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I’m fascinated by reports that last Friday’s Japan earth earthquake moved some the location of some cities a bit and that there’s a possibility that million years from now, the world’s geography will not be the same at it is today.
We have been educated that the earth’s crust is made up of dozens of tectonic plates that solidified for billions of years. An article I found in the internet likened the earth’s plates to “giant rafts which often slide next to, collide with, and are forced underneath other plates. There is a tremendous amount of energy created by the movements of these plates. Thus we have volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.”
The most volatile of those tectonic plates is the Pacific Plate which “ covers almost the entire floor of the Pacific Ocean, making it the largest plate on the planet.”
An article in Canada’s The Globe and Mail said the 8.8 intensity earthquake that pounded Chile March last year, the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that shook New Zealand last month and last Friday’s Japan killer have one thing in common: They were caused by the movement of a massive piece of Earth known as the Pacific Plate where Japan sits right on top of the most active section.
The article further said,“The sheer size of the Pacific Plate means these zones are massive, sometimes stretching hundreds of kilometers. So when a piece gets stuck and finally gives way, the force is often far more powerful than when other plates interact. Japan’s earthquake on Friday measured 8.9 on the Richter scale, making it about 1,000 times more intense than the quake that struck Haiti last year. Reports also suggest the force of Friday’s earthquake was so powerful it moved the island of Hensho 2.4 metres to the east.”
This is interesting: “The Pacific Plate is also grinding alongside the North American Plate in California along the San Andreas fault, which geologists call a ‘transform fault.’ Los Angeles lies on the Pacific Plate while San Francisco is on the North American Plate. The plates are moving in opposite directions, which means that in about a million years Los Angeles will end up in Alaska (providing Alaska doesn’t move). California has had several earthquakes, the strongest hit San Francisco in 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale.”
L.A in Alaska in the North Pole? Not in our lifetime but the possibility made for interesting conversations with friends.
One said that means the future generation of Filipinos would be visiting their relatives in snow-covered Alaska.
Another one, taking from former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s geography said, “Yes, and from their relatives’ windows they can look out to Russia and say ‘Hello’ to the descendants of Vladimir Putin.”
Isn’t that amazing.
My unscientific mind wondered, if L.A. can move to Alaska, is it possible for the Philippines to someday also end up in the North Pole?
My friend, Manni Bulatao, an IT engineer, disabused my thoughts. He said, “If the movement is counter-clockwise, the Philippine would be going of the South Pole. Maybe it would end up in Australia.
Amazing possibilities.
The horrors of last Friday’s earthquake and the possibility of the face of the earth re-arranged made me reflect on the awesome power of God. I turned to Moses’ narration of the Creation. After creating heaven and earth, and dividing light from darkness, God, on the third day, commanded: “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear and it was so. “
Then he created man and woman and gave them fish, fowl, plants. Before he rested on the seventh day, he took a look at what he had created and saw that “It was good.”
Could the Lord be making modifications? Is this the mystery of his continuing creation?
Nakakatakot ang nangyari sa Japan. Save by the bell ang tungkol sa impeachment ni Gutierrez kasi hindi masyadong napag usapan. Kung sinuswerte nga naman.
click, http://www.arvin95.blogspot.com
Kung umurong man ang Pilipinas, sana tumapat sa lugar ng kinaroroonan ngayon ng San Francisco, California. I love the weather there. 😛
Parang pole shift ang sinasabi mo sa article na ito, Ms. Ellen. Grabe, sabi daw seven weeks na lang at pole shift na, dahil sa Planet X, na iyon ang yumayanig sa mundo ngayon, kasama na ang massive Japan earthquake at tsunami.
http://www.ufodigest.com/article/spectacular-new-photos-planet-x-near-sun-taken-today-march-6
the theory of plate tectonics has been widely accepted by the scientific community since its introduction in the 1960’s.
