Quora Question: If someone asked why they should start prepping, what would be your answer?

Quora Question: If someone asked why they should start prepping, what would be your answer?

Comment: Your already a prepper. If you have done anything in excess even for convenience sake. You are prepping or preparing for something. The something prepared for does not have to be sad or bad. Prepping can be for happy and fun events as well. 

Start Prepping Because Answer: Because, there are no safe places anywhere on this planet.

I think Answer: Sometimes I think that most people think that prepping is only for those paranoid people who are planning to survive doomsday, apocalypse and zombies. But, you know something that really is not the case. Prepping is all about preparing for life in a harsh environment, seasonal changes and any unfortunate life events. Prepping is all about having the things you need in order to survive through many seasons.

Pandemic Prepping Answer: How will you and your loved ones survive the next pandemic? How will you earn money? How will you obtain food and water? How will you obtain medications? How will you survive remaining inside for extended periods of time? Guess what we all just went through a very mild pandemic. While the governments and the media went into panic mode. What are you going to do to prepare for the next one? What can you do? What should you do? You can prepare now for the next one.

Prepping For What Answer: Did you know that most people who prep do not even realize they are preppers. During the summer months in Canada. The people gather firewood for the 6–8 months of winters snow and ice. They also stock 6–8 months of foods as well. This is because the snow and ice can keep them from leaving their homes. Did you know that there are people in the USA who only shop for groceries once a month or once a week? They are prepping for the whole month or for the whole week. Do you know there are people who make an excess of food so that the food made in one day can cover many meals over the next many days? We call them left overs and this is a form of prepping. Yet, they do not see themselves as preppers. How often do you get gas for your car? Do you buy just enough gas for your car to only drive for one day? Or do you buy enough gas for a whole week or for two weeks? If you buy enough gas for one week or for two weeks you are prepping.

Prepper Panic Time Answer: As you begin to realize that everyone is a prepper to some degree. Time to sing that Prepper song(Not really). I’m a prepper your a prepper. LOL.

VIDEO WARNING: This is not an advertisement even though it is. This is only for humor only. Which includes bad humor. Wouldn't you like to be a Prepper too? Video is low resolution and the audio is bad. This is not owned by Quora or myself. And… No I do not want you to drink Dr.Pepper. He kicked me out of a private school after I beat up their bully all star soccer player(really). I was actually trying to be good, but no one let me. So will Quora delete this? Maybe. I think this was funny so I’m keeping it in.

https://youtu.be/gQPN3UKQM-U

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Go and sin no more.

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To avert all of the coming bad and sad prophecies. We each must decide to do the following everyday, every hour, every minute and every second.

To Love one another.

To live in peace with everyone.

To exist in harmony with all.

To Cherish all life.

To be obedient to the Laws of God.

To become righteous and holy by the accepting eyes of God only.

All without any pride, ego, arrogance, supremacy and entitlements.
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http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0985310308
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of preppers being more public about their preparations? (Unedited): 11 March 2023:

My answer deleted by Quora.  My answer was restored by Quora: 13 March 2023:

The Weight Answer: The weight of not being public to a degree is far worse than being public to a degree. By being public to a degree you are hopefully inspiring, empowering, teaching and being positive in every possible way that you can. Think about it. What is the essential point assuming your an actual good person who genuinely cares? Since your secretly behind your computer monitor you can be honest with yourself. The point of being public to some degree is to save as many people as you can from suffering and dying? Yes or no. Well, if your personal answer is “no”, then you have that essential truth of the kind of evil person that you are. Because good people want to do good things for other people without payment, gratitude, public acknowledgements or recognition's. So there you have it. Being more public with wisdom and discernment like a biblical fox is necessary to ease suffering and death hopefully before it happens. Think about those words. Easing suffering and death before it has a chance of happening during and after any unfortunate event. Is the purest and goodest essence of prepping. (yes, goodest is on purpose).

This is beyond my capability of understanding. In the deep south. You do have all kinds of people with very specific gifts. I always wonder how and when a family is going through trials and tribulations. All of a sudden pies, cakes, cookies, huge pans of dinners, fried chicken, deviled eggs, sandwiches just suddenly arrive. Do these people just have already made food on hand? Just waiting for a localized emergency event even if it is just some emergency family event. Southern folks do not go to the store to get the food. They make it. How does that happen? Why does that happen? This is another principle to prepping and having a very intimate knowledge of your essential skill sets. The old woman who is known for baking awesomeness does what her gift dictates.

