to my understanding a phophet is a person who has a vision of a way of life that would better all of mankind wether that vision was induced by a supreme being or not. gene roddenberry had a vision and used it to create a global television and movies franchise. but if he had been born 2000 years ago could he have not be the founder of a religion. why is it that people will believe a 2000 year old prophet but if someone has a vision of the future nowadays that is revalutionary they are seen to have an unseen agenda or are brushed aside as crazys.
ps im am using roddenberry as an example not a standard i dont belive star trek is the way to go but its is a vision of the future and back to my point is that not the definition of a prophet someone who can see a better way of life for mankind?
2006-10-30 07:50:30 · 20 answers · asked by clearair1234 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ahmed: ive read the koran back to back twice as well as the bible and various other religious texts but that wasnt the point of the question i would like to know why we no longer accept people as prophets
dandii: you could use the same argument for all prophets in history such as abraham jesus mohamed etc! but we accept them as true prohets why can none else join these people
2006-10-30 08:08:45 · update #1
please you getting stuck on the star trek theme im just using that as an example im not saying he should be a prophet just saying why can we not accept new prophet but blindly believe 2000 year old ones
2006-10-30 08:56:38 · update #2
Yes he could have been. He also, through Trek, influenced a lot of tehchnology. A lot of tecno-geeks are Trekkies and wanted to have working communicators, rocket ships, the cool medical instruments and such. Maybe the physics were a little creative but it did inspire a lot of people.
It was also one of the most inter-racial groupings that has been shown. You had blacks, women, Asians, every ethnicity (including aliens) in positions of authority.
They also had the reality or wars and the unjustness of them.
Yea he could have been a prophet.
2006-10-30 08:00:30 · answer #1 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The "Humane Society" is a place for homeless pets. Peace on Earth is impossible for man, because Man has an inherently sinful nature. Christ is the only cure for this condition. The only Peace on Earth will be when He returns with all the angels of Heaven and destroys the wicked.
The only kind of peace possible for humans to achieve is a FORCED peace, which is no peace at all. That is the goal of the UN - the "shut up or we'll kill you" kind of world peace.
Also, the definition of a prophet is someone who is a messenger of God. (Not "gods".) Gene Roddenberry is not one of them. In fact, there are, I believe, 8 tests to determine whether someone is really a prophet, and I'm afraid ol' Gene would fail the test miserably.
If he were born 2000 years ago, he would have been considered a nut case. The difference between him and Jesus is that Jesus really did have supernatural powers, could heal the sick, raise the dead, rose from the dead Himself, and ascended to Heaven in the sight of witnesses. Also, He was killed when He was innocent, and He could have easily cleared His name and walked away, but He CHOSE to suffer for Humanity's sake. Gene would never do that. Also, His once-sealed tomb is empty to this day.
2006-10-30 08:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dictionary definitions are:
1.a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
2.(in the Old Testament)
a.a person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel: Moses was the greatest of Old Testament prophets.
b.(often initial capital letter) one of the Major or Minor Prophets.
c.one of a band of ecstatic visionaries claiming divine inspiration and, according to popular belief, possessing magical powers.
d.a person who practices divination.
3.one of a class of persons in the early church, next in order after the apostles, recognized as inspired to utter special revelations and predictions. 1 Cor. 12:28.
4.the Prophet, Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
5.a person regarded as, or claiming to be, an inspired teacher or leader.
6.a person who foretells or predicts what is to come: a weather prophet; prophets of doom.
7.a spokesperson of some doctrine, cause, or movement.
I think you may possibly claim that he is a prophet under definition 6 or 7 as he had a vision and some ideas of the future, but I dont think he made any claims about being able to "foretell" or speak for some doctrine.
He was a good storyteller and made good money from his profession. If you are hinting that anyone can start a religion, then you are right. Another science fiction wrtier (Ron L Hubbard) did just that and you can discover about "scientology" in the first and second links below. The question you have to ask yourself is whether the person claiming to be a "prophet" is sincere.
From a religious viewpoint, however, you should read about someone who actually claimed to be a prophet according to definition 1. He claimed to be the last of the prophets about 1400 years ago so why not read about him.. third link below.
2006-10-30 08:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Nothing to say? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may accept him as a prophet if you wish and as far as this world goes perhaps he is, but we are told,
Beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world, 1 John 4/1.
It must be more important to hear what God says rather than a mere man, and the man who speaks God's word or who truly speaks for God, is properly to be called a prophet.
2006-10-30 10:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ernest S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he's not a prophet! He is building an empire like a big corporate company. Using religion to sell his product. That product is what people want to here. E.g. "society with no war, crime,disease". That "prophet" 2000 years ago is the Son of God, not some false prophets like "gene" and "mohamed". Be careful of these TV wannabees, they like your money.
2006-10-30 08:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by rooilugo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your definition of a prophet is not a biblical definition. the definition of a prophet in the bible, is a man given a message by God to deliver to a person, group of persons, or nation. A prophet was a messenger. The message was not his own, it was given by God.
In answer to added detail, there are prophets in the church today, prophets in the biblical sense not seers with crystal balls etc., but people carrying messages from God. Who knows how history will record such people.
Israel was a theocracy these things were considered important enough to record. We live in a secular world were a great deal of the population frown upon religion.
2006-10-30 07:58:43 · answer #6 · answered by waterborn69 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure, why not. There aren't enough prophets just like there aren't enough saints. Say let's make Gene a 'saphet', a combination of the two. It might be useful, someone people can pray to and eat as a chocolate candy(in image form) at the same time. Saphet's on a stick, or saphet candy bars.
2006-10-30 08:10:40 · answer #7 · answered by diablo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe a visionary, but not a prophet. A prophet tells you things that God has told him to tell you. And the Bible says if one prophecy of a prophet does not come true, he should be stoned, because he is not from God. God's prophecies always come true, and since I haven't noticed any Romulans or Klingons around, I'm guessing Roddenberry is not a prophet.
2006-10-30 07:57:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Prophet? you've got to be kidding! That goof Roddenberry! All he could think of when Star Trek was on TV was getting into Nichelle Nichols pants! (which, I heard he was able to accomplish, by the way)
Hmmmmm, well, at least he wasn't trying to get into George Takei's pants! (hows THAT for a mental vision to creep you out?)
Prophet? You bet---I rank him right up there with that goofball L. Ron Hubbard.
2006-10-30 08:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-21 00:25:54 · answer #10 · answered by grewe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