Series of Chaotic Events.

It doesn't sound odd to me. It is scary that there are so many natural disasters lately. Some people are naturally more sensitive. I don't know that I would up and join a religion just to join one, but I also think that more thought on spirituality certainly wouldn't go amiss in this oft-times cruel world.

 

I thought Chile had an 8.8?

 

Even though it is chaotic, it is a natural order of things for the earth to change its formations via earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis...makes us realize that we do not own or control the earth as we like to believe. We are just guests.

 

Agreed. Just pray and hope that we don't go extinct in the process...

 

it is a very strange thing because we think we are in control of the world but we are not. it is the same in our life because things happen when we least expecting them and we do not expect them to happen. but we can go ahead and live our lives as best we can when we are in a place where bad thing happen.

 

I agree. This reminds me of the debate on free will vs. destiny. I happen to think we use both in our lives.

 

Of course we can control earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes. We haven't exercised our full potential yet, partly because of inefficient organization, partly because of energy development lag, which again follows from the former.

 

had the same feelings, was thinking about that last week, though mine I hadn't pinpointed to as many specific events as you did Raccoon.
good post, thanks.

 

reminds me of a while back when we were hit here in florida by four or five hurricanes back to back. I basicly lived in a my middle school for a solid three weeks.

 

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnAIld9Chrg"]YouTube- Falconer - Stand in Veneration[/ame]

 

Wouldn't it be great if someone were able to figure out not only how to predict earthquakes and tsunamis, but how to harness their tremendous energy, as well? This has to be an incredible amount of energy when you think that tsunamis are waves of seismological origin that propagate thousands of miles across the ocean at the speed of jet planes.

 

I'm certain SOMEONE out there is working on it. Actually, I remember seeing a Discovery Channel show where they talked about that idea.

 

That would be fantastic.
It would be so interesting to travel forward in time a couple hundred years and (hopefully) see how humanity's evolved to harnessing the energy that is yielded naturally rather than exploiting the planet.

 

Every time I read somebody post about quasi-psychic sensitivities here, I never believe it. I just doubt. Er... well actually almost always. There is a somewhat psychic person that I have some level of belief in. But it's always shaded with doubt! Actually, scratch that. I actually believe such person quite a bit. Well the last 6 sentences have been an absolute hot mess.

With regard to humanity in general's values going to shit, I have not much faith in the "average" person. The older I get, the less faith I actually have in others. It's like every year of my life will have eye-opening events where I was deeply disappointed. My little sister really surprised me. Forum people's reaction to the drama was surprisingly not evenhanded and not well reasoned. Corporate politics are just so sickening and telling of the nature of man's heart. I see it in the trolls. I see it in the griefers in WoW. The longer I live, the less and less respect I have for what people are capable of. It sucks, it really does. I'd like to think that as a civilization we'll evolve, and I'll do what I can, but every shred of intuition in me is telling me that we will implode. Yes, we have a few gems, and I love them and constantly think to myself how beautiful they are.... but it's just not enough. Or will it? We abolished slavery somehow. We're religiously tolerant and multicultural. Who knows. Maybe, just maybe.

 

lol. i had a strong original post. then i just kept challenging myself and edited it out to the hot self-doubting mess the post is now. welcome to pierce's thought process

 

I don't reckon nature is consciously trying to punish humanity. To think that would personify or rather 'dei-fy' nature and then you might well be saying 'God is punishing humans with all the tsunamis and earthquakes' etc.

Rather, the calamities of nature and the geographical strife that emerge and subsequently affect humans are simply continuing as they always have done. Man is getting stung more and more because man's encroachment is always increasing be it in terms of population or direct interference (like the soviets re-routing waters from the Aral sea which resulted in practical desertification.)