Falsifying God? (Agnosticism)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, December 21, 2014, 17:37 (3411 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

Just to hit a few more of the examples from your link:-Ezekiel 29 Regarding Egypt:-This can neither be definitively proven nor disproven yet, but we learn from Berosus that Nebuchadnezzar sent several captive Egyptians to Babylon; and from Megasthenes, that he transplanted others to Pontus; and it is probable, that at the dissolution of the Babylonian empire, about forty years after, Cyrus permitted them to return to their native country. There are historical records to indicate this was fulfilled, but nothing concrete yet. We know for a fact Egypt was conquered as foretold, by the people it was foretold they would be conquered by. The only part lacking documentation is the "desolation" aspect. -Though there is some evidence for it in the Chronicles of John, Bishop of Nikiu, CHAPTER LI.: -Under Triumph of Judah-This is a case of poor scholarship on the part of the Author. The beginning of Isaiah 7 is an offer of assistance from Jehovah, but in 7:10-12 his help is rejected:-10 Jehovah continued speaking to A?haz: 11 “Ask for a sign from Jehovah your God;+ it may be as deep as the Grave* or as high as the sky.” 12 But A?haz said: “I will not ask, nor will I put Jehovah to the test.”-The rest of Isaiah 7 is Jehovah saying what will happen because of that rejection, and so it came to pass just as it was said.-
Isaiah predicts the Nile drying up, Sea draining: Future Prophecy-Failure to smite Jebus: This was not a prophecy but a conditional promise to the Israelites. They were told that they would be victorious against the Canaanite nations as long as the kept their end of the deal. They were supposed to erradicate the Canaanite's, instead, they took women to marry and began following their gods.-I would suggest a better body of scholarly work if you are looking for failed prophecies. As far as sources go, that wiki is pretty poor.-
Just to give some context to this discussion, the bible and its prophecies works remarkably like science. In science, you make a hypothesis which will in turn make predictions. Predictions in science generally come in two flavors, the low hanging fruit that is easily testable and the larger predictions that either have not or can not be tested yet. -Prophecy works much the same way. Prophecies generally contain what are known as a minor and major fulfillment. The minor fulfillment, like the low hanging fruit in a scientific hypothesis, is generally easily tested and used to provide assurance of the larger fulfillment of the prophecy. -For example, the destruction of Egypt that the wiki was discussing. The minor fulfillment was regarding Egypt being conquered by Babylon. The major fulfillment is about an event that has not yet come to pass. Think of this like the hypothesis of Gravity. The low hanging fruit is to test the weight of something hear on Earth. The larger fulfillment is how it affects the celestial bodies, their orbits and rotations, and the way it bends light.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.