Atheists: How do you explain the fact that Jesus perfectly fulfilled 425 prophecies

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in the Old Testament?
400-500 year gap.
BQ: Can an atheist answer this question without asking a sarcastic question? .
 
This question isn't going to work. They are likely to say, for example, that the prophecies are so vague as to be interpreted in different ways to make them fit or that they were written after the event. Also, if an atheist believes in the supernatural, predicting the future is compatible with the non-existence of God. I'm not sure what i'd ask instead. I quite possibly wouldn't bother because this kind of question, at best, appeals to logic without engaging the emotions or reputation, which isn't the best strategy.
 
Actually I don't believe any of the crap in your Big Bumper Book of Bollocks so I don't have to explain anything!
You, on the other hand, might like to furnish us with details of your bizarre claim, the better for us to laugh at you.
 
Frankly, my own answer is that the entire story is fiction. But since I know that won't work for you, consider this: we are told that Jesus was remarkably learned in the scriptures even at an early age, impressing the rabbis in the temple in Jerusalem at the age of 12. So a good many of the prophecies might well have been fulfilled by intention. Then a good number have clearly been recorded as fulfilled by manipulating the interpretation of the Old Testament prophecies. Finally, I don't think you can afford to rule out the possibility that some things may have been added to his biography by the apostles and later writers.
 
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