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Old 09-06-2007, 08:13 PM
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Have you had your mail read lately??

Greetings old friends,

I'm looking to visit what appears to be an ultra-con church this weekend that supposedly has a reputation for being one of those outfits that tend to capitalize on "reading people's mail."

I've seen so many kooky fasle prophets running around "reading people's mail" to last a life time.

So what is your take on the subject?

What would you do, or what have you done, when faced with a wannabe prophet?

Are there any real prophets left?

What are some good ways to tell the difference?

Are some of these gift coming from a different giver?

Thanks in advance, Theo.
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:15 PM
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You sound skeptical.
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:18 PM
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You sound skeptical.
Very. I tend to believe my chances are better for an accurate psychic reading if I went and got my palm read and I don't put much stock in that either.
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:18 PM
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Are there any real prophets left?
A real prophet will meet scriptures test of 100% accuracy.

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What are some good ways to tell the difference?
If Silvia Brown or Uri "the spoon bender" Geller can do it, it is not of God.

For that matter if I can do it...... It is the powerful praying on the gullible.
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:22 PM
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Prophets are real, or there wouldn't be false ones running around. The devil only counterfeits the real thing; he's not too creative.
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:26 PM
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Prophets are real, or there wouldn't be false ones running around. The devil only counterfeits the real thing; he's not too creative.
I believe that there is a such thing as a real prophet, but where are they, what is the heart of their message, and how does that contrast with what we let linger in our midst despite their failed track records?
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:28 PM
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The devil only counterfeits the real thing; he's not too creative.
Thats the amazing thing! The counterfeits are NOT creative, yet people buy them hook line and sinker.
James Randi outted a physic fortune teller a while back and asked a person she had given a reading to about it. This guy was amazed at her accuracy and insisted that she nailed too many things to be wrong. Randi asked him how many names she mentioned when it came to naming his grandfather and he said "oh, about half a dozen or so", then held up a transcript of the reading. She had read off over 30 WRONG names before hitting on the right one, and even then she had clues given by him throughout to help hone in on it.

The fact is that his mind forgot the wrong ones (and predictions) and only remembers the right ones. When dealing with generalities prophecies are total garbage. A true prophecy will tell you to "duck at 1:48 PM! And fast!!", then when 1:48 PM come around, you duck, just as a brick goes sailing over your head. I HAVE heard such! But most are of the Sunday paper horoscope variety.
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:29 PM
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Some of these so called prophets are nutty. Plain and simple.
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:30 PM
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A real prophet will meet scriptures test of 100% accuracy.



If Silvia Brown or Uri "the spoon bender" Geller can do it, it is not of God.

For that matter if I can do it...... It is the powerful praying on the gullible.
You mean that he is right without "missing it." I agree. If stoning has gone out of style, what do we do with them now?

Where does the "powerful" that prey source their power? And why do we tollerate it?

What do we do when faced with it?
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Old 09-06-2007, 08:33 PM
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Some of these so called prophets are nutty. Plain and simple.
Right. So what would you do? Call them on it, or let them grandstand for their audience?
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