Prepping Defined Answer: Every reasonable person should have some kind of prepping activities as there is no place on this planet which is free of dangers or any kind of threats. So because of this. Everyone should be prepping. Prepping is not a psychological disorder as put forth by the TV show Doomsday Preppers. Prepping is how people survived prior to the industrial age. When there wasn’t any refrigeration, transportation/Logistics, Electricity or gas/oil products. When there wasn’t any grocery stores or big box stores or Amazon or delivery services. When there wasn’t the huge number of restaurants. The act of prepping is a historical occurrence in all of human history and in every culture. In many localities of today prepping isn’t even thought of as prepping. This is because the people in the northern climates have known for generations that to have all of their necessities for many months at a time is how you not die to death in the cold(serious humor).

 Communications Benefit Answer: By communicating the necessity of prepping to any individualist defined degree or capability. The stresses upon the actual full time prepper shall be lessened. The more the prepper communicates with their own family members, friends, church members and community. The less weight of feeling like you have to prep for all of your loved will become evident. This is also evidence of a good person. One who has already prepped for their loved ones, family, friends and church community. Can you imagine the impact on a person when you tell them in confidence/secret that you have already made a safe place or safely stored away food for them. By telling a person this does not remove them from their own responsibilities of prepping. They should also be prepping for themselves and their loved ones as well. So that when everyone within your own personal world is prepping for each other. The idea of food shortages of any kind or duration is not a concern to be feared when it is repeated on the news often. So by communicating to everyone the importance of prepping is beneficial to the whole and to the more serious of all preppers as that is weight of responsibility is lessened or lifted.

Outward Teaching Benefits Answer: The more a person, a family, a church, a community teaches and expects people to do and have preps. The greater chance the whole will survive any unfortunate calamity. The teaching of how too;s and the teaching of skill set development is essential to how the whole will do more than survive any and all calamities. Think about this. I’m not female but live with two. How does a female of child bearing age take care of herself when there are no longer any clean products? How do you make clothes/shoes when your not growing wool plants or raising cotton animals(humor)? How do you make rope and baskets? How do you make anything else from apparent nothing? What is companion planting and why is it important? Especially when fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides are no more. The more people know and have achieved a functional skill set level. The greater chance the whole community shall survive. The more the people are empowered the less weight and stresses will be upon the individual prepper. Who already feels like they have to do everything. The more the people are taught to do for themselves. The less likely they become a helpless drawback or a violent drawback.

Benefits Of Layering Answer: The idea of prepping should be layered. Which means the first layer is the individual family is prepping for themselves. The second half of the first layer is the individual family is prepping for their loved ones, friends, surprise guests, church and community. The second layer is the church prepping for all of their member families. The third layer is the community is prepping for their entire community. The forth layer is everyone prepping for surprised guests. When each layer is doing their part for the benefit of the whole the idea of food shortages or hunger is not something to be feared. This is not just about food storage. This is about raising and growing food sources and resources. This is about if one tree is taken to be used and it does not matter the disposition of that tree. That tree must be replaced with ten more resource trees. There is infrastructure involved. There is the need for preindustrial skill sets which must be learned. The more people at every layer who has the most preindustrial skill sets. The greater their chances of survival, just in case the worst happens however that is defined by you.

Churches Benefit Answer: I have studied all of the rapture ideas and have concluded that God is gonna do what God is gonna do and He does not care if I agree, disagree, or understand. I have also studied Noah, Moses and figured out that the people had to live through the ordeal even though they were protected. Lots family was save and protected until sin found Lots wife. Lots wife was saved until she wasn’t. This is also a serious concern for the churches. Churches should be encouraging all of their members to prep. The physical buildings of the churches should have functionally engineered basements. With their own hidden water sources. The churches should be a storehouse for all people. So yes, the churches should have more involvement of their members and it should be expected. The churches should have their own farm land, fruit and nut trees, vegetable plots and natural safe cold storage.

Beneficial Churches Left Behind Answer: No matter the state before or after a rapture, When a rapture happens or if it is just a false teaching. When a church has made all of their preps and their church is an actual physical and spiritual safe building engineered to withstand all local emergencies. The beneficial message left behind will be crucial as those who are left behind will still find safety and sanctuary in a holy place. Then when and if most scholars are wrong and there is no rapture of the living and the people will have to live through the bad and sad prophecies. Their actions will go a long way in helping non believers and evil doers in becoming one of the last believing faithful. Think about it scholars.

