RE: how do you tell the difference (etc)
January 3, 2013 at 8:24 pm
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2013 at 8:25 pm by Cyberman.)
It actually took you slightly longer than I expected before you resorted to trotting out bible verses, but then you did pad out the introduction so I'm claiming that as yet another hit.
Interestingly, what you did choose to quote only says that there will be 'false prophets', which isn't an answer to how you recognise which is which so much as a restatement of the question. The question as raised in your original thread, should you choose to peruse, was prompted by your statement that there are certain individuals who are 'chosen' to act as vessels for your god's utterances. I responded by asking by what metric you ascertain whether random person X is such a divine vessel or merely someone with an eye for the main chance and a glib tongue (hi there, Harold Camping! And Mr Hovind Sr, I wasn't expecting to see you for a good few years yet!).
I note in passing, and with amusement, how easy this stuff is to fake for a gullible audience, who have a tendency to recognise these 'false prophets' only after the event. Not including me, obviously - my prophet status is a matter of record.
Interestingly, what you did choose to quote only says that there will be 'false prophets', which isn't an answer to how you recognise which is which so much as a restatement of the question. The question as raised in your original thread, should you choose to peruse, was prompted by your statement that there are certain individuals who are 'chosen' to act as vessels for your god's utterances. I responded by asking by what metric you ascertain whether random person X is such a divine vessel or merely someone with an eye for the main chance and a glib tongue (hi there, Harold Camping! And Mr Hovind Sr, I wasn't expecting to see you for a good few years yet!).
I note in passing, and with amusement, how easy this stuff is to fake for a gullible audience, who have a tendency to recognise these 'false prophets' only after the event. Not including me, obviously - my prophet status is a matter of record.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