it grew out of the earlier concept of “continental drift” and sought to explain why the outlines of the continents seem to fit like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle ( western africa fits into eastern south america , western europe into eastern north america , etc ) and why similar species of flora and fauna can be seen on different continents separated by large bodies of water.
the process is still definitely going on. continents are moving at a the pace of growing fingernails … similar to how some cases have been moving in the office of this current Ombudsman 🙂
Pa-paano na kung magkatotoo ang Mayan Calendar,2012 ?..renewal alignment daw ng mga planita. The peak point yata ng “new cycle” ng Big-Bang sa iniversal cosmos, Nakahanda ba tayong lahat ?…di man totoo ang prediction na iyan,..ngunit, isa lamang pa-ala-la or awakening, lalo na sa mga magnanakaw-nagpapahirap sa mga aping tao. Tulad ng Ligot ng mga kaso, nag-kalagot-lagot na yata ang mga susunod na araw. Ngayon naman, ang tsunami yata ay ang drifting plates, between the Senate and the the Ombudsman. Tiyak ang casualty na naman dito ay mga mamamayan
na di naman dapat. Nadadamay lamang dahil sa pinag-gagawang G&C-kaso, sa mga nag-uumpugang bato, SC,Kamara,Palasyo,Ommbudsman at Senado..Kailangan pa yata mas malakas na magnitude, marahil, unison ang utak ng TAO sa pagbabago at pagtawag sa DIYOS.
I thought the earthquake and tsunami in Japan jagged the brain of Maldita and she would suddenly resign. But NO! I just watched her being interviewed again at the Diamond Hotel. This time, she said that her predecessor kept some of the records of some of the cases so she never solved them. What a lame excuse!
Power of nature at work; mercilessly devastating. Many would of course ascribe it to the power of ‘God’. I think putting ‘God’ in the equation only complicates the issue. First point, of course, which ‘God’ do we refer to? There are hundreds of religions, each one with a different concept of God,and each one fighting against each other to gain more adherents and dominate the world. The Japanese themselves are mainly adherents of Shinto (rooted mainly in respect of nature). Then, the concept of ‘God’ as a loving, merciful Father contradicts the death, suffering and destruction from such disasters. I would agree with the German philosopher Schopenhauer; “If God made the world, I would not be that God, for the misery of the world would break my heart.”
Wala na yatang katapusan ang kalbaryo sa Japan, Earthquakes, Tsunami ngayon naman nuke radiation.Low supply na rin sila sa food and clean waters.Di naman sila sanay uminom ng tubig galing sa balon at jet matic.
Tayong mga Pinoy makaka survive tayo dahil sanay na tayo sa low supply ng pagkain. Kahit dahon ng kasoy kinakain at umiinom sa ilog sinsala lang sa palad ang itlog ng mga lamok at isang latang petrolyo lang ang paligo ay ayus na. Pwedi na rin ang tangkay ng bayabas na gawing toothbrush.
Madiskarte ang Pinoy kumpara sa mga Hapones kung survival lang ang labanan.Iyan ang advantage natin sa kanila.Kahit isang buwan walang goli ay okey… sila tatlong araw lang na walang goli makati na ang buong katawan nila.Gumagamit pa sila ng chopstick sa pagkain tayo daliri lang,, kung minsan wala pang hugasan ng kamay.
People spreading stupid rumors about nuclear fall out reaching Philippine shores should have their head examined. They are sowing unecessary panic. There’s a university in Manila I think PUP who suspended classes because of this baseless rumors. It’s either these school officials wanted to go home early or they are just plain idiots. Morons!
japanese are highly disciplined so that a lot of experts believed they will come out stronger from these events.
