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Anonymousecoview

(225 posts)
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 10:51 PM Apr 2013

The Ojibwa 7th Fire Prophecy fulfilled?

The Ojibwa Seventh-fire Prophecy states: "Look for an island shaped like a turtle that will be an instrument in the purification of the earth."
30 years ago such a prophecy might not have meant so much to us, but with the global warming crisis of today... doesn't it make you want to look? Now google maps Easter Island...
Why Easter Island? This answer to this question was confirmed to me when an Ojibwa woman shared with me the conviction of her Ojibwa Grandfather, that Easter Island is the turtle shaped island they were to look for and its stone monuments and undeciphered writing tablets can re-teach and motivate us to live in harmony with the earth again. For a link to a novel based on the first time decipherment of the Easter Island tablets, come and see:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/127636924/Finding-Turtle-Island

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The Ojibwa 7th Fire Prophecy fulfilled? (Original Post) Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 OP
Perhaps you intended to post this somewhere else? Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #1
Yikes... :) Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #5
Seriously, where does this shit come from? skepticscott Apr 2013 #2
They write it muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #4
It's out there Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #6
Lots of things are "out there" skepticscott Apr 2013 #9
True - new age has often taken the place of age old... Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #10
Um, no EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #3
Crazy Horse Sh@# Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #7
I'm glad you admit it's pseudoscience EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #8
Yes and... Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #11
pseudo does not mean new Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #12
I don't think pseudo means what you think it means EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2013 #13
My bad Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #14
It's not a debate. trotsky Apr 2013 #17
If you prefer not to, others elsewhere may Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #15
You may want to share this in the yellerpup Apr 2013 #16
Thanks - I will :) Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #19
An appeal to the skeptic would include things like, well... trotsky Apr 2013 #18
I'll run along like Elijah on the Mounts Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #20
OP has been bammed from the group. Odin2005 Apr 2013 #21
Is that like being banned, but with a boot? DavidDvorkin Apr 2013 #22
OP has been spamming DU with this crap. progressoid Apr 2013 #23
OP is baaaack... trotsky May 2013 #24
Ha. Locked. progressoid May 2013 #25
 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
1. Perhaps you intended to post this somewhere else?
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 12:03 AM
Apr 2013

We're not real big on prophecy in this group,

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
2. Seriously, where does this shit come from?
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 06:04 AM
Apr 2013

Do you just seek out woo for fun? The stone monuments are carved statues...people have known about them for centuries. They have no mystical aura about them, now or ever, that will "re-teach and motivate us to live in harmony with the earth again". They aren't even on most people's radar, and the tablets even less so.

 

Anonymousecoview

(225 posts)
6. It's out there
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 10:23 AM
Apr 2013

The divide between Indigenous World-view and Scientific thought is as far as the heart is from the mind. Everyone works with both to some extent.

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
9. Lots of things are "out there"
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 10:44 AM
Apr 2013

But this is really Out There.

"Indigenous World-view" is just nice sounding code for a whole soup kettle full of New Age flummery.

 

Anonymousecoview

(225 posts)
10. True - new age has often taken the place of age old...
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 07:49 PM
Apr 2013

The Blackfoot Elders who mentored me have been concerned with sincere yet over ambitious 'new age' buffs taking their traditions and making money off them. A bad example of this was when certain people died in the states a few years back because of a Sweat Lodge too long and too hot...

 

Anonymousecoview

(225 posts)
7. Crazy Horse Sh@#
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 10:26 AM
Apr 2013

Crazy Horse said, "In the seventh generation my people will return." You will be hearing more about it from the "Idle no more movement", the Shift Movement and so forth. I read "Pseudoscience" and thought you may be interested.

EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)
8. I'm glad you admit it's pseudoscience
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 10:31 AM
Apr 2013

Because pseudoscience = horse shit.

This is the skeptic's group and you're not likely to find anyone here gullible enough to believe your nonsense.

 

Anonymousecoview

(225 posts)
11. Yes and...
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 07:52 PM
Apr 2013

Pseudo means new... so yes and no.... and true, if any of this research is not useful to a reader it would be best to regard it as nonsense and keep to what they value...

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
12. pseudo does not mean new
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 08:53 PM
Apr 2013
From Wikipedia:

The prefix pseudo- (from Greek ψευδής "lying, false&quot is used to mark something as false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something it is not.

EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)
13. I don't think pseudo means what you think it means
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 09:08 PM
Apr 2013

You're probably confusing it with nouveau: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nouveau

And thanks, yes, I regard prophecies as nonsense.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
17. It's not a debate.
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 10:34 PM
Apr 2013

You are not in the appropriate group to push your nonsense. Please go elsewhere.

 

Anonymousecoview

(225 posts)
15. If you prefer not to, others elsewhere may
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 08:37 PM
Apr 2013

But Finding Turtle Island is an appeal to the skeptic, who is tired of the way our systems have defined our worldview. We share here in a challenge to people to broaden their view. Nothing new would be without a little skepticism...

yellerpup

(12,263 posts)
16. You may want to share this in the
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 02:15 PM
Apr 2013

Native American forum where definitions of Turtle Island are not needed.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
18. An appeal to the skeptic would include things like, well...
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 10:35 PM
Apr 2013

evidence. And reasoning. You have neither. Run along now.

 

Anonymousecoview

(225 posts)
20. I'll run along like Elijah on the Mounts
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 11:45 AM
Apr 2013

The evidence is mounting in global warming disasters

progressoid

(50,784 posts)
25. Ha. Locked.
Thu May 23, 2013, 09:58 PM
May 2013
"This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Chemisse (a host of the Science group).




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