"I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt"
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To paraphrase Mark Twain "The CTists' claims are both convincing and true, unfortunately what's convincing is not true, and what's true is not convincing"
It must be fun to lead a life completely unburdened by reality. -- JayUtah
"On two occasions, I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
Re: Some predictions for 2006 « Reply #65 on Feb 27, 2006, 2:21pm »
On June 6th, 2006 the future world leader, aka the antichrist, aka the son of perdition will be revealed to the world
Nice built-in dodge. The "future" world leader will be "revealed". In other words, you can point to any infant, child, teenager, or adult, claim that person will be the future world leader, and claim a hit, while conveniently kicking the burden of proof into the indefinite future. Again.
Sorry, Rusty, in addition to being just plan ridiculous, this claim is also utterly useless in terms of a real prediction - because when somebody doesn't stand up and say "Hi, I'm the Antichrist!" to the world (other than those who do it daily in heavily-padded rooms), you can just point at some random figure, or group of candidates, and tell us to wait and see. Then someone else can say you "correctly predicted" it.
Why don't you abandon these wacky self-proclaimed prophetesses and seers and come back to reality? There are more than enough challenges in the real world to tackle, or just fret over if you prefer; you don't need to borrow imaginary troubles from the deinzens of fantasyland.
I will say, though, "Sons of Perdition" would be a cool name for a neo-retro-country-punk band.
It must be fun to lead a life completely unburdened by reality. -- JayUtah
"On two occasions, I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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Re: Some predictions for 2006 « Reply #71 on Mar 13, 2006, 7:44pm »
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On June 6th, 2006 the future world leader, aka the antichrist, aka the son of perdition will be revealed to the world
I take it then that on that very specific date that a person will be proclaimed, publically, on several large news agencies, as being the "Son of Perdition""
If I am incorrect then please , by all means, qualify the statement further. We all really do want to test your predictions and if you can be shown to be correct then that takes you up a notch but only if you can answer questions such as mine BEFORE June 6th
Red Ibis on the JREF forum - "No, I'm alluding to the preposterous NIST claim that the removal of fireproofing in the towers accelerated the steel temp. "
Red Ibis on the JREF forum - "No, I'm alluding to the preposterous NIST claim that the removal of fireproofing in the towers accelerated the steel temp. "
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Re: Some predictions for 2006 « Reply #73 on Jun 4, 2006, 7:36am »
On June 6th, 2006 the future world leader, aka the antichrist, aka the son of perdition will be revealed to the world
Well you know, Rusty sort of got this one right. The new version of The Omen a film about "The Antichrist" will be released worldwide on June 6th, 2006. I guess that this just proves that Rusty really did take Hollywood too seriously.
It must be fun to lead a life completely unburdened by reality. -- JayUtah
"On two occasions, I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)