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I like Russians generally, I get on great with them in military/political discussion forums..:) Sadly, the great Russian people were lumbered with the psycho Stalin for many years, and now even Putin is showing symptoms of paranoia. Vlad probably feels jittery because Russia's border with 16 countries is 12,500 miles long; Hitler probably suffered the same symptoms because he felt hemmed in too-

The New Testament is very anti-political and anti-world in places, but nobody dared to edit it out, for example Paul said- "..our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil.." (Ephesians 6:12) Various "christian" cults and sects like distorting the bible but they can't get under the radar..:) "Ignorant people distort things, to their own destruction" (2 Peter 3:16/17) "If anyone preaches a perverted gospel they're accursed" (Galatians 1:6-9) Hence Jesus's reminder- "You have one teacher, me" (Matthew 23:10)

Ukrainians have always generally felt distanced from Russia, especially in the west of Ukraine where the majority don't even speak Russian. But in the Donbas separatist area in the east (and in Crimea), over half speak Russian and like Putin. I think Vlad has bitten off more than he can chew by trying to conquer the whole of Ukraine instead of simply occupying Donbas where he'd have been welcomed..:) Stalin purged out many "intellectuals" from the gene pool, so todays Russians are generally lacking in high-tech brainpower and their military hardware is therefore cruder than the Wests. A Soviet general once hinted that was a good thing when he said something like- "The American serviceman relies too much on sensitive temperamental electronics" --------------------------------------------------------- Speaking of sensitive electronics, the electromagnetic pulse from the USA's 'Starfish Prime' nuclear test in 1962 blew out some streetlights etc in Hawaii 900 miles away! (pic below) So if Putin decides to go nuclear he could use special EMP-nuke airbursts which have a small blast but a massive EMP footprint to fry NATO's electronics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below: This clip from 'The Day After' illustrates the effect of a Soviet EMP airburst on electrics; pick up the blast at 3:26-

I saw evil in my late dad so I know it exists, for example as a kid he couldn't handle the fact that I might grow up to be cleverer than him, so he gave me a torrent of verbal abuse throughout my childhood to break my self-confidence and it worked until I hit my early teens and realised he was just a sh*t dad, and from that point I began to patch the holes he'd shot in my self-confidence and became the strongest person I know..:)

Although on the face of it Putin must have been bonkers to invade in the mud season and get his troops bogged down, he didn't want to risk waiting for summer in case Ukraine joined NATO before then and turned a pretty shade of blue-

Wait a min! On the one hand some people say the Bible has been censored, edited and tidied up to make it look good, then on the other hand some are saying it's full of contradictions! Wish they'd make up their mind..:

The snooty Jewish priests never liked JC- 1- "Just you stick with me chum" 2- "Thanks JC, you're my main man" 3- "Hey kiddo why do you bother talking to commoners like him?" 4- "If you're looking for trouble Charlie, you've come to the right place" 5- "My dad's got your number!" 6- "Now get on your bikes and 'oppit!" Logic it out mate, why would anybody sit down and write the gospels and risk getting thrown to the lions? Motive?

Good question..:) The 'Law and Order' episode of 'Survivors 1975' explored the theme of whether it's best to sometimes withhold the truth [spoiler alert]- The post-apoc survival group execute a suspected murderer among them, but afterwards two of them discover he wasn't guilty, so they decide not to tell the rest of the group in case it demoralises them-

Some religions and cults sit out every war because they believe it's "evil". But if everybody did that, Hitler would be in charge of half the world by now, and the Japs in charge of the other half..:) Below: food for thought-

The Jewish priests and Romans were in cahoots mate, it went like this- PILATE - "I find Jesus not guilty" PRIESTS - "Whoa bub, he said he was a King so that makes him guilty of treason against your Caesar who's the only true king. If you let a traitor off the hook it'll look bad on your military record and you'll end up slopping out the latrines in the Colosseum".. PILATE - "Hmm yes, okay I'd better sign the death warrant to cover my ass" -------------------------------------------------------------------- "And Pilate said unto them the third time, Why, what evil has he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore whip him, and let him go. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required." (Luke 23:22-24)

Another intriguing paranormal incident was when the dumbass Belshazaar gave a feast and a ghostly hand wrote on the wall something that translates as "You've had your chips mate"-

AI is better in some things than in others. For examp, for the past 60 years weapon scientists have been pouring billions into developing foolproof heatseeking anti-aircraft missiles like the Sidewinder, yet their little onboard brains are still too dumb to tell the difference between a plane target and a tuppeny ha'penny decoy flare..:)

