Miraculous prediction, as in biblical prophecy, does not necessarily violate scientific law, but it does involve the acquiring of knowledge in a manner that has never been verified. Nor has science given us a theoretically sound framework to explain how such prophecy might reasonably occur. To the extent that mediums have been competently investigated, in the past as well as the present, the claim of miraculous prophecy has always proven false or unconvincing. Thus, we have neither the theoretical groundwork nor a single, proven example of miraculous prophecy.
We must ask which is more probable, that a few individuals in the Mideast had special powers during biblical times, men associated with a particular religious cult, or that the usual, faulty claims, lies, misunderstandings and later manipulations of history have occurred. Clearly, the odds are heavily in favor of the latter. Any proof of miraculous prophecy must be so strong, so extraordinary, as to make the latter the
less likely case. Not only is such proof lacking, but in many cases we have good evidence that biblical "prophecies" were written down
after the event in question! There is also good evidence that many of the events and characteristics attributed to Jesus have been lifted from the Old Testament by New Testament authors! Thus, it is hardly surprising that there are some parallels between the Old Testament and the Jesus story.
This jurisdiction goes for
pretty much every prophecy in the Bible.
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