(July 14, 2012 at 7:24 pm)Gambit Wrote: The first is weakest; as without it all others fall down. The reason it is weakest is because we are constantly uncovering new evidence that disproves the claim.
Well, it's an ancient claim, that's certain. It's one established by Moses, who tells us God said:
17 The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 19 If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account. 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death.”
21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
(Deuteronomy 18)
The task for us is simple: Prove any prediction an author of the Old Testament made false, and you've proven him a fraud. Should we take Moses up on his challenge?
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
--Spock
