Some of the things what Isaiah said like Jesus dying & how & other things, do u think this was made up?
2007-04-22 17:43:44 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The prophecies were told many years before Jesus & came out exactly how he said it, how do u explain this.
2007-04-22 17:44:39 · update #1
They're a bunch of manipulated and conveniently constructed BS.
The events of Jesus' death were either misrepresented or the prophecy was written as a convenient addition at a later date.
And they prediction isn't quite as precise as you're willing to represent it by this question.
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2007-04-22 17:45:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Do you not think that the people who wrote the new testament had the Torah? It really isn't a wonder that Jesus said he is the fulfillment of the prophecies. Ask a jew that same question though. You believe it cause you are a Christian...I myself believe it a book written by man. And, how come none of the other gospels are included in the Bible. How come the Roman Catholic church didn't include them? Read them and get a far greater understanding of the church and of Jesus.
2007-04-22 17:52:15 · answer #2 · answered by sketch_mylife 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about .... self fulling prophecies? He had to fulfill these so called prophecies to make him look real and make other people believe (or heck, he might even be in a delusional stage where he himself think he is god and need to fulfill these prophecies).
Anyway, the book was written 90 years after this allege figure died. So twisting by words is possible for 90 years. If you do not believe, tell me what happened 90 years ago on a particular history ... heck ..... ask a japanese and a chinese what happened during 2nd world war you will get different versions, it was only 60 years ago.
2007-04-22 17:50:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Isaiah wrote that a young woman would bear a child. The Hellenistic Jews translated the Hebrew "alma" into the Greek "parthenos." "Parthenos" translates as "virgin."
So, did Isaiah prophecy Jesus's birth? Or did the translators prophecy Jesus's birth?
And yes, of course it was made up.
2007-04-22 18:31:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares about past bible prophecies. They don't prove a thing in today's world. I can find prophetic information in the world today if you know where to look. The ability to see future events are part of man's innate ability that does not come from a God or Satan. I do find it interesting the bible call other prophecies evil or false. The whole bible is tuned to keep those that follow its teaching ignorant of other information in the world. This is how you control a mind.
2007-04-22 18:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by Looking Forward 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry, but I think the entire thing was made up. In fact, I think that Mack and Jack sat in a shack and wrote the Bible to control the masses. I am sorry.
If it's any consolation, people might consider what I believe to be made up too - and since I have no proof, I must confess that yes, I can see how another might think I made my beliefs up. I am ok with that.
There is no way to know the Unknowable and there is no way to prove that anything in the Bible actually happened beyond a shadow of a doubt, simply because of how long ago it was and that we know that the Bible has been modified (through accident or intention not withstanding) many times over the centuries - every church admits that. Duplication has never been an exact science - well, not until Xerox.
Peace!
2007-04-22 17:48:55 · answer #6 · answered by carole 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
If you don't accept that the bible is divinely inspired, and therefore might contain mistakes, then the answer to your question is easy. The prophecies about Jesus and the stories about Jesus all come from the same place and that book's credibility is suspect.
If you do believe the Bible is inspired, then doesn't that make you wonder about all the inconsistencies and even contradictory statements in the Bible?
2007-04-22 17:52:10 · answer #7 · answered by dharmabum2 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Prophecies are vague and can be applied to many situations. If I were to say "I see a catastrophic event in the future, thousands will die by the hand of the infidels". this will no doubt happen sometime in the future (could be 3000 years in the future) - does this make it any les true. It could be christians killing muslims or vice versa.
2007-04-22 18:00:29 · answer #8 · answered by Sarcasma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if you believe in Jesus, could you consider the possibility that he might have created situations such that they would match prophecy? Or that writers of the new testament might have said things happened according to prophecy?
Plus, the new testament was written almost 100 years after these supposed happenings and finally codified 400 years after his death, relying on oral history, notoriously unreliable.
2007-04-22 17:51:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Since there is no historical record, all it really proves is that the authors of the New Testament books read and were aware of the Old Testament prophesies. It would only be amazing if the authors of the New Testament had no previous knowledge of the Old Testament. We know they did from their frequent habit of ripping OT verse out of context and applying it as prophesy, sometimes even where no such prophesy exists in the original context.
2007-04-22 17:52:49 · answer #10 · answered by Wisdom in Faith 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you would have to prove Jesus actually existed first.
Netzari: The first writings of jesus were written 60-70 years after his death. Also you seem to think that the bible verifies itself. In that case I believe that Harry Potter is a historical figure because I read about him in a book.
2007-04-22 17:46:44 · answer #11 · answered by Armand Steel 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