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MONJORONSON:  No, I am not saying that.  You are saying that.  You have overlaid my comment about “forces” with your concerns that those “forces” are [[governments]] and/or principalities.  Those are two [[different]] [[things]].  People will always [[respond]] to natural disaster, but I was talking about [[Catastrophism|natural disaster]], and it is [[apparent]] that some of these [[things]] I [[predicted]] are in [[fact]] coming to pass.  Recall last month I said I was here somewhat as an engineer to see if the bridge would withstand earthquakes and the like.  This is an example of what I was talking about.  How will your world hold up in the face of the many [[dynamic]] [[physical]] [[changes]] that are visited upon you at this time in your [[geologic]] [[history]]?  How your [[governments]] and [[power]] [[structures]] handle these physical disasters and/or concerns is another subject entirely.  

MONJORONSON:  No, I am not saying that.  You are saying that.  You have overlaid my comment about “forces” with your concerns that those “forces” are [[governments]] and/or principalities.  Those are two [[different]] [[things]].  People will always [[respond]] to natural disaster, but I was talking about [[Catastrophism|natural disaster]], and it is [[apparent]] that some of these [[things]] I [[predicted]] are in [[fact]] coming to pass.  Recall last month I said I was here somewhat as an engineer to see if the bridge would withstand earthquakes and the like.  This is an example of what I was talking about.  How will your world hold up in the face of the many [[dynamic]] [[physical]] [[changes]] that are visited upon you at this time in your [[geologic]] [[history]]?  How your [[governments]] and [[power]] [[structures]] handle these physical disasters and/or concerns is another subject entirely.  

   

   

It behooves you to distinguish between the two.  No one can be held [[responsible]] for “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_God acts of God].” They are a [[natural]] part of the [[evolutionary]] [[process]] of [[planetary]] [[development]].  [[Urantia]] is still a young planet.  It is still cooling.  The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonic_Plates tectonic plates] are still unsettled.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes Volcanoes] are still giving [[evidence]] of the [[fact]] of the molten underbelly.  You can, to some extent, [[prepare]] for these disasters or forestall being [[negatively]] impacted by them, by simply being [[aware]] of the world on which you live and what the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognosis|prognosis]] is for these natural disasters, based on [[history]].  

It behooves you to distinguish between the two.  No one can be held [[responsible]] for “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_God acts of God].” They are a [[natural]] part of the [[evolutionary]] [[process]] of [[planetary]] [[development]].  [[Urantia]] is still a young planet.  It is still cooling.  The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonic_Plates tectonic plates] are still unsettled.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes Volcanoes] are still giving [[evidence]] of the [[fact]] of the molten underbelly.  You can, to some extent, [[prepare]] for these disasters or forestall being [[negatively]] impacted by them, by simply being [[aware]] of the world on which you live and what the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognosis prognosis] is for these natural disasters, based on [[history]].  

   

   

Many people [[choose]] to live on the hillside even though they have seen other houses destroyed by mudslides.  Many, many people live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods flood zones] and cannot be surprised when they are flooded out, just as people who live in the wake of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoons typhoons] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes] must be [[prepared]] to batten their hatches when hurricane season comes along.  This is all part of what it is to live on a [[material world]] – particularly one that is undergoing [[natural]] [[changes]].

Many people [[choose]] to live on the hillside even though they have seen other houses destroyed by mudslides.  Many, many people live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods flood zones] and cannot be surprised when they are flooded out, just as people who live in the wake of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoons typhoons] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes] must be [[prepared]] to batten their hatches when hurricane season comes along.  This is all part of what it is to live on a [[material world]] – particularly one that is undergoing [[natural]] [[changes]].