[HushTX]

While I agree with you... and I very, very much agree... I want to point out one danger of this being the foundation of such an argument.

There was once an Arab man who made claims that APPEAR to be coming true (emphasis on appear).

That said, I think M.C. Hawking is a genius, but like all such brilliant minds something gets lost in the shuffle. In this case, it’s the rational, reasonable, LOGICAL argument that God and heaven are very, very real.

[grey_whiskers]

M.C. Hawking

This immediately brought to mind the video
You Can't Touch This.

Someone needs to photoshop in Hawking at key points in this video, with M.C. Hammer doing his complex dancing, then cutting to Hawking in his wheelchair, saying in his computer voice, "You Can't Touch This."

If it's insensitive to Hawking, too bad. He's the autofellating atheist who believes in "survival of the fittest" but who depends entirely on others.

In his perfect society, he'd have been passing through the digestive tract of a pack of wolves a long time ago. Hypocrite.

[PetroniusMaximus]

(Blast from the past here...)

“While I agree with you... and I very, very much agree... I want to point out one danger of this being the foundation of such an argument. There was once an Arab man who made claims that APPEAR to be coming true (emphasis on appear).”

To the best of my knowledge, Muhammad never prophesied anything like what Jesus did. He did say that “Islam will conquer all other religions”, but that, of course, has not come to pass.

I think that basing an apologetic on Jesus prophetic saying is pretty solid - although your precaution is well taken.