[Iscool]

If a FReeper fancies himself a prophet and posts his prophecies, can he be criticized as a false prophet or does his status as a FReeper somehow protect him?

He is a false prophet only if a prophecy does not come to pass...Kinda jumping the gun, aren't you???

[marshmallow]

He is a false prophet only if a prophecy does not come to pass...Kinda jumping the gun, aren't you???

Uh...........no. By that yardstick a soothsayer or fortune teller could be labeled a "prophet".

False prophecy can be discerned if it contradicts the deposit of faith or leads people away from the faith and causes them to go astray. Likewise, if it contradicts Scripture it may also be labeled false.

Furthermore, many "prophecies" (and that published here appears to be a good example) carry no timeline. Thus it becomes difficult to distinguish between unfulfilled prophecy and "we're still waiting". The "Rapture" is a prime example.

Finally, it should also be mentioned that just because a prediction or prophecy does come to pass, it does not ipso facto bestow the title of "prophet" on the one who made it. I predict war in the Middle East within 12 months.

There.......I'm a prophet!

Not!

In summary, prophecy can and should be tested by a number of measures for authenticity. This does not require waiting for its fulfillment. In precisely this way we know that the so called "Rapture" is pure baloney and won't happen.

[Lee N. Field]

He is a false prophet only if a prophecy does not come to pass..

Also if the prophet says true things but leads to people to worship false gods.

Hard to get anything definite from a disjointed ramble.

[Quix]

Now, now, Iscool.

You know the name of the game is

SHRED EM ON SIGHT
SHRED EM 1ST LIGHT
SHRED EM BY DAY
SHRED EM BY NIGHT
SHRED EM UP ONE SIDE AND DOWN THE OTHER.
SHRED EM FOR ONE EXCUSE OR ANOTHER.

IT DOES NOT MATTER to self-righteous haughty naysayers . . . that I Cor 12-14 does not describe stoning New Testament Church Era prophetic sources AT ALL.

It merely describes the local body vetting which pronouncements are to be discerned as valid and which are not.

Evidently, Paul did not allow blood thirsty bucket brigades in the Corinthian church or any other.

Paul also makes clear that we, as New Testament Christians are to

AVOID DESPISING PROPHECYING!
INSTEAD, TO ALL SEEK TO PROPYECY!

Couldn’t tell that by the typical rantings of most naysayers, however. I guess they are part of the RUBBER BIBLE BRIGADE as well as the BUCKET OF ROCKS BRIGADE.