This passage from Deuteronomy says...
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This passage from Deuteronomy says that the test of whether a prophet is true or false is whether that which is prophesied comes true. Having one's validity as a prophet judged from that perspective is always tough, as some more recent would-be prophets can attest.
Around 1900, newspapers and magazines speculated about the 20th century.
The Chicago Tribune predicted that thanks to selective breeding, women would be more beautiful. The Washington Post figured that by the year 2000, trains would travel at 600 miles an hour, with the only problem being how to keep them from launching into space. The Atlantic Monthly envisioned powerful machines that would accelerate the work of -- get this -- the blacksmith. The Saturday Evening Post correctly envisioned the development of the automobile and highways, but failed altogether to picture the traffic volume that would ensue. (From Joshua Muravchik, "Machines Are (Sort of) Predictable. Man Isn't," The Wall Street Journal, December 29, 1999, A14.)
Around 1900, newspapers and magazines speculated about the 20th century.
The Chicago Tribune predicted that thanks to selective breeding, women would be more beautiful. The Washington Post figured that by the year 2000, trains would travel at 600 miles an hour, with the only problem being how to keep them from launching into space. The Atlantic Monthly envisioned powerful machines that would accelerate the work of -- get this -- the blacksmith. The Saturday Evening Post correctly envisioned the development of the automobile and highways, but failed altogether to picture the traffic volume that would ensue. (From Joshua Muravchik, "Machines Are (Sort of) Predictable. Man Isn't," The Wall Street Journal, December 29, 1999, A14.)
