Survival/Preppers
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Anything we can do to be aware and planned could be a crucial advantage. Even knowing what to stock up on if problems loom ahead. The ones who keep their wits about them will survive as others panic.
It IS horrible to think about such things.
In my novel things deteriorate in days not weeks. I remember how much we panicked during the covid early weeks and all it's impacts.
However, I believe in the authorities doing all possible to help us, though we must also help ourselves.
It IS horrible to think about such things.
In my novel things deteriorate in days not weeks. I remember how much we panicked during the covid early weeks and all it's impacts.
However, I believe in the authorities doing all possible to help us, though we must also help ourselves.
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You can prepare for minor natural disasters and other temporary problems; those things you can recover from. But when the tribulation starts going down, no one can be prepared. Maybe a well-prepared person might be able to delay the inevitable, but not for very long. Things will be going so bad so fast no one can be prepared. There will be diseases no one has a cure for; the waters will become bitter; there will be locusts from the bottomless pit. How do you prepare for that? The only way is to make sure you have God's seal on you.
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A former member told us that her church (or perhaps it was a church she knew of) had stocked up on
10,000 frozen turkey dinners. That was maybe two years ago. I mentioned at the time that a power
outage could short-circuit their plans, and have wondered on numerous occasions since then what
has become of those 10,000 meals. They will not keep indefinitely. Another thing is, people stocking
up on things they did not need at the time and had no future use for before the best before date came
and went contributed to the many shortages that happened at the outset of the covid pandemic.
10,000 frozen turkey dinners. That was maybe two years ago. I mentioned at the time that a power
outage could short-circuit their plans, and have wondered on numerous occasions since then what
has become of those 10,000 meals. They will not keep indefinitely. Another thing is, people stocking
up on things they did not need at the time and had no future use for before the best before date came
and went contributed to the many shortages that happened at the outset of the covid pandemic.
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There's not enough game to go around. However, what there is will belong to those who hunt and trap. Eventually that will run out. As society transitions from hunting to cannibalism, those squirrel guns and combat skills might come in handy to fend off the gangs of "zombies."
Raising livestock is something only country folks will do. City dwellers of the past used to raise too if they had enough yard and feed. My own grandparents had valuable property just outside city limits. They had chickens and kept the old coal gravity heat furnace. Grandma had a big garden. They would likely be better off that a millionaire in town if the shelves were bare.
Raising livestock is something only country folks will do. City dwellers of the past used to raise too if they had enough yard and feed. My own grandparents had valuable property just outside city limits. They had chickens and kept the old coal gravity heat furnace. Grandma had a big garden. They would likely be better off that a millionaire in town if the shelves were bare.
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Technically true, but I would like to be pampered with at least a sponge bath from time to time, and if one uses their toilets the house will become very unpleasant unless it is flushed. If it is the only choice one has given where they live... If there was a water source I could access like a creek or lake I would fetch some water in 5 gallon buckets for flushing. If not... don't know what I'd do since I live in the city now.
I guess eventually the old "hierarchy of needs" would kick in and maybe I could forgo a washing, though throughout my life, even when doing missionary work in the jungles of South America I found time and ways to bathe. I like feeling clean for some reason or other.
I guess eventually the old "hierarchy of needs" would kick in and maybe I could forgo a washing, though throughout my life, even when doing missionary work in the jungles of South America I found time and ways to bathe. I like feeling clean for some reason or other.
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"Yeah, right..."
It may be coming - but - if it reaches this level of control, why would anyone think that it would be 'undone' after it was accomplished?
At whatever point freedom is completely done-away-with, [historically] it does not return - unless, of course, folks stand-up-and-fight-for-it.
It may be coming - but - if it reaches this level of control, why would anyone think that it would be 'undone' after it was accomplished?
At whatever point freedom is completely done-away-with, [historically] it does not return - unless, of course, folks stand-up-and-fight-for-it.
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This may be true; however, the attitude you must have and the question you must ask yourself is:
"What can I do?"
This is a matter of perspective.
I know what it is like to go 7/5/7/9 days without eating. (The four numbers represent four different occasions.)
Never once, for even a moment, did I think about bringing harm to another human being or stealing food from anywhere.
Do no harm. Do not steal. Trust in the Lord.
"What can I do?"
This is a matter of perspective.
I know what it is like to go 7/5/7/9 days without eating. (The four numbers represent four different occasions.)
Never once, for even a moment, did I think about bringing harm to another human being or stealing food from anywhere.
Do no harm. Do not steal. Trust in the Lord.
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As a rule - you don't [specifically] need to prepare for that. Why? Because, those things are not part of the 'tribulation' (from a biblical 'event' perspective). You have a much higher prospect of being beheaded for refusing to worship the beast than having to deal with those Trumpet events occurrences. By the time they begin to occur, the absolute majority of Christians will have been beheaded...