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<blockquote data-quote="DreamstuffEntity" data-source="post: 2631856" data-attributes="member: 235403">There are several mundane ways in which a prediction of the future can be fulfilled:* Retrodiction. The &quot;prophecy&quot; can be written or modified after the events fulfilling it have already occurred.* Vagueness. The prophecy can be worded in such a way that people can interpret any outcome as a fulfillment. Nostradomus&#039;s prophecies are all of this type. Vagueness works particularly well when people are religiously motivated to believe the prophecies.* Inevitability. The prophecy can predict something that is almost sure to happen, such as the collapse of a city. Since nothing lasts forever, the city is sure to fall someday. If it has not, it can be said that according to prophecy, it will.* Denial. One can claim that the fulfilling events occurred even if they have not. Or, more commonly, one can forget that the prophecy was ever made.* Self-fulfillment. A person or group can act deliberately to satisfy a known prophecy.Which prophecies in the Bible cannot fit into one or more of those categories?So... what&#039;s the actual prophecy?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DreamstuffEntity, post: 2631856, member: 235403"] There are several mundane ways in which a prediction of the future can be fulfilled: * Retrodiction. The "prophecy" can be written or modified after the events fulfilling it have already occurred. * Vagueness. The prophecy can be worded in such a way that people can interpret any outcome as a fulfillment. Nostradomus's prophecies are all of this type. Vagueness works particularly well when people are religiously motivated to believe the prophecies. * Inevitability. The prophecy can predict something that is almost sure to happen, such as the collapse of a city. Since nothing lasts forever, the city is sure to fall someday. If it has not, it can be said that according to prophecy, it will. * Denial. One can claim that the fulfilling events occurred even if they have not. Or, more commonly, one can forget that the prophecy was ever made. * Self-fulfillment. A person or group can act deliberately to satisfy a known prophecy. Which prophecies in the Bible cannot fit into one or more of those categories? So... what's the actual prophecy? [/QUOTE]

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