Community Beneficial Micro Economies Answer: Those communities and churches which have established their own independent and interconnected micro economies. Will have the better chances of survival any kind of national or global economic down turns. This does mean that the people of the communities and of the churches must freely decide to only by products and services from their exclusive church and community micro economies. The people must stop buying products and services from any outsider where the wealth leaves the community. Such as all of the big box stores which can have a degree of foreign ownership.

The Drawback Answer: The more you focus on going it alone during and in the aftermath of any emergency. The greater your chances of dying alone. Your actions of going it alone is in direct contradiction of the laws within the animal kingdom and of human history. The larger the community of like minded individuals. The greater the chance that they all can survive. Even when being surrounded by predators who only desire to consume you. Desperate people will do desperate things.

Preparing for an unfortunate event is not as important as after the unfortunate. Where as more people suffer and die after the event than during. What is the point of having hours or days of water and food while safely tucked away in your shelter. Only to die of thirst and of hunger after you have exited your safe bunker. How will you survive if the growing season doe not begin for another 6- 9 months? What happens if you experience crop failures? How will you and your loved ones not starve to death?

There will always be people who do nothing and who will never become self empowered. It is they who in their won sense of self desperation who may act out violently. Then in that extreme environment where law, order, justice and civility have been taken away. You will be forced to stand your ground and bring forth a more exactly force of violence much quicker than what has been presented to you.

Your safety and security will be on your ability to hide and keep your safe and secure space hidden from strangers, outsiders and other unknowns. You will have to hide your own water sources as you mitigate all sounds and vibrations from the pumps used.

If you have not planted every kind of wild, natural, heirloom, antique edible plant everywhere you secretly can. Any kind of food shortage or starvation will have an impact upon you, your loved one, your church and your community. When everyone is secretly planting food sources. Everyone shall be benefited. When no one is removing their own ornamental plants and replacing them with every kind of edible plant, bush and tree fro your specific growing region. Then this shall be a drawback.

This is way above my pay grade. An economic drawback is where there is no established micro economies. Your family, your friends, your church and your community will economically suffer greatly when there is any kind of national or global economic down fall or financial collapse. You will be victims just as you each are currently watching your own retirement accounts become smaller and smaller right now. Churches and communities which have not become their own economic cells would be a drawback. The idea of cells is related to cell phones as all cell phone towers stand on their own but also are interconnected with other cell phone towers.

The mentioning of any corporate businesses or entities is not a promotion of any of those entities mentioned. The mentioning of bars and pubs is also not promotion or acceptance of drinking any kind of alcoholic beverage of any kind. Establishing your own micro-economies should use the same laws as which is used by exclusive golf courses, COSTCO, Sams Clubs, Eagles Clubs and any other exclusive club in existence. How do the purest Amish and Mennonites do what they do?

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Please help if you can. Thank You.

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REPENT! REPENT! REPENT!

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Go and sin no more.

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To avert all of the coming bad and sad prophecies. We each must decide to do the following everyday, every hour, every minute and every second.

To Love one another.

To live in peace with everyone.

To exist in harmony with all.

To Cherish all life.

To be obedient to the Laws of God.

To become righteous and holy by the accepting eyes of God only.

All without any pride, ego, arrogance, supremacy and entitlements.
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Musings of an American Truck Driver books
http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0985310308
http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1477629769

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When will war stop on all parts of this world?: (Unedited): 07 July 2022:

 This is from a question on Quora I answered. It will not post unless accepted. So I posted it here as a preventative measure to save my content from disappearing.

The List Answer: There are a few reasons why war will stop regionally or world wide. But, from human history there and always have been wars every where. #1. Unable to fight anymore because of the lack of manpower or weapons. #2. No will to fight. #3. So called peace agreements which are temporary. #4. All sides have physically destroyed each other. #5. Extinction #6. All of humanity begins to live their lives as the prophets have taught.

Evolving Answer: All of humanity does not need to evolve in anyway to achieve true and real peace. All humanity has to do is freely choose to live in a good way as which has already been taught to humans in ancient religious texts. Humanity needs to stop believing lies as truths and truths as lies. Like the idea of the races of humanity is a falsehood believed as a truth. Even while the scientific truth from 2003 was evident from the Human Genome Project which concluded that all of humanity is more than 99.9% genetically the same. The math which supports this one conclusion is very strong at more than 99.99% certainty. The differences we see in each other is in the remaining less than .1% of our total human DNA.

