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<blockquote data-quote="mamba" data-source="post: 9235461" data-attributes="member: 7034611"><p>not going to continue down this path too far... To me a text can only be prophetic if its goal is to predict something about the future. If its goal is to influence the people today, even if it means making up stuff about the near future, with no interest in its accuracy, then it is not prophecy.</p><p></p><p>Also, if your target audience does not understand your references, you failed at your mission. So while biblical prophecies frequently look ‘weird’ to us today, people at the time knew what was being referenced in those ‘visions’ or metaphors, we just lost that context over time. For us today it is <em>the</em> apocalypse whereas at the time that was a popular story form, like a thriller is today…</p><p></p><p>There also is a reason why we can date when specific prophecies were created pretty accurately, if they really were about predicting the future rather than agendas, we would have a harder time with that. That is about as far as I will drag the Bible into this <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>agreed, and no one considers those prophecy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mamba, post: 9235461, member: 7034611"] not going to continue down this path too far... To me a text can only be prophetic if its goal is to predict something about the future. If its goal is to influence the people today, even if it means making up stuff about the near future, with no interest in its accuracy, then it is not prophecy. Also, if your target audience does not understand your references, you failed at your mission. So while biblical prophecies frequently look ‘weird’ to us today, people at the time knew what was being referenced in those ‘visions’ or metaphors, we just lost that context over time. For us today it is [I]the[/I] apocalypse whereas at the time that was a popular story form, like a thriller is today… There also is a reason why we can date when specific prophecies were created pretty accurately, if they really were about predicting the future rather than agendas, we would have a harder time with that. That is about as far as I will drag the Bible into this ;) agreed, and no one considers those prophecy [/QUOTE]
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