RealisticLassie

We also believe that only the true believers will be entering his kingdom. As for everyone else, well you know the rest. A non-believer cannot enter heaven, the bible is VERY clear on this as well.

I see, sorry for the mix up. That would be nice though, to find some sort of proof that the U.S. is holding dinar, that would make everything much more exciting...lol Have a nice day

Wow...your post is really upsetting I must say. We as Christians don't believe we will be going to heaven just by saying God's name and going to church, there is MUCH, MUCH more to it than just that. I don't think i'll be replying to anymore of these ridiculous bashing posts about religion and beliefs as I am sad to say that there are too many people out there that just won't, or do not want to understand or listen what we are explaining. They will see the truth one day, that God, Jesus Christ is real, then they will REALLY wish they listened. In response to the original post, i'm sorry this posting started to gear towards another topic, but I would like to thank you for your post and i'm keeping my fingers crossed for whichever day this will be happening, whether is tuesday, or next week, next month, next year, etc. Thanks again!

What are you people not understanding? I was getting upset at the fact that Bravo was PURPOSELY trying to anger others by his comments about God and that's wrong, not right as you are trying to point out. If you want to ridicule God then yes, you do need to KEEP QUIET. You don't see me downgrading any other religious belief do you? He isn't voicing his opinion on his own religious belief, he is just putting down the beliefs of those who follow God, there is a BIG difference! He has the right to voice his own religious beliefs if he had any, but he doesn't so he doesn't even have the right to say what he said, it's rude. By the way, it seems to me that every person who has defended Bravo, don't have any belief at all, so you obviously wouldn't know what it feels like for someone to say such things about your religion and God, it's all about respect people. So sorry, but you're wrong and so are they. You have yourself a great day and GOD BLESS!

I'm sorry, but where did all the respect go? If you want to keep the postings peaceful and pleasant, don't downgrade God. There is a difference between just thanking the Lord and what not and just flat out purposely trying to cause trouble. And by saying what he said, he was definitley trying to stir up trouble because he knows that many, many Christians are a part of this site. So leave the religion bashing to yourself! By the way, I have every right to stand up for God whether it's on this site, in church, while talking politics, etc. As you stated "freedom of speech is a 2-way street" so who are to to tell me what about and where I can speak? Obviously since Bravo and probably you don't believe in God (I say probably you too because if you did believe in him and followed him then you would stand up for him as well) you guys obviously don't feel the need to ever stand up for him, but I do and I will where ever and when ever I please!

That would be nice, but what would their reasoning be for doing it that way? Can anyone think of a legitimate reason to back this scenerio up?

scratch that "at let's just say a 1:1 ratio " I didn't mean to put that part of the sentence in there.

You stated "Do you lopsters really think that they spent trillions of dollars to reap a $9.546 billion profit on this investment?" The U.S. would have actually only spent $3,166,432,472 at let's just say a 1:1 ratio for 3.7 trillion DINARS, that's billions not trillions. No one has ever even had or found any proof that the UST is actually holding 3.7 trillion dinars by the way, so that's not a really good reason to use in order to prove the facts stated in this article as being wrong.

Glad I could help lighten up your day a bit

Actually, Brian had an answer to each and every question that was asked and had factual information to back up his reasoning. He obviously was not a follower of Okie or any other "guru" he is a very intelligent individual who really seems to know his stuff. How can you possibly read this article and still have the guts to say he "knows nothing", what you said was extremely disrespectful, so it's not fair to say "No disrespect". You can't use Kuwait as an example because Iraq and Kuwait's situations were COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. The Estonian kroon was nowhere near in the same shape as Iraq and it only revalued by 0.001%, it's not really comparable either. Since it was pegged to the Euro, it doesn't make any use of the 15% fluctuation band. I don't know much about the Kroon, but if someone has more in depth knowledge about it, I would appreciate it if you could elaborate on it. Not all redenominations have multiple currencies at one time, Venezuela, Romania, and Bulgaria just to name a few. All currencies were redominated to replace their previous currencies. I'm going to do more research on inflation rates for the countries that did redenominate to see if each of them had high inflation rates, just to make sure that part is true. I hope this same thing doesn't happen to Iraq and i'm not saying it will happen because nobody knows the real answer to that, but the way Brian explains it makes more sense than anything else.

That doesn't really make sense. It would make more sense (which still doesn't make much sense) is to redenominate the current currency and then revalue the NEW currency for the iraqi citizens, then just revalue our banknotes without a LOP. I mean that's really the only way we would profit without dropping the zeros first. Lopping and Revaluing our banknotes would be the same thing as dropping the zeros and then revaluing them, which wouldn't make much sense because it would be doing the same thing to our banknotes as it would to the iraqi citizen's banknotes, no difference whatsoever.

That is true when you said "When people buy 25,000 dinars....if for what ever reason they have to exchange they want at least what they paid for 25,000 dinars." At the same time, we probably won't get the same amount back as what we paid for those 25,000 dinars since we bought it from a dealer who charged us a heck of a lot more than what we would have paid if we literally went to Iraq and bought them right there. If i'm understanding you correctly, (please correct me if I am not) you're saying that the CBI will pay us back for the amount of money we actually paid for the dinars, not for how much we would have paid if we got the rate straight from Iraq. They would only pay us the amount it cost us if we bought them straight out Iraq and not from a dealer. Please correct me if I am understanding you wrong. Thanks for your input as well!

I sure hope you're right! One thing i'm worried about is, what if they only apply the new rate to the new currency and not our current banknotes? I say this because this is what has happened with every other currency that revalued after they redominated their currency. I would love an answer to this question because it has crossed my mind quite a bit. Thanks for your input

When the CBI said they will exchange for the same "amount", this is what they mean...if you have a 25,000 note, after they drop the zeros, they will exchange that note for a new 25 note. Both notes will be worth the same amount, that's always how it has worked. Once a redenomination occurs, the citizens of that country will have a certain amount of time to exchange their larger denominations for the smaller denominations, but both currencies will be worth the same.

I appreciate the fact that you are not afraid to express your true opinion on this investment. You're correct, people join so they can post and take part in the conversations, which is why you posted. I for one did find your post interesting and I agree with what you stated!