Daniel was giving prophecy, not predictions.

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ebnelson — 7/4/2002 8:57:10 AM (archived)

And the events he spoke very likely happened before they were written down.
It is so in appropriate to misuse the Bible by turning it into a book of future history.
The creation and flood stories and others in Genesis are myths.
And prophecy is not prediciton.

Ed

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Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Euro! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/3/2002 9:14:18 AM
- Christian perspective - O'Leary - 7/3/2002 1:26:29 PM
  - Re: Christian perspective - ebnelson - 7/4/2002 4:41:33 PM
    - The vision from the book of Danial was of - Lee - 7/4/2002 5:15:23 PM
      - Daniel was giving prophecy, not predictions. - ebnelson - 7/4/2002 8:57:10 AM
        
        Re: Daniel was giving prophecy, not predictions. - O'Leary - 7/4/2002 1:10:59 PM
        
        The Bible is the word of God. - ebnelson - 7/6/2002 10:20:15 AM
    - Re: Christian perspective - O'Leary - 7/4/2002 1:07:16 PM
      - Re: Chialist theologies - Mary Anne - 7/5/2002 2:07:51 PM
        
        Thanks Mary Ann - O'Leary - 7/5/2002 12:32:09 PM
        
        "Chialism" is the original name for that kind of theology. - ebnelson - 7/6/2002 10:18:17 AM
        
        Naming things - Mary Anne - 7/5/2002 1:03:58 PM
        
        That's what it's all about - agreeing to disagree (nt) (n/t) - O'Leary - 7/5/2002 2:44:05 PM
- Postscript: The Problem With EUROs - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/3/2002 11:11:20 AM
  - Re: The British tourists and the € - Raoul - 7/4/2002 1:42:41 PM
- The anti-Euro activists need to get a life - Matt Burley - 7/3/2002 10:35:32 AM
  - Re: The anti-Euro activists need to get a life - Marcia - 7/4/2002 2:17:29 PM
    - Older coins link: - Marcia - 7/4/2002 2:21:38 PM
  - Re: The anti-Euro activists need to get a life - p - 7/3/2002 12:37:06 PM
    - Hey! That qualifies as a hate crime! :O) (nt) (n/t) - O'Leary - 7/3/2002 1:28:23 PM
- Re: Of course it's a tasteless caricature . . . - D. Spires - 7/3/2002 9:27:43 AM
  - Re: I hope it backfires on them (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/3/2002 9:50:18 AM

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