Thanks mate and like I said, Putin is a lousy strategist just like Hitler was..:) Let me introduce you to my 6" wargaming trophy, it sits on its own small table in my living room, carefully positioned so that it's the first thing guests see when they arrive and I can keep steering the conversation towards it during the course of the evening..:)

Well they killed JC and have been badmouthing him ever since and are no doubt sweating buckets now lest they end up on the naughty step..:)

Yes the supernatural is beyond our 5 senses and therefore can't be pinned down, that's why most scientists feel uncomfortable with it..:) But it's fun to think outside the box by speculating and theorising, for example- ALIEN VISITOR? - Jesus said "I am not of this world" (John 8:23) MOTHERSHIP? -"Praise to the Lord, to him who rides the ancient skies above, whose power is in the skies." (Psalm 68:33-34) RADIATION SHIELDING?- God said "When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by" (Exodus 33:22) GENESIS PROJECT? -"God made the worlds.." (Hebrews 11:3 KJV) ORBITAL TRAJECTORY? - "God sits on the circle of the earth" (Isaiah 40:22) WARP DRIVE? - "God rides upon a swift cloud" (Isaiah 19:1) CLOAKING DEVICE? - "God goes by me but I see him not" (Job 9:10) TIME DILATION? - "With God a thousand years are as one day" (2 Peter 3:8) SCOUT SHIP?- "I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north, the center of the fire looked like glowing metal" (Ezekiel 1:4) STARGATE?- Jesus said - "Enter through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it."(Matt 7:13) BADASS 'ANGEL'?- "And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem...David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem" {1 Chron 21:15/16)

"Interstellar" is one of the few films that deals with the time dilation effect intelligently, [spoiler alert]- for example they shuttle down to a planet that's close to a black hole and racked by immense tidal forces where they estimate 1 hour=7 years, and when they return to the orbiting mothership they find the other crew member left up there has aged XX years with grey hairs because they miscalculated. In this scene they're surprised to find the ocean on the planet is shallow, not realising it's because they're in the trough of an incoming mega-tsunami..

But what if the paranormal is a science that we know zilch about?..:) Ancient alien giants interbreeding with human women would have been too painful and impossible for the women, so we could speculate that the giants were normal sized like humans, and that the word "giant" therefore refers not to their physical size but to their intellectual brainpower. Their purpose for mating with humans was therefore to improve the human gene pool by giving it an intelligence boost.

O God please make me funny (sniffle)..

It's true mate, it's true because I was a shy kid and got off to a slow start..:) For example as a nerdy young teenager I plucked up the courage to ask a girl for a date but she replied "**** off and kill yerself you ugly b*****d". My mate consoled me by explaining- "Don't worry, it means she really likes you, just wait a bit and she'll be asking you for a date" 50-odd years later i'm still waiting.. Yeah that's another thing, I hear some distant planets and moons have got molten innards and volcanoes even though they're zillions of miles from the sun, therefore the suns heat can't be contributing much to keeping them hot inside.

If there are any Jews in this forum, no wonder they don't like Jesus..:) He also went around rescuing naughty girls from stone throwing mobs, presumably we all like girls here..;) "On yer bikes, she's with me! Hold your head up baby" "Thanks JC, shall we go for a pizza?"

As somebody with a scientific background, the Bible fascinates me because it contains the full range of all kinds of paranormal phenomena and close encounters with offworld beings etc. For example- “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” (Genesis 6:4) And we could speculate that modern truthseekers are descended from that ancient bloodline, not afraid to stand tall among the masses..:)-

Jesus had a huge fan following- "Large crowds from Galilee, the Ten Cities, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him" (Matt 4:25), And he pulled crowds of over 5000 and 4000 at two gigs alone (Matt 14:13, Matt 15:32) His run-ins with the snooty priests were a huge talking point among the people- High Priest- "Jesus of Nazareth alias the Messiah, the Christ and the Son of God, you stand accused of upsetting us real bad, how do you plead?" Jesus- "On yer bike Jack!"

If you expect me to pretend something is my field when it's not, you're gonna have to get yerself another boy..:) None of us are experts in every scientific field, for example as a single man I know nothing about women but am hoping to learn from the experienced men of the world in this forum. I remember as a kid asking my mum where babies come from and she replied "You buy them from hospitals for £15 each", but as I've grown older I'm beginning to suspect otherwise.

Yes, a few years ago Putin boasted he could take Kiev within 2 weeks (below), but as time is now running out to achieve that deadline, he's no doubt getting redfaced and might be tempted to go nuclear if he's mad and embarrassed enough.. And to add to Putin's embarassment, Russian military forces massively outnumber Ukraine's, so on paper should have waltzed into Kiev without much opposition-

It's not my field but I'd say the moon has something to do with keeping the earth's innards hot by making the molten stuff slosh around causing friction.