Thread: Atheists!!! Why do you ignore all the millions of fulfilled prophecies

as witnessed by history and archaeology? There is no way around this one.

The prophets predicted the downfall of entire cities and civilizations...sure, it was a war-torn region, anyway, but I don't care! Hit me with your best shot, unbelievers!

because there are more ways to explain the fulfillment of a prophecy than simply through divine knowledge...

the simplest ways without resorting to supernatural claims are:

1 high probability prediction (where either the even is likely to happen any way, or the time frame is left vague enough that it will happen eventually) (like certain weather events, or the destruction of a land mark)

2 vague prediction, where what is being predicted is made in such vague terms that a number of things can be considered a hit (look at the Nostradamus prophecies for example)

3 history confused for prophecy, where the person claiming that something is a prophecy doesn't realize that what is actually written is a historical account rather than a PREdiction of something that has yet to happen

4 self-fulfilling prophecy, if you holy book says that you will eventually found a nation for your people, that's quite a big motivator wouldn't you say?

1. Find some historical figure who made some vague statements about things.
2. Claim that they were accurately predicting future events.
3. ?????????????
4. Prophet!

Eric... You're silly.

Name one. I just saw one today, a made up story by my brainwashed 13 year-old- not even friend. Good one.

Please give me a list of just 500,000 of those prophecies. Otherwise, you leave me no choice but to conclude that you are delusional, a liar, or a bad Poe.

why is it that we can only begin to fully understand these prophecies when we think that they've happened. it's like astrology and fortune cookies

Sources, please? I can't respond without some examples

Responses:
"The prophets predicted the downfall of entire cities and civilizations...sure, it was a war-torn region, anyway, but I don't care! Hit me with your best shot, unbelievers!"
Who predicted it? When? Which cities? Still not impressed.... Anyone can predict downfall of cities and civilizations and have a damn good chance of being right eventually.... that's human nature, wars happen, things change....

Here... I'll predict right now that a mighty ruler will fall.....

Look at me, I'm a prophet!!!

cite your sources, show the evidence. Wait whats that? You don't have any? Oh...

Show me one of those millions.