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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: Alex W.
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:52
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"Antares 531" <gordonlrDELETE@swbell.net> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:21:17 +0100, "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Antares 531" <gordonlrDELETE@swbell.net> wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:25:09 -0400, Brian E. Clark
>>> <reply@newsgroup.only.please> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <4d2a74pf351she9f40vri1ku32c7s40a9j@
>>>>4ax.com>, Antares 531 said...
>>>>
>>>>> Fulfillment of prophecies is the most convincing "evidence" for the
>>>>> reliability of the Bible,
>>>>
>>>>Most convincing of all are those prophecies written
>>>>after the events they predict.
>>>>
>>> Bryan, I see your point, but I maintain that there are many Biblical
>>> prophecies that were written LONG before they were fulfilled, and the
>>> history/dating can not have been manipulated. Even if the dating of,
>>> say the prophecies of Daniel can be argued a bit, it can't be
>>> stretched to a date later than the time of Jesus's life. If you
>>> haven't already done so, please visit this site and check some of
>>> these items out.
>>
>>There is no need to "stretch" anything when you are dealing with a work of
>>multiple authors writing over a millennium or two.  You take it on trust,
>>pure and simple.
>>
>>Moreover, those prophesies are really quite vague (part of their intrinsic
>>nature).  Any major religion has predictions about the appearance of a
>>redeemer figure, about salvation and whatnot.  You merely latched onto
>>Jesus -- it might just as well have been Mohammed, Bab, Baha'u'llah or a
>>host of others.
>>
> Alex, I've seen this rebuttal before but I've never had anyone point
> out to me any list of successfully filled complex prophecies other
> than those revealed in the Bible. Can you please direct me to a source
> such as this one, but for some of the other major religions?
>
> http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/prophecy.shtml
>

http://bci.org/prophecy-fulfilled/

http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/FQ_prophecies.shtml

http://www.alislam.org/library/articles/prophecies.html

http://allreligionsprophecies.com/default.aspx 
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