pls spare us the bs,trying to explain some higher morale standards you might think you possess
Thanks for this specific comment Jon. There are many of us here and other places who believe in God and the way of life we LIVE...which means we DO HAVE HIGH MORAL STANDARDS...because we believe there is a greater and more important situation waiting for us. IF WE DID NOT BELIEVE THIS---THEN IT IS AN ABSOLUTE TOTAL WASTE OF TIME BEING A GOOD PERSON.
you only live once...no risk no gain....take the money and run...do unto you neighbor BEFORE he does unto you...I will take what is mine..... These are the typical thoughts of non-believers and those who are "more righteous than thou".
After the world has gone broken, there will be no law except: survive and shoot first. Nature teaches us this quite well. But, we are human and have eternal souls, even if some deny this fact...THAT is why we will have to decide "AFTER THE FACT" of SHTF
and not here and now...as long as those writing such "lovely and chastise" words here--
still have a full stomach and enough water...they will preach their own perfectness. I saw this in wartime, while children were picking plants from the streets (weeds) to make some soup with, eating half rotten apples and ham from cellars with green slime on it...
Take their clothes, heat, water, food and the roof over their head away and they will cry like little girls within a week, I watched it happen. They will steal, lie, cheat and sell their bodies for a piece of chocolate or a cigarette...I have seen it. They will not hesitate to take ANYTHING not nailed down, if they cannot eat it, burn it or wear it they will sell or trade it for food and water!!! I have seen it happen. After they have it and try to sell it and someone tries to sell the same thing for a lower price, they will be ready to kill that person for taking food out of their mouths....I have watched it happen. I am fighting tears just remembering these things
The human being is only holy and friendly as long as it has that what it calls and decides to call "the minimum needs" of daily life...after that, it is like any other animal in nature which wants to survive...I have also watched this with my own eyes...BUT, there are also those among us who are so very strong that they would give the last piece of bread or drink of water to a loved one first...I know 2 such persons myself...many would die for their family and friends...others would just leave their kids locked up in a room with food and water and walk away and let others take over the responsibility for them...this happened in East Germany thousands of times when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989...the Fire Dept. had to chop doors down to get them out...
Sorry to use such hard statements and cold words, but the truth of human beings in stress or death situations has shown me the real side of many other persons...just as bigpaul would rather be a hermit for the same reasons...I hope you have many good experiences and few bad, but be prepared for the most dangerous and calculating animal on the planet...a hungry human with a gun...Live free, Gary