Discussion: Bible Prophecy

"No unconditional prophecy of the Bible about events to the present day has gone unfilled. Hundreds of predictions, some of them given hundreds of years in advance, have been literally fulfilled."

- Geisler & Nix, From God to Us

In my mind, prophecy is the most convincing evidence for the authenticity of the Bible. If the claim above is true, it seems like almost incontrovertible evidence. This thread is the place to discuss it.

Note that if the Bible is really inspired by God, then we can expect 100% accuracy. If it can be shown that even a single prophecy went unfulfilled, it would have huge ramifications.

An Open-Minded Faith

A brief statement of faith:

I believe that God exists, that He created the universe and He cares about people. I believe that the Bible is true, the divinely inspired word of God. Therefore, I will try to live my life according to what the Bible teaches.

This is something I've believed for a long time, but the Bible College experience has helped solidify it for me. I hope that going forward it will be a bigger part of my life.

Since I do not have perfect knowledge I cannot make a claim to know with 100% certainty that this is true, instead I take it on faith backed up by evidence from the small portion of knowledge that I do have. I also have faith that if I challenge and examine my beliefs, then they will stand up to scrutiny. Therefore I would love to hear from anyone who disagrees with me, to test my theory that my beliefs hold fast against criticism. I'd like to call this "open-minded faith".

For starters, there's one thing that's been on my mind that I'd like to hear more about:

Romans 1:20 "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse."

So according to the Bible, the existence of God should be evident from creation. I'd like to hear more people's thoughts on this, to see if they agree with it or not.

Shenanigans in Pictures

Here are a few pictures of various happenings that I found funny. You can see the tents that are our living quarters in the background of a few shots.

Tim plays with a mousetrap:

Jimmy vacuums angry wasps in midair:

Some of the guys returning from "work projects":

Steve teaching a baby bird how to fly:

Some other happenings that I don't have pictures of:

• Epic battles: 2 centipedes versus giant cane spider versus 6 dewinged wasps.


• Leftover tortillas and pancakes make for good frisbees.


• Cheese slices stick to people quite easily. So do geckos, but the girls don't appreciate that.