Here’s an interesting read. Para ma dis-abused ang mga utak natin sa mga report na lumlabas mula sa mga news report na nababasa at napapanuod natin hinggil sa posibleng paggunaw ng mga nuclear reactors sa Japan.
http://morgsatlarge.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/why-i-am-not-worried-about-japans-nuclear-reactors/
I would worry more about our unpreparedness for the BIG ONE rather than the baseless and inaccurate reporting of a possible “nuclear fall-out” that will reach our shores.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110314-325294/Are-Filipinos-prepared-for-the-Big-One
Earthquake 101
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtBXTvtFaCU&feature=related
The things that are happening around the world are written in the BIBLE. And what is written shall come to pass. These events are warnings to us that truly the END IS NEAR. There is a need of urgency na makasama tayo sa QUOTA ng mga Gentiles na dapat ma-save through Jesus Christ before the Jews finally accept Jesus as their long-awaited Messiah. Then the Great Tribulation and Judgement. I am waiting for Jesus to ‘Rapture’ us.
Romans 11:25-26
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved,
Isaiah 13:12-14
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.
It is time that we be serious with our relationship to God. Corny ang religion sa iba. But try to read the Bible specially the whole of Matthew 24, Mark 13…. Calamaties, wars and rumors of wars, famine, economic crisis, sicknesses etc. will not stop. Infact the bible says that it will be more frequent and intense like a woman in labor.
…labor pains.
By the way some things about to happen….
In 2014, there will be two total lunar eclipses which fall on the Feasts of the Lord. The first one will occur on the day of the Jewish Passover (Nisan14), and the second on the day of the Feasts of Tabernacles (Tishrei 15).
The same phenomenon will reoccur in the year 2015: two total lunar eclipses, the first one on the day of the Passover and the second one on the day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
oopps may continuation pa…
Pastor Biltz also noticed that there will be TWO SOLAR eclipses in 2015: the first, a total eclipse, will happen during the first day of the month of Nisan, in other words the day of the Jewish religious new year, and the second, a partial eclipse, the first day of the month of Tishrei, or the day of the Civil Jewish New Year.
The scheme is as follows:
– Nisan 15, 5774 (April 15, 2014): Total lunar eclipse,
Passover.
– Tishrei 14, 5775 (Oct. 8, 2014): Total lunar eclipse,
Feast of Tabernacles.
– Adar 29, 5775 (March 20, 2015): Total solar eclipse, just
before the religious New Year.
– Nisan 15, 5775 (April 4, 2015): Total lunar eclipse,
Passover.
– Elul 29, 5775 (Sept.13, 2015): Partial solar eclipse, just
before the civil New Year.
– Tishrei 15, 5776 (Sept. 28, 2015): Total lunar eclipse,
Feast of Tabernacles.
Year 2008 and 2015 are Sabbatical years for the Jews. Seven years in between.
#16-19: Classic evangelization. Inducing fear and guilt to sway people to believe Christian dogma. As for me I am not hinging my life and how I live it to a set of books of mythology, distorted history, questionable morality and childish stories written by ignorant men thousands of years ago.
what the govt should worry about is the real danger of radioactive downfall and its effect directly to animals and plants. norwegian lesson from chernobyl is that animals eating grass is highly affected since it accumulates cessium. govt must have a program to counter this, otherwise some industries may suffer a lot of losses. fish from the sea may also be affected.
Let us not make it as exaggerated as it already is. Remember that in the Three-Mile Island accident, radioactive iodine was detected from cow’s milk at 0.74 Bq/l (Becquerels per liter). It’s equivalent in BED (Banana Equivalent Dose) is a mere 1/75th per 12oz glass of milk.
Almost all food are radioactive by nature, with banana as the benchmark. Your common banana generates radiation from potassium-40. In the 3-Mile case, it would take about 75 bottles (the size of a regular-size soda bottle) of “radioactive” milk to produce radiation equivalent to eating just one banana.
My mom has been eating one banana after every meal for ten or more years, and I have yet to see her “glow in the dark” 😀
So much for exaggerated fear. For now.
