Raoul76
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When I sold my house, which was owned by my mom and then passed to me, a month or so later, I got a note from some unknown entity saying that they were a trustee. I thought for a second that my mom had borrowed money I didn't know about and signed someone else as the trustee to the estate.
It turns out that the bank had passed or sold our loan to some kind of loan shark outfit, and the note was telling me that it was now paid off. I am not good with finance so can't really understand it, but I think that's what it was. It was not from the bank, but from some agency working with the bank.
Yes, what you're talking about is ominous. There is nothing stopping them from changing the laws and making it a punishable offense to be in debt, as it was through most of history; I mean beyond putting liens on all that you have. I'm talking about putting people in prison who can't pay. Which of course is all the more infuriating in that the markets were rigged and people were led like lambs to slaughter. Although surely at least some people bear SOME responsibility for taking out loans that they must have known were incredibly risky -- not to mention flat-out toxic.
If the devil can produce Antichrist, it is likely that that is what the prison camps are being built for, and it is likely that Antichrist would present "manna" to people who he will appear to be rescuing from debtors' prison. However, the devil will not produce Antichrist in our time, as we know from prophecy, and in all likelihood, the whole system will collapse before you are thrown in prison or anything like that. Of course, the system collapsing is no fun to endure either...
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A general rule is that all my posts before 2011 are dangerous to read. At the time I was nothing short of a frothing Pharisee. Please ignore my old posts against NFP and implicit faith, both of which are true teachings, as well as Fatima and Lucy's later revelations, which I now see are of continuing paramount importance in the history of the Church.
I also apologize for my lack of prudence when speaking about clergy in the past, I didn't know where the line was and often judged intentions instead of actions and words. My deepest apologies to Pius XII especially, who I judged in the harshest light and accused of being a communist infiltrator. This was not intentional slander but my true belief at the time. I still have problems with his pontificate, but no proof of any intentional malice. I even insulted the Church itself by questioning his Holy Week reforms, for which I am, again, bitterly sorry. I also spoke unforgivably about Pius XI, suggesting or saying outright that he was also an infiltrator who was in effect working towards Vatican II.
I also apologize with profoundest regret to Abp. Lefebvre and Bp. Fellay, the nuns who left CMRI, for assuming malign intentions about all or some of them, and for saying the nuns were witches; Father Cekada and the SSPX priest Fr. Boulet for suggesting or saying they were deliberately intellectually dishonest, Bp. Vezelis for spreading a rumor about him that is not verified; I also apologize to Fr. Martin Stepanich, Mgr. Fenton, Father Brian Harrison, Cardinal Newman, De Lugo, Suarez, Erasmus, and anyone else I have forgotten, for saying or suggesting they were heretics and/or infiltrators due to my former errors. I was also very harsh on Dietrich von Hildebrand and Cardinal Gibbons due to my beliefs at the time, however, in their case, there was reason for concern, I just would not call them heretics, perhaps some of their ideas would have the theological note of "ill-sounding." During all this time, I was under the influence of major scruples, probably without even knowing what that meant, and had a distorted, extreme view of the Crisis.
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Raoul76
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All the people who are trying to live high on the hog, even these Catholics who boast about their money, are acting extremely foolishly. The government is absolutely unstable and the laws can be changed anytime.
It is shocking to see people at this late date walking blindly into traps, because they can't bear to live frugally. Just one example of the financial insanity going on, is that people take out college loans, the interest of which can change at any time. So they can jack it up as much as they want and you have to pay, even if you can't find a job, which many can't.
We are no longer in a time that even has an illusion of prosperity, yet people still take out these loans. Heck, people still take out gigantic loans to buy houses, loans that stretch over 20 or 30 years, with very little money down, though almost all jobs are incredibly unstable. And just to do this, both members of a married couple have to have full-time jobs, and have very little left over after the mortgage is paid... It is simply unbelievable, the blindness of people who cannot fathom that the American way of life is over. This is the end of the Protestant work ethic, these people who are living miserable lives like Egyptian slaves just because they think they have to be in the best neighborhoods. And one day, they could very well be real slaves, if they do decide to jail debtors, the possibility of which would at least make me nervous, even if I don't believe it will happen.
It is astonishing, what we are seeing. It is like a new Egypt, with people working harder and harder for less and less, getting prematurely aged, worn out, going insane, popping pills, and all in the name of the form of happiness they have been sold by the devil. In their search for pleasure is nothing but pain. And then there are the Catholics who defend the economic liberalism that got us here, and think more of it is the answer...
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A general rule is that all my posts before 2011 are dangerous to read. At the time I was nothing short of a frothing Pharisee. Please ignore my old posts against NFP and implicit faith, both of which are true teachings, as well as Fatima and Lucy's later revelations, which I now see are of continuing paramount importance in the history of the Church.
I also apologize for my lack of prudence when speaking about clergy in the past, I didn't know where the line was and often judged intentions instead of actions and words. My deepest apologies to Pius XII especially, who I judged in the harshest light and accused of being a communist infiltrator. This was not intentional slander but my true belief at the time. I still have problems with his pontificate, but no proof of any intentional malice. I even insulted the Church itself by questioning his Holy Week reforms, for which I am, again, bitterly sorry. I also spoke unforgivably about Pius XI, suggesting or saying outright that he was also an infiltrator who was in effect working towards Vatican II.
I also apologize with profoundest regret to Abp. Lefebvre and Bp. Fellay, the nuns who left CMRI, for assuming malign intentions about all or some of them, and for saying the nuns were witches; Father Cekada and the SSPX priest Fr. Boulet for suggesting or saying they were deliberately intellectually dishonest, Bp. Vezelis for spreading a rumor about him that is not verified; I also apologize to Fr. Martin Stepanich, Mgr. Fenton, Father Brian Harrison, Cardinal Newman, De Lugo, Suarez, Erasmus, and anyone else I have forgotten, for saying or suggesting they were heretics and/or infiltrators due to my former errors. I was also very harsh on Dietrich von Hildebrand and Cardinal Gibbons due to my beliefs at the time, however, in their case, there was reason for concern, I just would not call them heretics, perhaps some of their ideas would have the theological note of "ill-sounding." During all this time, I was under the influence of major scruples, probably without even knowing what that meant, and had a distorted, extreme view of the Crisis.
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