Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeTo latch onto anything? unlike the majority of contributors here i have a tendency to attempt to corroborate and substantiate my assertions with empirical evidence rather than simply pander my opinion as if it has some efficacy in itself.
Why is it that everyone who remembers being reincarnated was either Napoleon or Marie Antoinette, and that everyone believing in the final epoch has it happening in their lifetime?
Answer that one Einstein.
Your current tactic seems to be to latch on to anything that feasibly supports your belief and discard anything that doesn't. The result is a brazen lack of credibility in everything you post here.
You gave me up for dead at the very beginning and are still calling for me demise, but look, the star spangled banner is still flying despite all attempts to launch all kinds of cyber rockets against it! I remain a folk hero and should have a statue erected up beside Robert Bruce at Stirling castle in my honour!
Originally posted by robbie carrobieSo, the final epoch will happen in your life time and in your previous incarnation you were Marie Antoinette's wet-nurse. Gotcha.
To latch onto anything? unlike the majority of contributors here i have a tendency to attempt to corroborate and substantiate my assertions with empirical evidence rather than simply pander my opinion as if it has some efficacy in itself.
You gave me up for dead at the very beginning and are still calling for me demise, but look, the star spangl ...[text shortened]... lk hero and should have a statue erected up beside Robert Bruce at Stirling castle in my honour!
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieDang, that was my best piece in that batch. Will look into it.
yes 'the river' would not play, all others were fine 😀
You did better than I did. I can't get any of the tracks to play. The picture on Heather's Waltz was my daughter Heather age 18 months. That was my first waltz composition. Mandolin and guitar.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieActually, while the two world wars were catastrophic events, the 20th Century was relatively peaceful by historical standards. During the 19th Century and in the millennia before it, wars were individually less deadly, and typically not as geographically widespread, but much, much more frequent. What could perhaps be regarded as "unprecedented" is the long period of peace in (most of) Europe, North America and other regions that has followed WW2.
On the contrary, since the turn of the century we have seen an unprecedented escalation in warfare which marks no other epoch in history to the same extent. One would have thought that two of the most bloodiest conflicts in the history of humanity would be convincing enough to any rational person that the period is rather unique, but apparently no. W ...[text shortened]... ms year in year out as if it has any kind of efficacy beyond the sticky drool which props it up.
Originally posted by sonhouseYou need flash player, a pain, I know, but some sites still function with ancient technology.
Dang, that was my best piece in that batch. Will look into it.
You did better than I did. I can't get any of the tracks to play. The picture on Heather's Waltz was my daughter Heather age 18 months. That was my first waltz composition. Mandolin and guitar.
Originally posted by KazetNagorrarelatively peaceful by historical standards, really,
Actually, while the two world wars were catastrophic events, the 20th Century was relatively peaceful by historical standards. During the 19th Century and in the millennia before it, wars were individually less deadly, and typically not as geographically widespread, but much, much more frequent. What could perhaps be regarded as "unprecedented" is the long period of peace in (most of) Europe, North America and other regions that has followed WW2.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/world-peace-these-are-the-only-11-countries-in-the-world-that-are-actually-free-from-conflict-9669623.html
The entire epoch from the turn of the 20th century until this one has been marred by unprecedented warfare and carnage. Relatively peaceful in relation to what? Its the kind of thing that one reads when a writer writes, 'a wise man once said', when usually the wise man is the author themselves.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieRelatively peaceful in relation to the period preceding it, obviously.
relatively peaceful by historical standards, really,
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/world-peace-these-are-the-only-11-countries-in-the-world-that-are-actually-free-from-conflict-9669623.html
The entire epoch from the turn of the 20th century until this one has been marred by unprecedented warfare and carnage. Relatively peac ...[text shortened]... hen a writer writes, 'a wise man once said', when usually the wise man is the author themselves.
