Monk Who Predicted Thai Cave Rescue Hailed for ‘Intervention’

[greeneking]

5 hours ago, petermik said:

Headlines and long story on MCOT news last night...he,s more of a hero than the rescuers it would seem.....blaady ridiculous I say

And he doesn't want any money.....but a large donation so he can continue helping people would be welcome!

[DrTuner]

Hmm. Isn't there supposed to be a bank account for donations in the screenshot? That's the usual MO for these sort of folks.

[lust]

Garbage

[ChouDoufu]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

a local monk who had earlier predicted that the group would be found alive.

 

no.  he did not. he said nothing about them surviving.  he simply said they are still there, and would be found in "a few" days. 

 

had they not survived, he would have been correct.

had they made it out on their own, he would have been correct.

had the bodies washed out and been found a week or two later, he would have been correct.

 

it's the same as predicting that lottery numbers will be drawn soon.

 

 

[kannot]

4 hours ago, akirasan said:

I am also a monk and I can reveal that you will find your key in the last place you look

I never  found mine so there is  no last place, I DEMAND a  full refund.....with menaces?

[kannot]

4 hours ago, 300sd said:

Don't believe it either, but:

 

My aunt was a bit of a "fortune teller". Told my mom one day that she saw her in an accident, she saw her in the hospital with something around her neck but she was laughing. Also said she saw her in a new house.

 

The next day mom and dad were in a car accident. Mom sprained her neck, had to have a brace, and in the hospital she made good friends with a lady, and they were always laughing together....couple months later they bought a new cottage at the beach....hard to get that right, just saying. 

one born everyday......just saying

[thenoilif]

5 hours ago, impulse said:

If his predictions were a comfort for the families desperately waiting for the outcome, kudos to the guy.

 

Edit:  Making the prediction may have been easy.  Achieving a status where anyone gave a hill of beans what he predicted was the mean feat.

 

That's why it doesn't matter that anyone on here could have made the same prediction.  Nobody cares.

 

 

 

Well said.

Thailand is a Buddhist country and in many ways it helps to promote positive thinking among its followers. There’s not a whole lot of

negative things one can really say abou it’s core teachings, unlike many western ideologies. I think that a lot of people on here could definitely use some of that given the amount of depressing viewpoints that are expressed in every thread.

 

 

[lamyai3]

6 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

This could make flooding in Thailand a thing of the past.

If the dams start overflowing during the rainy season, give this fella a call ! 

Who ya gonna call? Rainbuster! 

[Myran]

I will never get over how downright stupid some people are. He had a freaking 50% chance of being right...

[Bluespunk]

11 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

I predict that the sun will rise tomorrow....Does that qualify me to be a psychic?


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As the sun is at the centre of our solar system and doesn’t actually rise or set...I’d say you don’t qualify. ?

Edited July 4, 2018 by Bluespunk

[Bluespunk]

10 hours ago, electric said:

The kids were found by the incredible efforts of the rescue teams. Nobody really doubts that.

 

What this guy predicted on Day 6, was that the kids would be found by Monday Day 9.

 

We live in a country that's right into superstition and beliefs that many of us simply don't understand. In that context, he offered plenty of Thai's some spiritual hope in a deteriorating situation.

 

He turned out to be right. 

 

I don't believe any of the superstitious beliefs that my Thai family shares, however, if it works for them, then that's ok by me.

 

I think it's wrong to ridicule this guy for being right, just because we don't believe his particular faith.

 

 

It’s never wrong to mock fortune tellers. 

[sirineou]

57 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

It’s never wrong to mock fortune tellers. 

After all he should had seen it coming.

[Ron19]

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The removed post had been reported and  should have been read correctly to avoid any confusion or abuse. It reads as below.

 

"At the end of October last year my wife and self were in UK.

One day outside the house we had rented, two dogs were going at it with their bums into the wind"

 

 

 

[SABloke]

14 hours ago, Shroud said:

I actually predicted that this monk would predict the Thai Cave Rescue. 

I knew you'd say that.

[SABloke]

8 hours ago, kannot said:

I never  found mine so there is  no last place, I DEMAND a  full refund.....with menaces?