The blog post by morgsatlarge linked here by Mike and in the preceding post by joeseg has been moved to the MIT NSE website and has been edited and now regularly updated by MIT Engineers and scientists. Instead of reading/listening to non-experts (including moi) that indulge in fear-mongering (not me), get your factual as well as theoretical data there, not from newsreaders who feel like instant experts in nuclear technology.
The edited post is here: http://mitnse.com/2011/03/13/why-i-am-not-worried-about-japans-nuclear-reactors/
The sooner we accept that earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, typhoons, blizzards, etc., are part of our existence, the better.
I wasn’t worried about Japan and the nuclear reactors, but I was worried for the safety of Maria Ozawa, I hope she’s okay. 🙁
Re: #25 That’s it Jug!!!
“but I was worried for the safety of Maria Ozawa, I hope she’s okay.'” – Jug
😛 😛 😛
some smarter experts also theorized that the Philippines Archipelago and could also include the Japan group of Islands were created in a series of Volcanic Eruptions some millions of years ago…what Volcanic Eruptions had created may also can de-create…but man having created with something between his ears may come up with measures to counteract this phenomenon, and who will win? in million of years the answer will be known…
Luz: thanks for sharing your thoughts,..God is indeed reminding us that He is the Supreme power…not the US nor Japan…for us Christians, and the catholics in particular ..Lent is indeed the time to think about who God really is…Omnipotent and Almighty..
welcome duane 🙂
maybe jug is referring to ‘juggacious’ 🙂
Live life to the fullest, with conscience. I just hope you have a clear one.
The Earth is alive, with many living organism. It is up to each organism to lead how his life is to be spent. Spend it wisely.
Maria Ozawa and Bananas 🙂
#23 … buti na lang beer has 1/10 dose as a banana 🙂
Rose,
I am sure, that you as a believer will be counted worthy of Eternal Life. Magkasama tayo sa Gathering of the Gaints(Rapture) when Jesus comes. Our real home is heaven… As for our brothers & sisters here who doesn’t believe in the words of God, I am just sharing the prophesies in the Bible that we now see happenning. I pray for them that it would not be too late… Do everyone here believe that the PRESENT world will be better? The bible doesn’t say so.
But the words of God give us HOPE…
Luke 21:32-36
“Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the WATCH, and PRAY that you may be ABLE TO ESCAPE ALL that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
GOD HAVE MERCY and BLESS US ALL!
Additional inputs to “lukewarms-mga Pilosopo-non believers”,bago namatay at kunin si HESUS ng kanyang AMA, sinabi niya para sa, o patungkol sa mga makasalanang TAO,…”AMA, patawarin sila sa mga kasalanang di nila na-iintindihan, salita at gawa”..” Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing “…marami yata ang mga pilosopo at may mga “luciferic mentality ” sa panahon noon, na hanggan ngayon di na nabago..Nasilip at nalapit lang sa AMA-Father Almighty of ALL Creation, ang dating Archangel na Lucifer, at ng malaman ang ibang ka-alaman-kapangyarihan, nagrebilde na at gusto ng maging mahigit pa sa Manlilikha…Ito ang maraming kaugalian ngayon ng Tao, kaya magulo ang mundo, at pina-rurusahan na yata..Ngunit darating ang araw, magiging unison din ang mga taong nakakaintindi, humihingi ng tawad, at kumikilala sa Tunay na Diyos..Ang matitigas ang ulo, at ayaw ng liwanag, tiyak si Lucifer ang kanilang “bossing”…huli na ang lahat-lahat sa pagkilala ng katutuhanan, lalo na ang mabuhay sa misteryusong daigdig na ito..GOD is Merciful and Love, there is still time for a second thought or for a change,..katulad na din ng, for a change sa kaugalian ng mga tao, at sa bansang Pilipinas.
kapatid: ang sabi ni Maldita clear ang conscience niya..kaya wala siyang paki sa mundo..ang sabi naman dito :”Life is worth living” kaya simply lang…Live simply to simply live…be in the world but not of the world..kaya lang..we seem to miss the meaning of this..oh well…
the disaster in japan also gave the maldita a breathing space but hopefully not enough to make life worth living for her.
