[[‘Predict’ is the scientifically loaded word, and ‘Prophesy’ is the religiously loaded word, for the same phenomena: saying what will happen before it happens]]
predict isn’t the same as prophesy- with predictions- you take known variables and make a logical guess- prophesies are revelations about complete unknowns 1000’s of years down the road
Pedict isn’t ‘scientifically loaded’, it’s a guess- Prophesy is a revelation (often accompanied by visions) about future events. Those who lived after the prophesies, and durign hte time the prophesies came true, had confirmation that God’s word was absolutely true.