cardero
Citizen Mod
1. Between the authors of the Bible who prophesize in Gods name
2. A man named Jesus who seemed to be in very close contact with God
3. An Arab prophet by the name of Mohammed who went to establish the religion of Islam
4.To an upstate NY farmer by the name of Joseph Smith Jr. who helped establish the Mormon religion.
5. To a prophet named Nostradamus who used to preserve his prophecies to warn future generations of humankind.
6. To a middle of the century photographer named Edgar Cayce who used his gift from God to go into a meditative state to diagnose and prescribe cures successfully for people whom he never met.
7. To a radio station intern by the name of Neale Donald Walsch who wrote a series of books from his conversations with God.
8. To a man named John Edward who claims to speak with spirits of people who are deceased.
9. To a woman named Sylvia Brown who casts predictions of earth and social changes.
I am going to borrow Linwoods religion pie for a moment to bring out the illustration that there are not too many people who have established religions for examples 5-9 yet all of these examples claim some type of inspiration from God. Is it because prophets 5-9 are not well known yet? Do you think that many years from now people will establish popular movements of these recent prophets? Is there a certain convenience or credibility that the Biblical prophets have over some of these recent ones? Is it an advantage of time, popularity, faith or truth?
(This thread was inspired from Cynics Did You Ever Think That Maybe discussion.)
2. A man named Jesus who seemed to be in very close contact with God
3. An Arab prophet by the name of Mohammed who went to establish the religion of Islam
4.To an upstate NY farmer by the name of Joseph Smith Jr. who helped establish the Mormon religion.
5. To a prophet named Nostradamus who used to preserve his prophecies to warn future generations of humankind.
6. To a middle of the century photographer named Edgar Cayce who used his gift from God to go into a meditative state to diagnose and prescribe cures successfully for people whom he never met.
7. To a radio station intern by the name of Neale Donald Walsch who wrote a series of books from his conversations with God.
8. To a man named John Edward who claims to speak with spirits of people who are deceased.
9. To a woman named Sylvia Brown who casts predictions of earth and social changes.
I am going to borrow Linwoods religion pie for a moment to bring out the illustration that there are not too many people who have established religions for examples 5-9 yet all of these examples claim some type of inspiration from God. Is it because prophets 5-9 are not well known yet? Do you think that many years from now people will establish popular movements of these recent prophets? Is there a certain convenience or credibility that the Biblical prophets have over some of these recent ones? Is it an advantage of time, popularity, faith or truth?
(This thread was inspired from Cynics Did You Ever Think That Maybe discussion.)
