Ali, you are being far more generous than I am. I suppose it may have some symbolic significance, but, imo, that is sort of like picking out a few slivers of gold in a mountain of rubbish.
Granted, I have not yet seen the movie, but based on the trailer, I think it is a classic example of STS fearmongering. The trailer doesn't show much in the way of redeeming value!
While there are lots of disaster flicks out there, I find this one especially reprehensible because of its admonition at the end to google 2012, in which case many people will do so and then think, "Oh wow, there really is something to this 2012 stuff" and that of course might generate a lot of fear for them.
So, what I see happening is this movie generating a lot of fear, right at a time when we need to be focused on spreading love/peace/hope around the planet.
We here at B4 already know that the worst of the predicted disasters have already been averted. Q'uo has stated that, at the time of the Law of One channeling sessions, a sudden pole shift was a probability, but, since then, because of the amount of LOVE permeating our planet, we avoided that probability. Q'uo has stated very clearly that the pole shift has already been taking place, but gradually, in incremental steps, so that we have averted massive catastrophes like that depicted in this movie. If I remember correctly, the pole shift is nearly complete! So, while we might still have some isolated pockets of disastrous events, we just aren't destined for the wide-scale catastrophes like those that were predicted. This is great news! But movies like this can be very damaging to those who don't have the benefit of knowing what we know.
Thumbs down. Those movie producers aren't getting any of my $$!
Ha! Exactly!
I personally don't subscribe to biblical prophecy, and I find those groups who are trying to orchestrate events to artificially bring about armageddon to be essentially STS-based...manipulation of world events, creating chaos and violence, all to fulfill some prophecy from an ancient book? That is imposing their beliefs onto others, big time! What about those who don't believe in their prophecies? And how are these prophecies any different from, say, the latest New Age guru predicting a certain event on a certain date?
They're all just possibilities in the possibility/probability vortex, after all. And I tend to disregard those that are fear-based.
Granted, I have not yet seen the movie, but based on the trailer, I think it is a classic example of STS fearmongering. The trailer doesn't show much in the way of redeeming value!
While there are lots of disaster flicks out there, I find this one especially reprehensible because of its admonition at the end to google 2012, in which case many people will do so and then think, "Oh wow, there really is something to this 2012 stuff" and that of course might generate a lot of fear for them.
So, what I see happening is this movie generating a lot of fear, right at a time when we need to be focused on spreading love/peace/hope around the planet.
We here at B4 already know that the worst of the predicted disasters have already been averted. Q'uo has stated that, at the time of the Law of One channeling sessions, a sudden pole shift was a probability, but, since then, because of the amount of LOVE permeating our planet, we avoided that probability. Q'uo has stated very clearly that the pole shift has already been taking place, but gradually, in incremental steps, so that we have averted massive catastrophes like that depicted in this movie. If I remember correctly, the pole shift is nearly complete! So, while we might still have some isolated pockets of disastrous events, we just aren't destined for the wide-scale catastrophes like those that were predicted. This is great news! But movies like this can be very damaging to those who don't have the benefit of knowing what we know.
Thumbs down. Those movie producers aren't getting any of my $$!
(09-16-2009, 08:51 PM)Ali Quadir Wrote: maybe they should have used more happy thoughts and fewer exploding cities.
Ha! Exactly!
(09-16-2009, 08:51 PM)Ali Quadir Wrote: ...site of the final battle between good and evil. Presumably Islam and the judeo christian alliance. We've probably all heard that there is a group who believes they can make the end of times come true by reenacting parts of the bible.
I personally don't subscribe to biblical prophecy, and I find those groups who are trying to orchestrate events to artificially bring about armageddon to be essentially STS-based...manipulation of world events, creating chaos and violence, all to fulfill some prophecy from an ancient book? That is imposing their beliefs onto others, big time! What about those who don't believe in their prophecies? And how are these prophecies any different from, say, the latest New Age guru predicting a certain event on a certain date?
They're all just possibilities in the possibility/probability vortex, after all. And I tend to disregard those that are fear-based.