
The reply:
It started with a few small victories in local elections, victories that were shrugged off as flukes or anomalies. But as the years went on, the victories became more frequent and more significant.
It was clear that something was amiss, but no one could quite put their finger on what was happening. Rumors began to circulate about a shadowy group of operatives who were using underhanded tactics to sway the outcomes of elections.
Eventually, the truth came out: a group of wealthy and powerful individuals had formed a secret organization dedicated to manipulating elections in their favor. They used a sophisticated network of agents, hackers, and propaganda to sway public opinion and influence the outcome of races at all levels of government.
The revelations sent shockwaves through the country, and there were calls for investigations and reforms. But by then, the damage had been done, and the group's members had entrenched themselves even further in positions of power. The future of American democracy was in doubt."
“Then there is the problem of file formats changing, leaving tons of data in unreadable formats.”
That’s important. Technology changes too quickly to depend on that. I clung to a few of the 3” “floppy” disks (that weren’t actually floppy) with graphics on them. They’re no good to me now.
You can forget that.
“I don’t see the country and Congress repenting of what they have done.”
You’re probably right. But we know what happened to Saul/Paul. It’s possible.
“The Social Gospel is not about salvation.”
“Social Gospel”. That’s a new one on me. Sounds awfully PC.
“Isn’t this what is usually called “normalcy bias?””
Absolutely. They can’t oppress/kill us all, we are the ones that make the country work. They’ll go down without us, so we’ll be fine, it’s just talk, to whip up the masses to get votes.
...said the Jews in Germany.
The Constitution and our form of government only works for a 'virtuous' people. That's why it's collapsing now that the less than virtuous have the reigns.
Yep, the quintessential example of normalcy bias.
The Roman Empire lasted until 1453. A thousand years is a pretty good run.
“It’s too early to say that the country has been lost.”
At the beginning of Charlie Kirk’s show on RAV yesterday he was reading emails from GA people who refused to vote in Tuesday’s election. “Why bother?” “They cheat.” “We gave up.” Etc.
I tend to agree with you.
Romans 1
Digitally scanned photos and digital photography files have not only the bits that make up the pixels of an image that are viewable but also have a store of data called Metadata.
The Meta data has numerous fields that provide information about the image like date taken, camera, geolocation information ( lat, Lon ), lens and camera type and camera settings or scanner settings, etc.
There is one field with in the Metadata thats just for you to fill in information and keywords that are searchable.
So names of people, place etc can all be entered and later searched for. With that information you can search to view particular types of files. For example vacations.
I don’t know the name of the software for Microssoft but I know it’s out there. I use opensource software on Linux.
I have no doubt that the fascists will be employing ground radar on the properties of Conservatives and Christians looking for banned items such as Bibles and guns.
Staying home and waiting for the Dr. Zhivago-ing of one's home is not an option.
However, this isn't the 1960's where one could simply toss on a backpack and fade into the back country to disappear either. With satellites and drones and FLIR and a host of other exotic technologies, there is really no place to run. No place to hide. You'd have better luck masking up and heading into the cities and trying to blend in with the homeless. You won't be able to be armed of course, since they can detect any guns you're carrying.
No, the commies will get control, switch up to full fascism, and it will be a nightmare beyond the worst of atrocities of the holocaust.
Set your mind to how it is you want to die. On your feet, fighting against all odds, or meekly boarding that bus (why are there shackles on every seat?) and riding off to the abattoirs.
Remember the last verse of "America the Beautiful."
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
Whatever comes after will be different and will not be America. It won't even have the same name. One thing's for sure, nobody, and I mean nobody, is going to like what follows. Except for our enemies.
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