According to oral history, the rebellion was
fuelled by the prophecies of the spiritual medium Kinjiketile, who galvanised the Maji Maji fighters against the colonial rulers with his belief in a sacred water, which would make anyone who consumed it invincible to the German bullets.
Not exact matches
, the myth of why we [in the West] are evil,» thus giving terrorists «gratuitous
fuel for self - regeneration, fulfilling their
prophecies by providing them with martyrs and justifications.»
Christianity, which is
fueled by eyewitness, evidence,
prophecy, and holiness — and in this same Christianity the bible says «But though we, OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed»... Muhammad was already warned!
The poor are hurt the most
by the anti fossil
fuel policies that government enacts based on the false
prophecies of doom and gloom in the IPCC's Climate Reports.
In effect, the industry created a self - fulfilling
prophecy: The absence of carbon regulation would ensure that fossil
fuels would continue to be a good investment, and the companies would maximize profits for their shareholders to the detriment of the world at large
by continuing to expand fossil
fuel discovery and development.
Indeed, sometimes such initiatives play into the hands of Islamophobes and extremists alike,
by fueling resentment, marginalization and
by perpetuating the conditions to bring about the self - fulfilling
prophecy.