From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!sher Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Re: But Jeremiah prophesied about the new testament Article-I.D.: rocheste.663 Posted: Tue Feb 8 23:10:42 1983 Received: Fri Feb 11 08:51:01 1983 References: floyd.1169 If anyone can generate a prophecy that refers specifically to a man who would be born on 4 BC, never have sex, throw money changers out of the temple, die by crucifixtion (sorry about the spelling), come back to life in visions to various disciples,..., and which can be proven not to refer to someone born in the year 2415 who through intelligence, beauty, charisma, and personality convinces the world to lay down their arms and work together following the law of God as a great community and will destroy the will of his opposition to oppose him through sheer force of personality will have shown evidence that the old testament prophesizes christ. (Note the 25th century person might die at the hand of fanatics in any way you want) Any takers? -David Ps this 25th century person can have any other properties that do not contradict the above. PPs this is a result of the fact that in order to make their argument stick, the prophecy must refer to Christ and only Christ (otherwise they can take as support any prophecy which contains "There will come a man who ...")