Peaceful Extinction Answer: True and real peace can only come two different ways. They are by all humans making good choices by their own free will and through the conclusion of the extinction process. There is peace on Mars, Mercury, Earths Moon, Venus and everywhere else in the universe which is devoid of any life. The Earth will also have peace when all life on this planet is erased and this is prophesied in the Holy Bible when all of the waters and air of the first heaven is removed. When the entire planet is purified by fire. I believe these actions will be done by God because while humanity is destroying and killing each other more and more efficiently with each new war. Humanity ends up causing so much harm to the planet that the only way to cleanse the planet is with fire. A force of fire so powerful that all of the water and air is removed from the planet AND IT IS ALL OF HUMANITIES FAULT. All of the life on this planet dies because of humanity. Humanities suicide also kills everything else.

Good Peaceful Answer: The prophets have already came to teach the basics of how to truly live our lives. The ancient religious texts taught us how to live our lives and how to not live our lives. Each of the major religions in the world toady can be summed up into one basic word each. These basic words are Love, Peace, Harmony and Life. It is easy to see how every religion has really messed up the world and this is because of self serving leaders throughout human history. But, never the less the fundamental purpose of each religion teaches these things and are real spiritual truths. Despite how the religions are today. If your religion or sect or denomination practices contrary to the basics then your really the worst kind of human follower.

1). To LOVE one another. Even your enemy. This means that all of humanity should love each other, serve each other, take care of each other, be compassionate and merciful to each other. It is really that simple as all of humanity is a singular family or as the native indigenous tribes of Turtle Island have always said that we are all of one relation. So no matter how any other appears to you. Your all directly related. We are all brothers and sisters to each other.

2). To Live in PEACE with each other. We are all supposed to be peaceful to each other and not seeking out argument, fights or conflicts. It is really that simple. But people have to learn to love peace. This is how peace on Earth will benefit all life on this earth when humans want to be at peace with themselves. This is a free choice.

3). To exist in HARMONY with all things. The entire planet can exist in harmony as humans were meant to be the caretakers of this planet. This once humans grow in sufficiency they will bring all of the good things to other planets in the solar system and in the galaxy. Can you imagine the power of harmony in all aspects of life and what it can do for all of humanity? But, humans need to know, understand and love what harmony is. Without a fundamental love for harmony in each individual human life. This planet will die. This is really that simple.

4). To cherish all LIFE. No matter how small or how large any life form is. Life should be loved. All of humanity should cherish that life as something which is uniquely important. The killing of babies should sadden you. Life is an important quality which enables the opportunity of harmony to happen.

Simple Summery Answer: To achieve peace on Earth each human being must freely choose to love love, love peace, love harmony and love life. These principles are the pathways to a real and genuine living peace which can be experienced while humans are not extinct. How do you want your peace alive or dead? These two choices are what is prophetically coming for all of humanity and for this entire planet very soon. Either way it is your individual human choice.

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Cash App $vikingscotsman

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REPENT! REPENT! REPENT!

====================

Go and sin no more.

================
To avert all of the coming bad and sad prophecies. We each must decide to do the following everyday, every hour, every minute and every second.

To Love one another.

To live in peace with everyone.

To exist in harmony with all.

To Cherish all life.

To be obedient to the Laws of God.

To become righteous and holy by the accepting eyes of God only.

All without any pride, ego, arrogance, supremacy and entitlements.
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Musings of an American Truck Driver books
http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0985310308
http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1477629769

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Spiritual Hinder: Spiritual Zero:+1: (Unedited): 28 Oct 2017:

NOTHING PHYSICAL CAN HINDER THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. BUT, THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL CAN HINDER THAT WHICH IS PHYSICAL. 

C.J.MacKechnie

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Spiritual Zero: (Unedited): 28 Oct 2017:

All that which is perceived to be physical as well as all of the known and unknown laws which governs them all in equality came from that unknown place beyond the zero within the spirit.

C.J.MacKechnie

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Wrong Side of Zero: (Unedited): 28 Oct 2017:

All of that which is within this physical plane of existence. Is on the wrong side of zero to ever know any real absolute power or absolute authority. 

C.J.MacKechnie

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This was written when I answered a question: 
https://www.quora.com/When-we-colonize-Mars-are-we-going-to-keep-religion-out-of-the-new-planet/answer/John-MacKechnie
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 To avert all of the coming bad and sad prophecies. We each must decide to do the following everyday, every hour, every minute and every second.

To Love one another.

To live in peace with everyone.

To exist in harmony with all.

To Cherish all life.

To be obedient to the Laws of God.

To become righteous and holy by the accepting eyes of God only.

All without any pride, ego, arrogance, supremacy and entitlements.
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Musings of an American Truck Driver books
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