tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484964530322163939.post725295431979667146..comments2023-10-07T05:24:14.956-04:00Comments on Skeptical Observations: More Insights into the Ways of GodMiles Rindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733605717776262840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484964530322163939.post-51795585216263163662010-04-23T19:15:43.661-04:002010-04-23T19:15:43.661-04:00Leon, I think that I am in agreement with most of ...Leon, I think that I am in agreement with most of what you say, though I don’t know how to interpret your last paragraph (“birth pains” of what?). Just to avoid any possible misunderstanding, let me say that in my blog entry I was trusting my readers to grasp the ironic intent with which I used the word “prophet.” If I cared nothing for economy or elegance of expression, I could have avoided all ambiguity by using instead some such phrase as: “those who pretend to have insight into God’s designs, which is tantamount to pretending to the gift of prophecy.” Of course, I do not believe that people who come forth to tell us what divine intention is supposedly behind this or that recent event have any such gift. As it happens, I do not believe that any human being has ever had any such gift. But I take it that even someone who believes that there is such a thing as prophecy can see that Brody, Sedighi, and Limbaugh don’t have it, and are merely windbags who try to puff up their parochial opinions with intimations of divine authority.Miles Rindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733605717776262840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484964530322163939.post-77322551582399256982010-04-23T18:34:01.869-04:002010-04-23T18:34:01.869-04:00I glad you didn't included me in this group of...I glad you didn't included me in this group of so called "Prophets" <br /><br />However I love you take on Nature Disasters when you say <br /><br /><i><b>"The bright side of natural disasters: they always bring us prophets"</b></i><br /><br />Disasters don't <i><b>"always"</b></i> bring a true Prophet (someone truly sent by God), because that is a rare thing whereas disasters are in abundance<br /><br />With that said I will say the earthquakes, volcanoes and such that have been happing recently are the screams of the birth pains!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00716219257800453785noreply@blogger.com