ShaneMan said:
As I mentioned yesterday, the prophecies in the Old Testament of Jesus birth. There were hundreds of them and they all came true. Everywhere from when, where, how and etc. The books in the Old Testament where written long before the birth of Christ so saying someone manipulated it to look that way would not be a valid argument.
Did all of the prophecies name him or refer to him as 'the son of god' or 'our saviour', or what?
Assuming - just for the sake of argument - that he wasn't the son of god or a saviour, then none of those prophecies came true, unless they said someone of that name would be born. If the last case is true, was he the first person ever to have that name? I know it means something like 'god will help', but there are plenty of people today with that name and I've known at least one who was more of a burden on society than a help.
As far as other biblical prophecies are concerned, am I right in thinking that few gave many precise details, let alone specific dates? If so, then I could make a prediction today and - allowing myself the latitude of an infinite timeline - stand by it indefinitely. If it comes true, I'm a prophet. If not, it will eventually, just wait.
Are there any examples of specific details in biblical predictions i.e. time, date, persons involved, cause, outcome, etc.?
Note: I've tried to keep the questions as non-insulting as possible, so apologies if I've caused any offence.