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To: Iscool
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.

33 posted on 09/30/2009 7:52:05 AM PDT by marshmallow ("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
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To: marshmallow

I’m glad to see at least one other person on FR who hasn’t swallowed the “Rapture” nonsense!


37 posted on 09/30/2009 8:01:22 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: marshmallow
In precisely this way we know that the so called "Rapture" is pure baloney and won't happen.

Hey, I guess that makes me a false prophet then, eh???

But Mary's the queen of heaven...Ya see, we're all prophets...

48 posted on 09/30/2009 9:09:30 AM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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