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Do you know OT law about debt forgiveness?

Deuteronomy 15

"At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord's time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.

"If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: "The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near," so that you do not show ill will toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land."

In case you're wondering, the date of the end of the seventh year is September 13th, 2015.

A few thoughts on the debt bubble

Take a good look at Greece, what's happening in Greece is going to be global, most people can't fathom the unimaginable horror that awaits us all. That's because besides having a sketchy knowledge of history, most people don't really understand the real truth about the present situaton, so here's the basics.

How is money created?

Money is loaned into existence, either in the form of government bond purchases by central banks or loans made by local banks to companies or individuals. It's called fractional reserve banking. The good thing about the system is it makes the creation of money the product of the demand for money, so there's always enough money to loan. The bad thing is it creates an insatiable demand for economic growth. Because all money is loaned into existence, it comes with a bill of interest. There is no mechanism to create the money needed to pay interest other than to issue more loans. That's right - the global financial system is essentially a pyramid scheme. And when you think about it, interest is what makes humanity a cancer on the world, it's what drives us to take ever more.

If you look at what's happening right now in Greece, the final step in the process is the people who were given the power to "make up" the money out of nothing and loan it out end up owning everything. It's a mathematical certainty.

Thus, I think the way forward is fairly obvious, if we are to survive as a species and not kill our planet, money needs to be created without interest. Government could spend money into existence, and tax it out of existence. That would give those in charge of overseeing the system the ability to ensure there is enough money in the system to facilitate trade, but not so much that the money becomes devalued.

The system we have now is about to hit the wall, (at least that's what the smart money has been saying) and when it does, we will be told that there is no way out but global enslavement to bankers. Just remember, all that quadrillions of dollars that are owed were created out of thin air.

The truth about extreme weather?

Climate scientists have been saying that CO2 levels in the atmosphere drive changes in global climate. A considerable number of scientists disagree with this hypothesis, pointing out that the climate record shows changes in CO2 levels lagging changes in global temperature, not the other way around.

Whether you believe their theory or not, it's plainly obvious that there is a considerable profit motive behind pushing the idea that CO2 levels effect climate. Carbon taxes, carbon credits, global treaties written by unelected bureaucrats - it's easy to see it as being about money and power rather than environmentalism.

But what if there was a simple and obvious reason for extreme weather?

When I was in my teens, I was in Air Cadets, and part of our training included studying meteorology - the science of weather. Obviously to a pilot, a solid understanding of how the atmosphere behaves is essential. Well, one of the core concepts in meteorology is the effect of terrain on weather.

If you're flying a glider, one of the things you're looking for is "thermals", which are rising columns of hot air. You can't see them, but you can anticipate where they will form. Any area of ground exposed to direct sunlight will get hot and generate thermals. From the perspective of a glider pilot, the bigger the thermal is, the better. When you locate one, you can do circles in it to gain altitude. Under the right conditions, a glider can stay aloft for many hours riding thermals.

So what does that have to do with extreme weather?

Simple. We humans have massively altered the surface cover of the planet through DEFORESTATION. Go on Google Earth sometime and check it out: wherever there is forest, there are clearcuts. Every forest is riddled with them. Each clearcut is a portion of the earth's surfact that now behaves differently than it once did.

During wet weather, mature forest absorbs moisture, and so does clearcut or new forest, but mature forest is able to absorb more water. Here's the key thing though, when the sun comes out again after a rain, mature forest releases moisture slowly and continuously, clearcut dumps all it's moisture into the atmosphere very quickly, and then it gets hot, generating thermals where they previously did not exist. Do you see how, when done on a global scale, deforestation can massively alter the behavior of the climate? The capacity for moisture to enter the atmosphere is increased with every new clearcut.

But where's the money in fighting deforestation? Where's the justification for increased control of the population? There is none, and that's why you are unlikely to be told the truth about it.