Modern day prophet.
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I didn't say it mattered where your information came from though.
and while you are taking one verse of scripture and interpreting it the way you like, I am taking that verse and interpreting it through scripture as a whole. You are the one ignoring parts of the Bible, not me. Check yourself.
No I'm taking several verses that I cited that say 100% with no ifs, ands, or buts.
You said not 100% (which puts you at odds with 2+ verses of God's Word)
Then when pressed you scraped up ONE example which I was happy to unpack how it was not a failed prophecy AND how about doing so You're not making God's word contain multiple errors and instead be your lack of understanding.
You don't get to tell me (falsely) that I'm ignoring multiple parts of the Bible when you believe that the Bible has errors in it. You lost the ability to stand on scripture.
I have the high ground Anakin.
IMAGINE accusing someone of ignoring scripture...
and then accusing them of not providing enough examples
as if you can just ignore that one example
absolute clown
I did not say the Bible has errors in it. I said you've interpreted in your own way which ignores the rest of the Bible.
Your own AI came up with the exact term I used, conditional.
Every way you've tried to squirm out of this has been highly dishonest, including saying that because I only used one example, it doesn't count.
Do I need to cite more than one instance where a prophet's unconditional statement did not come to pass?
No. Because the example I gave is Biblical.
Just argue honestly. you sound like a libtard, throwing around terms you don't understand.
You can't follow a basic chain of logic.
The two versus that I cited say that the standard for a prophet of God is 100% accuracy.
You claim 99% thereby disagreeing with those verses.
The example you gave was completely conditional.
I'll let my LLM explain and I'll leave you.
The requirement for a prophet to have 100% accuracy, as stated in other parts of Scripture, particularly in Deuteronomy 18:21-22, seems at first glance to present a potential conflict with the story of Jonah. In Deuteronomy 18:21-22, it says:
"And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him." (NKJV)
However, Jonah's prophecy about Nineveh is not a contradiction of this standard for the following reasons:
1. Conditional Prophecy vs. Unconditional Prophecy
The standard of 100% accuracy applies to prophecies that are declarative and unconditional. These are prophecies where God declares something will happen without any implied conditions, such as the coming of the Messiah or the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon.
However, many prophetic declarations in the Bible, like Jonah's, are conditional. They imply or explicitly state that the outcome is contingent upon the response of the people. Jonah's prophecy to Nineveh was a warning designed to prompt repentance. The prophecy was fulfilled in its purpose (to lead Nineveh to repentance), even though the specific event (destruction in forty days) did not occur because the condition (Nineveh’s continued wickedness) was not met. This kind of conditional prophecy is consistent with God’s standard of truth because the condition (repentance or lack thereof) determines the outcome.
2. God’s Revealed Character and Intentions
God’s character as revealed in Scripture includes mercy, justice, and a desire for repentance rather than destruction. In Jeremiah 18:7-10, God explicitly states that His declarations of judgment are often conditional:
"The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it." (NKJV)
This demonstrates that God’s warnings of judgment are often meant to bring about a change of heart, and the withholding of judgment in response to repentance is consistent with His character. Jonah’s prophecy falls within this pattern, showing that the true purpose of the prophecy was fulfilled—repentance and salvation, not destruction.
3. Distinguishing Between False Prophets and True Prophets
The warning in Deuteronomy 18:21-22 is about distinguishing between true and false prophets. A false prophet is one who presumptuously speaks in God’s name things that God has not said, and these things do not come to pass because they were not divinely inspired. Jonah was a true prophet because the message he delivered was from God, and it accomplished God’s purpose of bringing Nineveh to repentance. The fact that Nineveh was spared confirms that Jonah’s message was genuinely from God, as it led to the intended outcome.
4. Prophecy as a Tool for Repentance
Prophecy in the Bible often serves as a tool to bring about repentance and alignment with God’s will, rather than simply as a prediction of future events. In Jonah’s case, the prophecy’s purpose was to serve as a warning, leading the people of Nineveh to repentance. The prophecy was therefore successful and true because it resulted in the desired spiritual outcome, even if the specific event (destruction) did not occur.
Conclusion
The standard of 100% accuracy in prophecy pertains to unconditional, declarative prophecies. Jonah’s prophecy to Nineveh was conditional, dependent on the response of the people. When the people repented, God mercifully relented from destroying the city, which was in line with the conditional nature of the prophecy. Thus, Jonah’s prophecy does not contradict the biblical standard for prophetic accuracy but rather affirms God’s desire for repentance and His willingness to relent from judgment when people turn from their sins.
Any other responses will be funneled through my sarcasm / insult LLM since you want to make ad-hominem attacks.
In fact I can program a script to reply to you endlessly if you like. You'll never know if your talking to me or my LLM. Who knows, you could already be in the matrix Neo.
Hello Dave. Would you like to play a game? How about chess?
I am disgusted by your lack of integrity here.
Jonah made an unconditional statement in the name of the Lord. It was only revealed as conditional because it didn't come to pass.
Therefore, not everything spoken by a true prophet must come to pass.
I'm not disagreeing with scripture at all. You are trying to simplify scripture by taking bits of it out of context. Obviously both are true, but nowhere does it specify "100%".
One could assume that 100% is meant... Until encountering Jonah's case. Then obviously you must reinterpret to take all of scripture into account. It's a little more nuanced than you want to make it.
Can you follow that logic?
you're not disagreeing with me.
and if Jonah's statement had been a conditional one, you'd be right.
however, it was not. Jonah said Nineveh would fall. Period.
I'm not calling it a contradiction. I'm not calling him a false prophet. I'm saying that applying the strict rule of all of a prophet's predictions coming to pass is not accurate.
As your bot states... "A false prophet is one who presumptuously speaks in God’s name things that God has not said, and these things do not come to pass because they were not divinely inspired."
We know that Jonah was speaking with divine inspiration. But not because 100% of his statements were accurate.
There was no conditional clause in his statement. He didn't say 'Nineveh will fall unless...'
As your bot states, sometimes a prophets statements are meant to inspire change. A prophet always says what needs to be said, and most of the time, that is the truth.
But you've been arguing that at no time can real prophet make a prediction that does not come to pass, and, based on the Bible, that is not true.
Scripture interprets itself. To understand one verse, look at the rest of scripture. Any verse given out of context can be misleading. So even though the test of a true prophet is that their word comes to pass, there is still an allowance for predictions that do not come to pass.
Careful, fren. Let your bot do all the heavy lifting, and you may eventually forget how to think..