Your Favorite Prophecy? Question for all religions

[leibowde84]

From my experience atheists have no problem with Baha'ullah, so they won't agree or disagree.

Atheists don't have a problem with any religion, they just don't buy into any of them. I would strongly suggest not stereotyping about Atheists, just as you would not like others to stereotype Muslims. If you are going to generalize about all Atheists, you should expect and accept others to generalize about Islam. Simple as that.

 

[leibowde84]

This is one of my favorite prophecies which i can see it happening right now in front of my eyes.

When Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood asked Rasulallah about the Signs of Qiyamah, he was told: "Music and musical instruments will be found in every home. People will indulge in homosexuality. There will be an abundance of illegitimate children. There will be an abundance of critics, tale-carriers, back-biters and taunters in society. People will establish ties with strangers and sever relations with their near and dear ones. Hypocrites will be in control of the affairs of the community and evil, immoral people will be at the helm of businesses. The Masjid will be decorated, but the hearts of people will be devoid of guidance. The courtyards of Masjids will be built beautifully and high pulpits will be erected. Various wines will be consumed in excess."

Yet again, a prophecy that is not hard to guess. There have always been lots of illegitimate children, evil people running businesses, taunters in society, an abundance of critics (more and more with scientific discovery), people "establishing ties with strangers" (which is good) and severing relations with their near and dear ones, and people "consuming wine", and there likely always will be.

What about this prophecy is impressive? It is, like all of the prophecies you have cited, vague and easily expected. Aren't there any prophecies that predict something that shouldn't have been expected?

 

[rusra02]

“You, O king, were watching, and you saw an immense image. That image, which was huge and extremely bright, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was terrifying. The head of that image was of fine gold, its chest and its arms were of silver, its abdomen and its thighs were of copper, its legs were of iron, and its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay. You looked on until a stone was cut out, not by hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and of clay and crushed them. At that time the iron, the clay, the copper, the silver, and the gold were, all together, crushed and became like the chaff from the summer threshing floor, and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a large mountain, and it filled the whole earth...
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it alone will stand forever, just as you saw that out of the mountain a stone was cut not by hands, and that it crushed the iron, the copper, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The Grand God has made known to the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.” Daniel 2 in the Bible

 

[Muffled]

The rapture

I Th. 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Mat 24:31 And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

 

[Muffled]

Our hero, our hero
Claims a warrior's heart
I tell you, I tell you
The Dragonborn comes

With a Voice wielding power of the ancient Nord art
Believe, believe, the Dragonborn comes
It's an end to the evil of all Skyrim's foes
Beware, beware the Dragonborn comes

For the darkness has passed
And the legend yet grows
You'll know, you'll know the Dragonborn's come

........... *Laughs*...... Sorry couldn't help it.. I do not trust others enought to put much stock in propecy.

Impressive. I am not into game playing so I had to look it up. Is it based of Dungeons and Dragons? I believe a lot of the games have used that as a model.

 

[MagickIsChaos]

Impressive. I am not into game playing so I had to look it up. Is it based of Dungeons and Dragons? I believe a lot of the games have used that as a model.

It's from Skyrim which is part of the Elder Scrolls Series which is actually pretty different than the DnD based games.

 

[Muffled]

It's from Skyrim which is part of the Elder Scrolls Series which is actually pretty different than the DnD based games.

When I read the "Forgotten Realms" books a credit is given to DnD.

 

[sojourner]

Isaiah 61.

 

[leibowde84]

I believe it to be an amazing prophecy and i understand it very well to be so, how you think of it is returns to you.

You still haven't explained why you think it is an amazing prophecy and understand it very well to be so. It seems that most are in agreement that this is a rather vague and unexceptional prophecy, as could have been easily expected. So, can you provide your counter argument as to why you think it is impressive?

