NP | ZK translation: a self-willed inferno

[Mike Jing]

Ah, it should be quite obvious. Thanks, Paul, Mark, and Becky.


On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> “Self-willed” in that context would mean something like “self-determined’
> or “self-chosen.”    It would mean we brought the inferno on ourselves -
> plural - because he’s talking about the society of nations.
>
> Kind of like climate change is going to culminate in a "self-willed"
> catastrophe.
>
>
> Becky
> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
>
> > On Nov 12, 2017, at 9:15 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > P243.25-30   Stenmark said, “Apocalypse is inherent in the structure of
> time and long-range climate and cosmic upheaval. But are we seeing the
> signs of a self-willed inferno? And are we counting the days before
> advanced nations, or not so advanced, begin to deploy the most hellish
> weapons? Isn’t it inevitable? All the secret nestings in various parts of
> the world.
> >
> > What does "self-willed" mean here?
> >
>
>
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