to support it. For instance, if the Bible says a big country will invade a small country in the middle east, the first time a big country invades a small country there, you can claim the prophesy came true. But in truth, neither country was named in the prophesy, and noone will ever know which two countries were being referred to.
I think any reasonable man/woman will conclude that prophesies were predicting events that were expected to happen within the next 1 to 100 years. If they happened, they happened thousands of years ago, and they have no applicability to today. Even Jesus predicted events like his second coming that would happen within the lifetime of the people he was talking to. Maybe it happened and went unnoticed, but it certainly won't happen nowadays, unless Jesus was lying or mistaken.
I am sure someone will disagree with me, but that's what the Bible says; and the person disagreeing with me will probably be a person who claims the Bible is true. Unsound??
2007-09-01 16:00:17 · 4 answers · asked by JiveMan 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
im not disagreeing with you, but shouldnt this question be under religion??
but anyways. of course the bible is vague on these things. its all false. anyone can predict that a big country will invade a small one. anyone can predict that there will be earthquakes and famine and war. these things are all part of the life on this Earth.
2007-09-01 16:07:07 · answer #1 · answered by enders_shadow90 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Some prophecies are vague -- some are fairly specific.
For example, while most of Nostradamus's quattrains are ambiguous, there is one where he predicted the rise of a tyrant named Hisler in Prussia during the 1900s. OK, so he was off by one letter and a about 100 miles -- but pretty close.
2007-09-01 23:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see what you're saying,
but, may i ask...?
how do you know that these prophesies were expected to happen within the next 1-100 years?
Where does it say in the bible that Jesus said that these events would happen in the lifetime of the people he was talking to? Just wondering.
I think you have rationally thought this out and I would just like to clearify before answering. :]
2007-09-01 23:07:38 · answer #3 · answered by EINSTEINETTE 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes the founding fathers of our country predicted the actions of our govt. and elected officials 200 years ago exactly as they are today .Unfortunately not enough people are educated on the constitution or they're writings and their warnings to stop corruption in our govt before it was to late
2007-09-02 00:36:29 · answer #4 · answered by dollars2burn4u 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