 

[Politesse]

I think this whole business of treating prophecy as just fortune-telling cheapens the whole notion of divine communication. If all you want is a bit of divination, why not just go to a palm reader or consult a tarot deck, and get a lot more information, likely just as accurate? When I am talking to God, I do not waste time trying to beg for details about my stock futures, it's using the wrong means for the end. Because had it been the intention of the gods for us to know the future, they'd not have bound our consciousness to past and present to begin with. I selected my favorite prophecy on the grounds that it is a lovely promise, not because I imagine it being a factually accurate prediction. I mean, hopefully it will be, but I've no idea how and don't care to speculate where I obviously have no means of knowing.

 

[Поман Борис]

That the moon will explode and rain cheese on Earth.

 

["Born Eunuch"]

“Now, tell me of the Last Hour,” asked the man.

The Prophet Muhammed (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, “The one asked knows no more of it than the one asking.”

“Then tell me about its signs,” said the man.

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, “That slave women give birth to their mistresses; and that you see barefoot, unclothed, beginning shepherds competing in the construction of tall buildings.

Then the visitor left, and I waited a long time. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me, “Do you know, Umar, who the questioner was?” I replied, “Allah and His Messenger know best.”He said (Allah bless him and give him peace), “It was Jibril. He came to you to teach you your religion.”Sahih Muslim”


Dubai 1950

Dubai 2015

That is my all time prophecy. Now what is your most favorite prophecy from your religion?

My favorite prophecy is Matt. 24:34 because it PROVES that the story of Jesus in the Bible is not a historical story (the story did not happen 2,000 years ago,) but a prophetic story (a story talking about something that would happen in the future:)

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." Matt. 24:34

To understand what I mean by PROVES see the whole chapter of Matt. 24.



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[Riverwolf]

Now what is your most favorite prophecy from your religion?

Ragnarok, of course. Just all kinds of awesome.

The world will end when a giant made of fire will invade the earth swinging a giant sword made of fire, leading armies of other giants of fire and ice, and lay waste to everything, while Gods and Woden's Army fight back with magic horses, magic weapons and armor, and all things culminate in explosions of Heavy Metal Manowar AWESOMENESS!!!!

However, I don't regard prophecy with any kind of seriousness.

 

[Riverwolf]

It's from Skyrim which is part of the Elder Scrolls Series which is actually pretty different than the DnD based games.

Fun fact: the first game in that series, Arena, was based on the developers' own DnD homebrew world and campaign.

 

[Muffled]

My favorite prophecy is Matt. 24:34 because it PROVES that the story of Jesus in the Bible is not a historical story (the story did not happen 2,000 years ago,) but a prophetic story (a story talking about something that would happen in the future:)

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." Matt. 24:34

To understand what I mean by PROVES see the whole chapter of Matt. 24.



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I have seen the whole chapter and I believe it proves no such thing.

 

[Muffled]

Ragnarok, of course. Just all kinds of awesome.

The world will end when a giant made of fire will invade the earth swinging a giant sword made of fire, leading armies of other giants of fire and ice, and lay waste to everything, while Gods and Woden's Army fight back with magic horses, magic weapons and armor, and all things culminate in explosions of Heavy Metal Manowar AWESOMENESS!!!!

However, I don't regard prophecy with any kind of seriousness.

I believe this fits in quite well with the book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ.

I believe the giant to be a large asteroid which will lay waste to the earth. We many of whom are the descndants of Woden will send a rocket to blow up the asteroid but only succeed in creating very large pieces that have the same effect.

Rev 6:13 and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.
14 And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

 

[Mycroft]

Mine would have to be Joseph Smith's prophecy that Jesus would return in 51 years. It was so laughably false, since jesus didn't return in 1891 (51 years after the prophecy was made).

 

[leibowde84]

Mine would have to be Joseph Smith's prophecy that Jesus would return in 51 years. It was so laughably false, since jesus didn't return in 1891 (51 years after the prophecy was made).

Well, obviously, by "years" Mr. Smith was referring to some other classification of time that we have no way of understanding ... Duh.

 

[Etritonakin]

Acts 10:
34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Haggai 2:
6For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts

I John 3:
2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Philippians 3:
21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself

 

[paula109]

more I find out about Muhammad, and more I admired him.
unfortunately many false news about him