2007-07-23 11:16:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
why is that so important to you? relax, go swim, enjoy life
2007-07-27 03:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because all successful prophesies are
1. Incredibly vague (they could be interpreted to mean just about anything), especially when it comes to exact dates
or
2. Incredibly obvious (predicting something that happens so frequently that it would be surprising if they got it wrong).
I can make the following prediction:
"There will be a war in the year 2017, and a great leader will fall."
These kinds of things are so incredibly frequent that I'm almost guaranteed a successful prophetic fulfillment. It would almost be a miracle if 2017 passed without a war SOMEWHERE in the world, or that the leader of some nation, corporation, political group, or religious group was not assassinated, deposed, or failed to be re-elected (all of which could be interpreted as a "fall").
Check on the exact wording of the prophesies. I'll bet they don't anything as specific as "A man named George Bush will lead a country called the United States of America into a war with another nation called Iraq". More likely, the prophesies are vague garbage such as "there will be a war and a great leader will fall".
2007-07-23 11:30:07 · answer #2 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If I told you that in some near future, something bad will happen to you, then a few things would happen if you believed me. For one, you'd become paranoid and change your behavior. People who aren't relaxed can often make mistakes by overcompensating, over-thinking, second-guessing, etc.
No matter how your behavior after this 'prophecy' was, if you thought about it often, you'd be waiting for it to happen. Then the next bad thing that happens (say, a power outage at your office, costing you a day's pay, or missing a plane, or your TV breaking, or running out of gas - ANYthing negative), you'd say to yourself "Gee, he was RIGHT!"
No I wasn't. I was just playing the odds. People have unpleasant experiences all the time, and to say something as generic as that is almost a guarantee statistically, ESPECIALLY when someone believes it and attributes something to it.
I didn't say "your TV will fry itself during the 'Survivor' marathon on the 5th episode at the end of the 2nd commercial break. There will be a power surge, and despite the fuse blowing and preventing a total destruction of all electronic circuitry, the main DSP chips on the mainboard will be fried, and it will be cheaper to buy a new TV than to have this one fixed."
If I said that, and it came to pass, then you'd probably not think me a prophet - you'd think I'd somehow sabotaged your household electrical system or the TV. It's just too specific.
We did an example of this in Psychology class. It gave in plain english translations, several predictions of Nostradomus. Students were to interpret the predictions. Later, we were told what events had been attributed to them. They were just as plausible (which isn't very - it was all a bunch of symbolic jibberish, and didn't really mean ANYthing to me, actually) as whatever it was that I'd guessed they meant.
If I told you "The golden Ox will come to you upon the eve, bearing the cup of golden light," then the next time anything good is brought to you, it could be that event. Thus prophecies 'come true.'
I'm sure I could find a way to make Revalations talk about my trip to Disney World if I tried hard enough.
Ultimately, that's why they call it faith. There could very well be truth to a great deal of religion - I tend to think that there is, actually, but I don't consider prophecy fulfillment as any sort of evidence of it.
2007-07-23 11:35:54 · answer #3 · answered by ZeroByte 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They are not coming true.
There's no such thing as "god's word."
What you are thinking of are the words (or stories) of people - created by people, passed down by people, by word of mouth, generation by generation for hundreds of years before any of it was actually written down. When it was written down, it was written by people (scribes) taking dictation from people about events that supposedly happened hundreds of years earlier (i.e. not witnessed), copying others words, adding their own biases, misinterpreting, mistranslating, exaggerating, etc... until we have a series of fables, some of which were decided to be supportive of a made up religion and a made up god.
This is the history of the bible. How is it that so many people think that this is the revealed word of some god?
2007-07-23 12:42:24 · answer #4 · answered by asgspifs 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
1. God's word is "truth"
2. I feel sorry for all you folks who are so hardened that you interpret "interpretation" because you are scared to accept the bible as the literal inspired word of God.
It is clear that the Bible is the direct product of God. It is God's
propositional revelation to all people...by his Spirit! The Bible clearly claims to be the "word of God" Read it! and you will see.
"No prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit (2 peter 1:21)
YES Men wrote the bible...but were inspired by God's Spirit.
Read Hebrews 4:12
God Loves all of you and his prophecies are being fulfilled
If we could pin point the time name and date of all prophecy then our "faith" would be fruitless. What is Faith?
Put your Harry Potter books away....and read "THE GOOD BOOK!"
2007-07-23 13:01:40 · answer #5 · answered by DFK 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
ALL of them? When is Jesus coming back? I've been waiting for 2000 years now. If he is not here by the end of the month, I give up!
2007-07-23 18:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
In the year 2016 (NOT 2017!) there will be a fight, and and minor leader will trip over his shoelace.
2007-07-23 13:35:10 · answer #7 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
must be that the prophesies ARE true!
2007-07-23 17:34:08 · answer #8 · answered by heavymetalrick 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
because the prophesies are vague statements that could be interpreted any way you like
2007-07-23 11:21:52 · answer #9 · answered by Gwenilynd 4 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Who (with intelligence) said it wasn't, why would you follow god if he didn't do what he said. you can believe in god or not, after all he did give you the choice
2007-07-23 14:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