BLASTS from the PAST Blog Postings - Exploring the ultimate conspiracy

2022-01-282024-01-12

Divine summation

Things that were ok in one generation may not be acceptable in another. Walt Disney Production’s Song of the South, with its popular song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, is now heavily criticized for its African American depictions. Today, you would have a tough time finding this movie anywhere as Disney has not re-released it since its last theatrical release in 1986.

Peter Pan is another popular Disney movie that has now come under harsh criticism for its racist Native American portrayals. What may be applauded in one generation may be attacked in another.

Does God change? Well does He?

2022-01-142022-01-14

Shangri La

One of my favourite movies of all time is entitled “Lost Horizon”. It is based on a 1933 novel by James Hilton. Actually, there are two Lost Horizon movies based on this same book. The 1937 film was greatly received and the 1973 musical adaptation, well shall we say, was not well received. In either case, they captured my mind with the possibility of having a heaven on earth existence.

The story is about a veteran British diplomatic named Hugh Conway. As he is finishing up a difficult mission overseas, he and a small group of others are kidnapped in a plane and brought to a remote area of the eastern world where the plane crashes into a snow-capped mountain range and the pilot is killed. Luckily, Conway and the others survive and are rescued by a group from the nearby lamasery of Shangri-La.

The bulk of the movie focuses on the life Conway discovers in Shangri-La. For the first time in his life he finds inner peace, love and a sense of purpose. He also discovers that due to the lamasery’s isolation and perfect environment, the inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity. They live for hundreds of years and maintain consistent health.

The perfect dream?

If this all sounds like a perfect dream that’s because it is. Once the film credits roll, myself and the rest of the movie-goers depart from the show and head back out into the real world. The world that is anything but perfect.

Oh, if there were only a real Shangri-La! Actually, there is, but it is not here yet. Let me explain by way of an ancient prayer.

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Then comes Jesus!

World resources and security are steadily and quickly depleting. With regards to wealth, as of October 13, 2021, the world debt according to the International Money Fund (IMF) has jumped to a new high of $226 trillion. Meanwhile, the world’s population has now reached 7,874,965,825 people. This means that every time a child is born into this world, they enter owing $28,698.54 of debt.

Besides dollars and cents, our planet is under great stress with so much CO2 emission that the temperatures are rising giving way to new and severe weather patterns. The result is increased death to humans, animals, and vegetation.

In the earth’s various laboratories, new toxins and biological agents are being manufactured for terrorist use. Some are created to use against unsuspecting targets while others are developed to fight off anticipated future threats.

Besides money, environmental, and terrorist threats, our political systems are in constant clash. Locally, civil wars and regional tensions are ever present. Externally, world powers are posturing themselves in outer space using newly developed high-tech weapons in preparedness for a final conflict.