The three pillars of humanity will soon fail!?

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The three pillars of humanity will soon fail!?

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In his Amazon vision, the author learned that within short order the three pillars of humanity — economy, ecology, and society — will fail. :shock2: Do you feel that the author took this seriously? Or even literally? How do you feel about the way he approached this subject in the book?
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He didn't seemed too worried about it after the vision, so I'm not sure he took it too seriously? I barely remember him talking about that. Every religion seems to prophecy some future of humanity failing or an apocalypse.
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I also thought he didn't take his vision seriously. Well, a vision stays as a vision until it materialize.
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I really don't feel that he took it seriously, but I think it's hard to take seriously these days. I mean...it does seem that society is moving in that way AND almost every religion has a "doomsday" prophecy. He barely touched on any of it throughout the book and what little he did touch on made it seem as if he was "meh" about the whole idea.

Maybe part of the reason that he came across that way is because society as a whole is desensitized to the entire idea. Look at how many "end of the world" scares we have experienced since year 2k.
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Well, the author's definition of soon needs to be identified.
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mmm17 wrote: 09 Mar 2019, 17:30 In his Amazon vision, the author learned that within short order the three pillars of humanity — economy, ecology, and society — will fail. :shock2: Do you feel that the author took this seriously? Or even literally? How do you feel about the way he approached this subject in the book?
I think he took his visions seriously. He just didn't dwell on his Amazon vision to discuss it. He said what the voice told him. The part of the vision I don't accept is incarnation. Hell is eternal damnation and everlasting death. Incarnation is returning to life after physical death. So, how could Richard believe in hell and incarnation? He needed to settle that.
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I think he took it seriously but honestly doesn't know how to address the issue. He knows not everyone will follow his teachings. Instead of dwelling on it, he is doing his best to prevent what he can.
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I can see why the author didn't take this too seriously, given the number of "end of the world" prophecies there have been in the past, such as the year 2000, end of the Mayan calendar in 2012, etc. Every religion seems to have one... yet we're still here.
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I think the author's vision about this is really frightening. What if some groups take this seriously and think that this is the only way to bring about a good change in the world?
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I am not sure if such a thing would be possible. What I am certain about is that as long as people live, they will always be existence of economy. If the three pillars were to fall, then it would be very detrimental to human existence on earth. I don't think that he took this seriously either. If this was to happen, what would take their place?
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How will the world run without these three that's like the very end of existence. I don't think the author takes this literally. There have been religious cults before which came declaring the end of the world and all that it might just be a by the way.
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Looking at the world today, that vision is not far off. I think the author knows that it was inevitable and that is why he created the book to let the word out.
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Shielasshi_93 wrote: 11 Mar 2019, 08:01 I also thought he didn't take his vision seriously. Well, a vision stays as a vision until it materialize.
I agree with this one. It will stay as it is until someone makes a move.
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The author's vision is based in today's current events. The recent articles about economic collapse and shaky international relations may have inspired the the author to share his view on how these conflicts rattled him. He remained rooted via spirituality his comforting solace.
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Joytoo97 wrote: 12 Mar 2019, 03:54 How will the world run without these three that's like the very end of existence. I don't think the author takes this literally. There have been religious cults before which came declaring the end of the world and all that it might just be a by the way.
I am also still doubting the validity of this vision. Even the end of the world has to come, it may come in ways that are unexpected and certainly the breakdown of the three may not be one of them. I would have loved to hear more about this, especially the breakdown of ecology.
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