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are<00:48:24.090><c> repeated</c><00:48:24.469><c> in</c><00:48:24.750><c> various</c><00:48:24.989><c> periods</c><00:48:25.309><c> of</c><00:48:25.469><c> the</c><00:48:25.610><c> world's</c><00:48:25.909><c> history</c><00:48:26.030><c> history</c><00:48:26.329><c> does</c>

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repeat<00:48:26.869><c> itself</c>

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there's<00:48:28.289><c> a</c><00:48:28.429><c> rise</c><00:48:28.630><c> and</c><00:48:28.929><c> fall</c><00:48:29.409><c> of</c><00:48:29.929><c> nations</c><00:48:30.429><c> god</c><00:48:30.750><c> is</c><00:48:30.969><c> aware</c><00:48:31.250><c> of</c><00:48:31.389><c> it</c>

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all<00:48:31.690><c> and</c><00:48:31.829><c> there</c><00:48:31.949><c> is</c><00:48:32.150><c> a</c><00:48:32.349><c> specific</c><00:48:32.789><c> period</c><00:48:33.110><c> when</c><00:48:33.329><c> he</c>

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intervened

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my<00:48:37.010><c> strong</c><00:48:37.349><c> feeling</c><00:48:37.690><c> is</c><00:48:37.969><c> that</c><00:48:38.590><c> we</c><00:48:39.130><c> rather</c><00:48:39.510><c> overdo</c><00:48:40.789><c> the</c><00:48:41.630><c> preaching</c><00:48:41.929><c> of</c><00:48:42.349><c> science</c><00:48:42.650><c> as</c>

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if<00:48:42.989><c> we're</c><00:48:43.289><c> trying</c><00:48:43.369><c> to</c>

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pinpoint<00:48:44.050><c> when</c><00:48:44.369><c> he's</c><00:48:44.670><c> going</c><00:48:44.789><c> to</c><00:48:44.969><c> come</c><00:48:45.110><c> and</c><00:48:45.230><c> say</c><00:48:45.369><c> it's</c><00:48:45.530><c> going</c><00:48:45.610><c> to</c><00:48:45.750><c> be</c><00:48:46.130><c> in</c><00:48:46.369><c> 1970</c><00:48:46.989><c> something</c><00:48:47.409><c> like</c><00:48:47.610><c> that</c><00:48:47.750><c> i</c><00:48:47.869><c> think</c>

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this<00:48:48.150><c> is</c><00:48:48.309><c> a</c><00:48:48.409><c> very</c><00:48:48.630><c> serious</c><00:48:48.969><c> mistake</c><00:48:49.630><c> don't</c><00:48:50.150><c> you</c><00:48:50.269><c> think</c><00:48:50.469><c> that's</c>

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human<00:48:51.190><c> nature</c><00:48:51.909><c> yes</c><00:48:52.409><c> because</c><00:48:53.909><c> we're</c><00:48:56.570><c> all</c><00:48:57.190><c> looking</c>

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for<00:48:58.329><c> something</c><00:48:58.849><c> that</c><00:48:59.329><c> substantiates</c><00:48:59.949><c> our</c><00:49:00.230><c> hope</c><00:49:00.449><c> that's</c><00:49:00.809><c> right</c><00:49:00.989><c> i</c><00:49:01.210><c> think</c><00:49:01.469><c> if</c>

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we<00:49:01.929><c> can</c><00:49:02.269><c> grasp</c><00:49:02.550><c> the</c><00:49:02.989><c> thought</c>

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have<00:49:03.429><c> back</c><00:49:03.670><c> up</c><00:49:03.849><c> gives</c><00:49:04.010><c> to</c><00:49:04.289><c> us</c><00:49:04.730><c> it</c><00:49:05.190><c> won't</c><00:49:05.550><c> matter</c><00:49:05.869><c> at</c><00:49:06.110><c> all</c><00:49:06.449><c> whether</c><00:49:06.710><c> we</c><00:49:06.869><c> can</c><00:49:07.090><c> see</c><00:49:07.210><c> any</c><00:49:07.489><c> sign</c><00:49:07.710><c> of</c>

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any<00:49:08.170><c> kind</c>

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we<00:49:09.309><c> are</c><00:49:09.690><c> with</c><00:49:10.010><c> god</c><00:49:10.469><c> in</c><00:49:10.869><c> our</c><00:49:11.150><c> life</c><00:49:11.369><c> and</c><00:49:11.969><c> that</c><00:49:12.150><c> will</c><00:49:12.309><c> take</c><00:49:12.550><c> care</c>

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of<00:49:12.889><c> all</c><00:49:13.030><c> the</c><00:49:13.210><c> ultimate</c><00:49:13.429><c> no</c><00:49:13.650><c> matter</c><00:49:13.769><c> what</c><00:49:13.969><c> he</c><00:49:14.110><c> does</c>

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he<00:49:14.570><c> might</c><00:49:14.650><c> change</c><00:49:14.929><c> his</c><00:49:15.130><c> mind</c><00:49:15.250><c> about</c><00:49:15.489><c> some</c><00:49:15.690><c> political</c><00:49:16.030><c> events</c>

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he<00:49:16.670><c> has</c><00:49:16.849><c> in</c><00:49:17.030><c> the</c><00:49:17.170><c> past</c>

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so

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it's<00:49:26.309><c> nothing</c><00:49:26.610><c> nicer</c><00:49:27.250><c> than</c><00:49:27.510><c> the</c><00:49:27.690><c> air</c><00:49:27.849><c> will</c><00:49:28.030><c> tell</c><00:49:28.170><c> somebody</c><00:49:28.590><c> it's</c><00:49:29.010><c> not</c><00:49:29.130><c> going</c><00:49:29.309><c> to</c><00:49:29.590><c> happen</c>

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or