I was just thinking last night about something and now I'm curious to tell/ask you all this. Supposedly the Bible was written thousands of years ago. The Bible says that in the End Times there will be fighting in the Middle East. Well, today there is definite fighting in the Middle East. So, if the Bible isn't real (according to you all) then how did those men who wrote the Bible thousands of years ago know there would be fighting in the Middle East? How did they know the Middle East wouldn't be peaceful like other places? How did they know the Middle East wouldn't be wiped out by a flood or volcano or something? Here's what I'm thinking: Nobody would be able to prophesize that without the help of an all-knowing God.
2006-09-12 05:16:40 · 33 answers · asked by Getoff_ofmycloud! 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So you're saying that Nostradamus was the second coming of Christ? Or that the Psychic Friends Network is proof for Christianity? Because after all, how would anyone be able to predict anything without the Bible or Jesus or the Christian religion. ???
Thanks, I'm thinking of converting now. You may have saved my soul...
2006-09-12 05:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by Gabrielle 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, it probably has something to do with the fact that they authors of the Bible lived in the Middle East and knew that it was not peaceful during their life time and it probably never would be. If I was to predict that there will be war in any area of the world a couple thousand years from now I am pretty confident that I would be right. I figured that out without the help of an all-knowing God.
2006-09-12 09:43:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've met many people who use bits and pieces of current events to "prove" that Revelations (and the Bible) are true, and that the end of the world is nigh. However, the logic is flawed.
At all times people, being the pattern-seeking creatures we are, are able to fit current specific events to generalized predictions of yesteryear. This is how astrologers make money--they make predictions that are so general that they could fit almost anyone, and yet are specific enough to make it seem amazing if it happens. Example: "You will meet a possible love this month"; or "There will be trouble in the royal family this year."
So there is mentioned that there will be war in the Middle East, and the war exists. Score for the Bible. However, there are many predictions that do not have a modern corollary, or at least not one that isn't extremely contrived and contorted to "fit" the prediction.
Also, there are many events going on in the world right now that aren't described in the Bible. For example: was there anything about the giant wave that would wipe out 200,000 people within a day? That's a pretty major event--if this were truly the End Times, wouldn't that warrent an inclusion in the predictions?
Please understand I am not trying to put down Christianity or doubt people's faith. But using flawed logic to defend your faith against nonbelievers won't get you anywhere, and will in fact weaken your position.
2006-09-12 05:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by entoaggie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lets see, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were all founded in the Middle East. The men who wrote the bible lived in the Middle East, amongst the strife and turmoil, and religious hatred they still have to this day.
Gee, I wonder why they thought fighting would continue to be an issue in the Middle East to the end of time?
2006-09-12 05:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by J T 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There is always fighting in the middle east 500 years from now there will be fighting in the middle east does that make me a god. Here's a prediction from me the winter will be cold in the north this winter how do i know that unless I am all knowing god worship me. If he was an all knowing god he would have said on january 7th 2007 abrham iskeal will get hit by a meteorite then we could all watch abrham on that day to see if it comes true.
2006-09-12 05:29:02 · answer #5 · answered by region50 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's a prediction, all right. An incredibly vague prediction. Here's a couple of other ones: tomorrow, lots of people will die. A major earthquake will hit Asia within five years. A famous politician, loved by his people, will be assassinated sometime between 2010 and 2014.
And finally, I like that bit about other places being peaceful. How many wars are being fought *right now*, outside the middle east?
2006-09-12 05:28:07 · answer #6 · answered by ThePeter 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Relying on alleged prophesy is always perilous, as almost anything has been prophesied by somebody at sometime or another. Ever hear the monkeys with typewriters analogy? As for prophesies about fighting in the Middle East, this has been going on for millenia -- prophesying that is like prophesying sunrise. The proper measure of the bible, or any other book, is: how well does it agree with the known facts? In the case of the bible, the agreement is lousy: not only are there hundreds of factual errors, but dozens of internal contradictions as well.
2006-09-12 05:25:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The fighting in the Middle East was going on even then... look at the Old Test, it shows you. It's not hard to "prophecy" that something like that will continue to happen in the future when it's happening during the time of the writing.
2006-09-12 05:37:00 · answer #8 · answered by Kithy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wait a minute...where is peace? If you spin a globe and touch a spot, there will be war going on in that area. It doesn't matter if you don't hear headlines about it. It's there. Even in the US, though we're all in denial. Just because some jack off mentioned the Middle East does not make him psychic.
But I see your reasoning. There's one "accurate" thing in the bible, therefore God exists.
2006-09-12 05:29:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can predict pretty much anything. Make a prediction that "near the end of time there will be a large earthquake" or something. As soon as there's a large quake, people will immediately begin to think "oh oh it's the prophecy! it's the end!" How many prophecies have come and gone, not just recently but through-out history, and have never come to pass? Remember the whole year 2000 being the end hype?
2006-09-12 05:32:06 · answer #10 · answered by Mike 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was written over the centuries in the Middle East where battles have raged since Can first laid his brother low - so, of course it focuses on strife in that region. Nothing really amazing about predicting war in the Middle East.
The real proof of Christianity is inside your own heart.
2006-09-12 05:25:12 · answer #11 · answered by Glockmeister 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