(March 5, 2021 at 10:17 am)Five Wrote:(March 5, 2021 at 9:11 am)Eleven Wrote: Take the instance of the prophecy of Jesus' birth. It was prophesied in the OT, apparently. Considering that the NT was written afterwards, it's really simple to create the Jesus character to match what was already written would happen.
Biblical prophecy is nothing more than that. A farce.
I was thinking the same thing about the Messiah prophecy where he's expected to come riding into the city on a mule or a colt. IF we allow that Christ as a person actually existed, and he was Jewish, growing up and learning those prophecies...how hard would it be to say, "Well, I want people to believe I'm the guy. So, I'll do the things they say the guy is supposed to do, to further emphasize my claim to be THE guy."
That always makes me think of Rodeo Jesus; Matthew hedged his bets and had him ride BOTH a colt and a donkey.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
