They have an earthquake scale to measure the magnitude—each greater number indicates double the magnitude.
So, the movie 10.0 attempted to demonstrate the maximum imaginable intensity and destruction of the really big one earthquake.
Forever jokes about California falling off into the Pacific were played out on the big screen.
But, since it hasn’t happened, we don’t think about it or talk about to too seriously.
Scientists (real ones, not like covid ‘scientists’ giving ‘consensus’) measure and record and predict and warn about earthquakes.
We live with that, with anxiety, with apathy, getting used to it.
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Within the world of technology, AND OUR UTTER DEPENDENCE ON IT, a similar cloud hangs over the world, especially America.
Why America—because we’re the leader of the free world—and leaders of the not-free world want to take us down.
Ciber attack—computers down, and out for . . . ?—back to handwritten sales deals at new car dealers—computer company “working to restore the system as quickly as possible”—then back to normal ? again—lingering, or growing, doubt about dependence on ‘fragile technology’.
Another true story, happened in real time, currently !
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Attacks do happen periodically, and repeatedly, as though assorted test runs for The Big One ciber attack.
But as long as the problem gets ‘fixed’ in reasonable time, we accept such incidents, attacks, as expected part of life with technology.
“All computer programs have bugs—we have smart people to take care of that.”
We think and operate like we’re inoculated against the real big one.
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Reality will return.
History will repeat.
Progress, astounding progress, blessings from the hand of God—received now without acknowledgment of The Almighty as in the past—will be turned into a curse on America, just as surely as Israel’s golden calf was ground into powder and mixed in their drinking water.
So it will be when our almighty technology—godlike in control and with our dependence on it—is instantly reduced to trillions of melted chips, and we can’t even eat.
The only thing ‘keeping this from happening’, keeping us from facing this return to reality, is that is hasn’t happened.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki did happen, because a weapon was created to make it happen, and we were desperate to stop insane, fanatical emperor worship from winning against the good guys and freedom.
Now, we are no longer the ‘good guys’—because we turned our backs on God, we are no longer the ‘Godly guys’.
The evil side abounds on all fronts, including the top leaders within this country, and they are just as desperate to win as we were in WWII.
Someone will use the weapons currently available to completely disable the United States.
The only unknown is how many Americans will see the coming calamity from God as His judgment to bring repentance, when His goodness did not bring us back to Him.
”Do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?”
“The wicked will be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. Whatever a man (or nation) sows, that will he also reap.”
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The last verse continues with sure counsel for sure followers of Jesus, faithful now and in the “perilous times” ahead:
“He who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.”