I just read that Japan turned down Pnoy’s $ 14 million help. Sabi siguro ng Japan, mas kailangan natin ang perang ito.
Oo nga parang na-tsunami yung kaso ni Maldita. Are there back negotiations?
ang kaso ni Maldita ay na tsu unano dahil kay putot..
Rose/Lvm: So what was God’s plan to the 6million Jews who perished under Hitler; and the 2million Cambodians massacred by Pol Pot? Or what’s God’s plan to my still born grandson who didn’t make it in this world?
Nice one rose! Siyam na taon tayong nadevastate ng tsunano!
Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
Tongue: Yes nine years of devastation (not the bus station) nga ang pinaranas ni putot…and she seems still going strong..and that indeed is a tragedy…Is it God’s plan? I don’t think so..but people chose it to be.. A number of our leaders led many of us that way..He gave us freedom to choose..
ang tanong? ano ang solution sa mga problema natin? indeed a puzzlement!
Tru blue,
I am a Christian kaya naniniwala ako sa Bible wherein the words of God is written. It is by faith that a person will be justified, meaning will be saved from Hell. The Jews will be justified by their faith in the Messiah which is Jesus Christ. Abraham was justified that even though he has not known the name Jesus, he put his faith in the Messiah ,whom He and the Jews believed will come.
Galatians 2:16
Know that a man is not justified by observing the law, BUT BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
Tru blue,
And as for your stillborn grandson. He will be saved thru the faith of his parents. So if the child’s parents are believers, then your grandson is justified.
Exodus 20:4-6
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but SHOWING LOVE to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.”
Tru blue, in 2001 nearly 100 persons who were supposed to attend a Jesus Evangelical conference in Araneta Coliseum were roasted alive in Manor Hotel, Quezon City. Of course, fundamentalist Christians will always have their Biblical justification for such tragedies. They have perfected the art of ‘apologetics’. It’s useless to even attempt any rational argument with them.
As Leo Tolstoy pointed out: “…the vast majority…for the most part truly sincere, remain under the hypnotism of the faith. But this is not really faith, for instead of throwing light on man’s position in the world it only darkens it.”
lvm: do you have any scriptures, god’s plan or sayings by any of the saints about catholic pedophile priests? and of the vatican always covering up for their sins?
Yes Phil here’s one.
Luke 12: 1-2
“Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
And also there are verses in the Book of Matthew that tells a lot about Hypocrisy. And its not only the priests. pastors theologians, but somewhat all of us are sometimes guilty of this. No one is perfect. That is why we should always be on guard with our hearts. That we always try to make our intentions good and pure, not because of religion but because it is lighter to carry and not a burden to our conscience. The Journey of Life is beautiful when we are on the right track. God Bless!
Ooops sorry, #50 is a reply for TruBlue,
God Bless Tru Blue!
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Luzviminda and Artsee’s discussions on religion and the Bible make Bro. Eli Soriano and the INC emcees look like amateurs. Pati rin pala si Yuko.
lvm: So why are there so many gods. Allah, Buddha, etc. What’s the real god have to say about competition?
Tru blue,
The existence of so many religions is a demonstration of humanity’s rejection of the one true God. Mankind has replaced Him with gods that are more to their liking. So they invent a ‘God’ or gods who accepts people into heaven if they have completed certain steps, followed certain rules, and/or obeyed certain laws, at least to the best of their ability. Wherein they can be more comfortable doing things or rituals that they believe can save them rather than following the demand of ‘Righteousness’ of God which is through his Son Jesus Christ. Many people do not want a relationship with the True God who is sovereign and omnipotent. So they imagine God as being more of a mystical force than a personal and sovereign ruler. You can read Romans 1:18-24