That was not the intention for my quoting of the Bible. I was not presenting those texts as stand alone proofs of God. I was hoping you would actually read them and understand what they were saying. All of those texts were making a proposal... Issuing a challenge. They were basically saying: consider prophecy. Who else knows the future other than God? It is prophecy itself and it's complete and accurate fulfillment in history that proves the inspiration of scripture; the power and foreknowledge of the God of the bible in being able to describe events before they happen, and have the power to bring them about.
After accompanying Jesus to the top of a mountain, the apostles of Jesus, Peter, James and John, witnessed the appearance of Elijah and Moses who spoke with Jesus for a time concerning the impending crucifixion. Later, Peter wrote in effect, that as great and as awesome and memorable as that event was, seeing two Hebrew heroes in the flesh talking with his Master, such events were never to be used as evidence for truth and validation for faith... He said, quote, there is the more sure word of prophecy, which brings light to darkness.
Daniel; Part One.
Ah, I see because you quoted only the part where I said..”Show me evidence of this god”.
Prophecy is extremely ambiguous. You can take any prophecy and find ways to make it signify what you want. If I make a prophecy today, I’m sure 1000 years from now that some people would agree with it. Even if I make an exact prediction of something, it does not mean that I can see into future or anything. There is a correlation sure, but correlation≠causation.
What fascinates me a lot is the idea of The Rapture. I have family members who are convinced of it. People have been saying it is going to come for hundreds of years and when it doesn’t come…they begin to question things…or they simply commit the fallacy of saying something like, “It won’t happen in my lifetime.” Or, a series of events ordered in a particular way such as the year 2020-2021 has had the Rapture crew up and ready. But here we are now in 2022 going on 2023…
Of course the rapture won’t come in your lifetime and of course Jesus has not given an exact time for it. Of course. How else to keep them on their toes? The question is…to what end will people keep placing faith in something without evidence at the expense of critical thought?
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