Just to give one simple example: an estimated 15-20 million people died during Tamerlane's conquests over a few decades, during a period in which the world population was about 20 times smaller. Relatively speaking (in terms of the proportion of the world population killed), this makes Tamerlane's conquests about five times more deadly than WW2. And this is just one of a great many conflicts during that era.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraEstimated that? conjectured that? you might get away with such loose science in debates, but this is spirituality my friend, we are not interested in what is merely plausible, we are interested in what is true!
Relatively peaceful in relation to the period preceding it, obviously.
Just to give one simple example: an estimated 15-20 million people died during Tamerlane's conquests over a few decades, during a period in which the world population was about 20 times smaller. Relatively speaking (in terms of the proportion of the world population killed), this ...[text shortened]... five times more deadly than WW2. And this is just one of a great many conflicts during that era.
Deaths
155,000,000Second World War (Some overlap w/Stalin. Includes Sino-Japanese War and Holocaust. Doesn't incl. post-war German expulsions)1937/39-1945
240,000,000China: Mao Zedong's regime. (incl. famine)1949-76
320,000,000USSR: Stalin's regime (incl. WW2-era atrocities)1924-53
415,000,000First World War (incl. Armenian massacres)1914-18
If we are to follow your logic then somewhere like South Africa which lost roughly 38 percent of its entire population during a period of mass brutlaity would make it the bloodiest conflict. Look at these figures quoted above, 55 million in second world war, 40 million lost to famine alone in China, where else have we seen such clear evidence of the fulfilment of Christs composite prophecy with the exception of this modern epoch that we find ourselves in at present. Tamerlane simply does not fit the profile because these elements need to be part of the composite so as to form a whole, thus its easy to say, here was great carnage, but it proves nothing if not accompanied by these other elements.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/atrox.htm
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieNo, you are the worst at choosing empirical evidence. Either it doesn't exist, is cherry picked, or just taken wildly out of context. None of your assertions have passed scrutiny. You might be able to deceive yourself, but that is not the same as deceiving us.
To latch onto anything? unlike the majority of contributors here i have a tendency to attempt to corroborate and substantiate my assertions with empirical evidence rather than simply pander my opinion as if it has some efficacy in itself.
You gave me up for dead at the very beginning and are still calling for me demise, but look, the star spangl ...[text shortened]... lk hero and should have a statue erected up beside Robert Bruce at Stirling castle in my honour!
I remain a folk hero and should have a statue erected up beside Robert Bruce at Stirling castle in my honour!
You don't have any kind of grip on reality at all do you?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieRedo those figures as a fraction of world population and then compare the answers with Timur's conflicts.
Estimated that? conjectured that? you might get away with such loose science in debates, but this is spirituality my friend, we are not interested in what is merely plausible, we are interested in what is true!
Deaths
155,000,000Second World War (Some overlap w/Stalin. Includes Sino-Japanese War and Holocaust. Doesn't incl. post-war German e ...[text shortened]... nothing if not accompanied by these other elements.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/atrox.htm
Originally posted by DeepThoughtSuck this up fatboy!
No, you are the worst at choosing empirical evidence. Either it doesn't exist, is cherry picked, or just taken wildly out of context. None of your assertions have passed scrutiny. You might be able to deceive yourself, but that is not the same as deceiving us.
[b] I remain a folk hero and should have a statue erected up beside Robert Bruce at Stirling castle in my honour!
You don't have any kind of grip on reality at all do you?[/b]
155,000,000Second World War (Some overlap w/Stalin. Includes Sino-Japanese War and Holocaust. Doesn't incl. post-war German expulsions)1937/39-1945
240,000,000China: Mao Zedong's regime. (incl. famine)1949-76
320,000,000USSR: Stalin's regime (incl. WW2-era atrocities)1924-53
415,000,000First World War (incl. Armenian massacres)1914-18
Unprecedented warfare and famine, two of the composite elements mentioned by Christ in the same epoch. Nothing you have said even fits the profile, I reject your beggarly claims, everyone of them! My assertions have not only passed scrutiny they are firmly founded on empirical evidence, logically sound and fit the profile of Matthew chapter 24. Its not my fault you cannot assail them and of necessity must instead offer these disparaging remarks aimed against my personal majesty and dignity.