I know where you're coming at Laramie. I've looked into the "prepping movement". I can understand what they're saying. There's nothing wrong with preparing for uncertain times. However there seems to be a temptation to look at prepping as a mere natural route to survival, and forgetting who is the one who really feeds us. The one who has counted every hair on our head. That said, there's nothing wrong with being prudent. If these preppers are right it would seem to me more important to be able to hunt, forage and prepare food then it would be to store food. If you think about it, stored food could easily be confiscated by the government or stolen, etc. So here is a counter look at prepping for doomsday via some maxims and counsels of St. Saint Benedict Joseph Labre.....
The Providence of God is never wanting to him who confides in God as he ought.
With regard to corporal provision, we should not think of a future day, according to the advice of our blessed Redeemer: "Be not solicitous for the morrow." God who provides for today, will also provide for tomorrow.
Those only are to be called poor and unhappy, who are in hell, who have lost God for eternity, not those who are poor on earth.
Particular sentiments concerning true poverty, which the Servant of God wonderfully loved and practiced:
The poor should live by alms.
A little suffices for the support of the body; what is superfluous, will only serve to furnish the worms with a greater feast.
A poor man does not seek a bed in order to sleep, he throws himself down anywhere.
Conveniences are not for the poor.
Poor people should not use a loaf; they should be content with fragments.
The poor should not carry money in their travels.
The poor should not eat dainties.
The poor should not be well clad.
The poor should not drink wine: it is not necessary; water suffices to appease thirst.
[Antonio Maria Coltraro (d. 1797), The Life of the Venerable Servant of God, Benedict Joseph Labre. (Oratorian series: "The Saints and Servants of God.") London. Thomas Richardson and Son. 1850. pp.354-56.]
http://www.bowdoin.edu/~hholbroo/index8.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_LabreHere is an interesting book on learning how to live and survive in the wilderness with nothing. It's a fascinating read that might be an alternative to stockpiling food and supplies.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0967877776/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0967877776&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20 Peace....