DreamstuffEntity
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Posted a few minutes ago:
" there are literally hundreds of phrophecys in the bible that have been fufilled and that are comming true still today... And there has never been a phrophecy in the the bible that has turned out not to be true"
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 can act deliberately to satisfy a known prophecy.
Which bible prophecies cannot fit into one or more of these categories?
" there are literally hundreds of phrophecys in the bible that have been fufilled and that are comming true still today... And there has never been a phrophecy in the the bible that has turned out not to be true"
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 can act deliberately to satisfy a known prophecy.
Which bible prophecies cannot fit into one or more of these categories?