anyone that knows anything about the bible can't deny that the Bible stated many prophecies that have been fulfilled, and very specific prophecies, Atheists whats your veiws on that? I would like serious answers, thanks!
2007-11-05 09:59:45 · 26 answers · asked by JpCreation101 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
WOW WOW WOW!!! i am so aggravated
i only read a couple answer and I'm getting the "specific, prophecies" or "they are very vague"
Haven't any of you actually read the book of Isiah?
I'm guessing not, because there are 121 prophecies fulfilled by Jesus in just one book
WOW atheist have no idea what they are talking about
2007-11-05 10:31:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm an Atheist and I'm not aware of any biblical prophesy that has unambiguously been fulfilled. For example, supposedly, Jesus' birth was the fulfillment of old testament prophesy about the coming of a Messiah. But what if Jesus was just an ordinary man? That's what the Jews believe and they're still waiting for their savior. The bible says that the Jews are "the chosen people." Chosen for what? Mass extermination?
The bible does contain some vague prophesies about wars and such, but these are so general that they are certain to be fulfilled at some point because people are warlike.
I don't think you can name a single very specific biblical prophesy that has been fulfilled.
2007-11-05 10:07:04 · answer #2 · answered by Rob B 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes but these so-called prophecies are not answered directly. It is inevitable with any prophecy that someone will say "Look! I can interpret this event to say that this prophecy has come true!". Interpretation is the key word. Look at the vague language used in the original prophecy and then consider the selection criteria used to determine if the prophecy can be considered to have passed. Both are very loose to start with and when put together the interpretive error is multiplied.
2007-11-05 10:05:39 · answer #3 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are 2 kinds of such "predictions": The Old Testament contains prophesies of a Messiah and it is claimed that these were fulfilled by Jesus, in some cases hundreds of years later. It sounds very impressive, except there is no good evidence that the prophecies were written before the event. Someone recently directed a question at Jews - what do they think of all this? The reply was that the prophecies are not present in the Jewish version of the old books. Links were given to academic research that traced all the known versions, the conclusion being that the Christian version of the books had been rewritten to fit in with the New Testament. When I consider that many Jewish scholars are willing to accept that large arts of their holy books are not historically accurate, I tend to trust them more than the Christian scholars. There are also a few Christians who claim that all kinds of recent events were foretold in the Bible. Many people have already pointed out that in no case were any of these "predictions" spotted before the events in question.
2016-05-28 00:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by charmaine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, anyone who knows anything about reality can easily deny that any biblical prophecies have been fulfilled. Usually, when a believer points to a prophecy they say has been fulfilled, the wording is so vague as to be meaningless, thus allowing any convenient interpretation. I wouldn't be at all surprised if some of these prophecies have been declared to have been fulfilled several times now.
2007-11-05 10:06:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
They'll use circular reasoning to evade the fact that the Bible states the fulfillment of its own prophecies, right in the Bible.
2007-11-05 10:03:11 · answer #6 · answered by The Church Lady 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I would be interested to see which prophecies you refer to, of course.
The ones involving Isaiah and Jesus are really not all that challenging. It only needs the awareness that those who wrote the Gospels were in the business of selling the idea of Jesus as Messiah to understand how miraculously Jesus fit the prophecies.
2007-11-05 10:13:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with most of the people here, the prophecies are so vague that they could mean anything. That, and humans tend to pick out things, or find some reason to have it make sense to something else.
2007-11-05 10:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
They hold no more weight than Nostradamus'. Some say his prophecies were fulfilled too. A person can find any incidence and make it 'fit' prophecy but that doesn't mean it occurred.
2007-11-05 10:57:53 · answer #9 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Which ones? And when did prophets begin predicting the future? The most famous ones (the school of Isaiah, the school of Ezekiel, etc.) were warning of the consequences of actions, not predicting anything. It was akin to saying "Stop or you are going to fall" to someone about to walk off a cliff. Prophecy that came to pass was failed prophecy.
2007-11-05 10:19:41 · answer #10 · answered by Eiliat 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