No refund, as you clearly have not looked in the last place yet. It is there.

[khlongtoey]

should just close this topic,  not OK  to insult any monk/s  in  LOS  IMO

 

I did enjoy that there was some local hilltribe intervention as well, having to do with  bleeding it, placing it's head on an alter and taking it home to boil to read its intestines :)

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30349134

[lamyai3]

14 hours ago, akirasan said:

I am also a monk and I can reveal that you will find your key in the last place you look

Good advice for a monk key

[catman20]

15 hours ago, evadgib said:

Who's going to win the world cup?

Thailand has put the spotlight on a local monk who had earlier predicted that the group would be found alive.

 

he should be playing the lottery. what a load of crap.

 

i had some thai lady telling me this, i told her dont be so stupid. these people believe this stuff, unbelievable. 

[BobbyL]

Here we go again.

 

They aren't even out safe yet and every Tom, Dick and Harry is being lorded. Praising a monk for making a lucky guess sums this country up.

 

Will anything really be learnt from this? I would have to side with no. 

[AhFarangJa]

Pity he did not predict them all entering the cave in the first place, then he could have intervened to stop them........Oh, sorry, that would not get him any publicity would it......It is amazing how low some people will go to garner fame on the backs of other peoples suffering, and what makes it worse is that he is using young children to do it.......Disgusting.....

[lamyai3]

5 minutes ago, BobbyL said:

They aren't even out safe yet and every Tom, Dick and Harry is being lorded. Praising a monk for making a lucky guess sums this country up.

 

Will anything really be learnt from this?

The only worthwhile takeaway I can see is that it's lauded, not lorded. 

[BobbyL]

1 minute ago, lamyai3 said:

The only worthwhile takeaway I can see is that it's lauded, not lorded. 

It is too early to think about spelling ?

[Ron19]

14 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Me for one! Why did you rent two dogs?

 

Please read this again, 

At the end of October last year my wife and self were in UK.

One day outside the house we had rented, two dogs were going at it with their bums into the wind

[Prairieboy]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

wellbeing of the missing youth and their coach, as well as cave-dwelling spirits.

I haven't heard how the cave-dwelling spirits are faring!  What utter tripe!

[Barnet]

He braved the monsoons.....

He predicted they would be found in one or two days....

Are these believers the same ones saying the cave was haunted?  The same cave that represents a lover who committed suicide because her lover was killed by her father.  That if you stand back and look from a distance you can see her image.

 

So to my knowledge and from experience (I am mostly ignorant to what they are supposed to be) a Monk is a man of simple ways and some sort of spiritual enlightenment.  He represents the community and hope etc.  Peaceful, humble, calm and honest.......This is, to my knowledge, somewhere near what he is supposed to be, whether reality tells me otherwise or not is irrelevant.

 

So.......since when did he become Nostradamus in a <deleted> cape!

 

Some local sees a bit of publicity for himself and gets lucky with a, let's be honest, crap prediction.

 

If he told these cretins that believe him that the moon is giant white Thai fish ball they'd believe him. 

[jossthaifarang]

16 hours ago, poohy said:

What utter tripe 

can he do anything useful?

 

lottery tickets

exchange rates hedging 

stocks and shares tips

horse racing bets

 

oh for starters i have lost my house key...tis where?

For the house key, ask your wife.. Everything else, ask the monk.. ?

[dutchweller]

He had a 50% chance of being right.

Just another attention seeking hack..

 

[bluesofa]

20 minutes ago, Ron19 said:

Please read this again, 

At the end of October last year my wife and self were in UK.

One day outside the house we had rented, two dogs were going at it with their bums into the wind

Thanks. The OP and I seem to have coped with the fact there was a missing comma, which you have added. That was the reason for my comment, just adding a little humour.

 

[johnsuma01]

ROFL.  It was 50% yes 50% no!!!

Please great monk what are the next number for loto or lotery?

I will share with you 50/50 ok.

Thanks so much.

 

Hope he can read. lol

[thailand49]

Maybe he should pass on some word of wisdom to the coach?

Does he have anything up his sleeve in regards to how the Thai can stop killing themselves each day on the road??