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To: Dimensio
Those same text records (which you so callously dispute) predicted the "...scattering to the four corners of the Earth" the entire nation of Israel.

Hundreds of years later, it was scattered just as predicted by God's prophets in the Bible.

Those records predicted that the Nation of Israel would be again gathered together into the land God had given them, that they would be surrounded by their enemies, and that this new Israel would be "...a burdensome stone around the neck of all mankind."

Hundreds of years later, every single one of those prophesied predictions came true... to a tee.

Those same text records predicted that within a generation (40-60 years in the Bible) of the re-established Nation of Israel, there would be a re-unification of the Roman Empire.

The EU has now proven that prediction also to have been true.

This historical text upon which you spit has made thousands of predictions through the prophecy of God's elect, of which a handful remain to be fulfilled, and you say that I have to prove it's accuracy?

I do pray for your immortal soul. Try reading the ones that have yet to come true... it's a real eye-opener.

Or not.

464 posted on 03/29/2002 10:39:33 AM PST by Gargantua
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To: Gargantua
There's just one problem...

You've established that a few select phrophecies from the Bible have come to frutition. Some of them are hard to deny, such as Isreal being formed (though I've heard that many supporters of creating the nation did so specifical to fulfill Bible prophecy -- but that's little more than hearsay) and others are a little more loosely interpreted (who is the "Emperor" of the EU? What about the parts of the Empire outside of western Europe? Some claim that the Empire will be of ten nations, but there are currently twelve in membership.).

Those claims are substantiated by the observation of the claims being accurate. It does not, however automatically validate everything else in the Bible. That the nation of Isreal can be observed as existing does not prove that the creation account of Genesis is accurate, unless you can somehow show that they are directly related in the relationship of If A then B -- that is, If Isreal is reformed, then the Creation account if Genesis is accurate.
467 posted on 03/29/2002 10:47:53 AM PST by Dimensio
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To: Gargantua
This historical text upon which you spit has made thousands of predictions through the prophecy of God's elect, of which a handful remain to be fulfilled, and you say that I have to prove it's accuracy?

Let me guess, you believe Nostradamus too?

How do you think these psychics (con men & women) stay in work today? If you word a prediction correctly, and only push occurrences that can be fit into the wording, you too can be thought of as a great predictor.

I've seen James Randi do a cold reading just like Sylvia Browne did, and he very impressed the audience. Of course later he showed them it was all a sham and exposed his methods. But people keep believing...

819 posted on 04/01/2002 10:33:02 PM PST by Quila
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