OT, FWIW: An person unknown to hawkeye has sent hawkeye the following. hawkeye passes it on here for your consideration.
(hawkeye been attracting many crackpots lately.)
"Many have asserted that they are searching for truth, wherever it might be, and whatever it might be. For those many who claim to be seeking truth, here is very short quiz, which will allow them to further assess how open to truth they really are. Some of the questions will seem strained and perhaps offensive to many. Please remember that each of these questions is hypothetical, for purposes of this quiz. The questions are offered as a tools for assessment, not as aspects of reality. [Suggested answers are at end of the questions.]
QUESTION NUMBER ONE:
The American government has learned that a huge first-strike nuclear, chemical and biological attack upon her shores is imminent from Russia. Given this very difficult situation, when is it acceptable for the government to lie to its people about the upcoming attack?
(a) If there is a reasonable certainty that such an attack will happen, that the destruction will be devastating, and that to tell the people before would cause them to begin looting, robbing, murdering, rebelling, and that all manner of lawful society will crumble, destroying any chance of the nation's survival.
(b) If there is a high probability (more than 70 %) that such an attack will happen, that the destruction would be devastating, and that to tell the people before would cause them to begin looting, robbing, murdering, rebelling, and that all manner of lawful society will crumble, destroying any chance of the nation's survival.
(c) If it is more likely than not (more than 50 %) that such an attack will happen, that the destruction would be devastating, and that to tell the people before would cause them to begin looting, robbing, murdering, rebelling, and that all manner of lawful society will crumble, destroying any chance of the nation's survival.
(d) If there is a remote possibility that such an attack will happen, that the destruction would be devastating, and that to tell the people before would cause them to begin looting, robbing, murdering, rebelling, and that all manner of lawful society will crumble, destroying any chance of the nation's survival.
(e) All of the above.
(f) None of the above.
QUESTION NUMBER TWO:
The American government has learned beyond any doubt that an errant, killer comet will strike the earth in the near future. Given these tragic circumstances, when is it acceptable for the government to lie to its people, or the people of the world?
(a) If there is a reasonable certainty that the impact will cause the permanent destruction of all biological life upon the earth, and to tell the people would cause widespread panic, looting, robbing, murdering, rebelling, and that all manner of lawful society will crumble, destroying any chance of order to exist until the collision.
(b) If there is a high probability (more than 70 %) that the impact would cause the permanent destruction of all biological life upon the earth, and to tell the people would cause widespread panic, looting, robbing, murdering, rebelling, and that all manner of lawful society will crumble, destroying any chance of order to exist until the collision.
(c) If it is more likely than not (more than 50 %) that the impact would cause the permanent destruction of all biological life upon the earth, and to tell the people would cause widespread panic, looting, robbing, murdering, rebelling, and that all manner of lawful society will crumble, destroying any chance of order to exist until the collision.
(d) If there is a remote possibility that the impact would cause the permanent destruction of all biological life upon the earth, and to tell the people would cause widespread panic, looting, robbing, murdering, rebelling, and that all manner of lawful society will crumble, destroying any chance of the order to exist until the collision.
(e) All of the above.
(f) None of the above.
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ:
If you are having trouble answering any of the questions, you might very well be awakening, and will contemplate accepting truth, no matter how foreign it might be to your knowledge base.
If you answered (d) to any of the questions, you will likely be forever trapped in lies and illusions, because you will accept any excuse for someone to lie to you.
If you answered (c) to any of the questions you are probably a gambler who will side with the instant weight of evidence and try to back a winner. You care not so much for the truth, but much for yourself.
If you answered (b) to any of the questions, you are a pragmatist who will probably accept the inevitable, and will be forever the pawn of the liars.
If you answered (a) to any of the questions, you probably want to win at any cost, no matter what that does to the truth. If you answered (e) to any of the questions, you are hopeless. You will forever be either slave or slave master.
The acceptable time for the lies is (f), which is none of the time. Once lies are acceptable in the gravest of circumstances, they will soon be accepted in the most trivial of circumstances. And, the reverse is also true. One will only be able to awaken to truth if one is open to the truth and one can dismiss all lies." |
