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soldierant

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15. I love Johm Pavlovitz, and

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:12 AM

Yesterday

I do consider him a prophet in the original sense of someone who fearlessly speaks truth to power. (Foretelling the future was just frosting on the cake.)

Because it's a cult, and cults, if thet crash,, crash pretty quickly and pretty much all st once,
I have no quarrel with the concept that when it goes, it will go rapidly. But as far as when, I have no idea. Interestingly, Michael Fanone recently said basicall the same things as John, and they may nboth be correct. I too hope so., Being human, I dislike uncertainty.

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