[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
No, it "has to be wrong" because logical reasoning tells you that real prophesy is impossible. You simply can not see into the future. You can make guesses, but you can not see what will undoubtedly happen. As the name supposedly prophesized appears accurate, something fishy had to have taken place for it to appear accurate (that, or Isaiah was a really good guesser, but it is very improbable that he would have been able to guess the name Cyrus).

Real prophesy is not possible IF there is no God. I cannot prove to you scientifically that God exists, but you cannot prove that God does not exist. Why? Because God is outside of creation, being the creator Himself. I can point to things that lead me to believe that there is a designer, such as the complexity of life, the complexity of molecular structures, the complexity of the formation of our solar system, and on and on, but you will say that those are the result of accidents, or are "the way things are". Neither of us can prove or disprove that there was a hand that set it all in motion.

Incidently, the point of prophesy in the Bible is not the prediction of the future, but the revealing of God's will. It might involve foretelling the future, but not always. It is God speaking through a person to reveal His truth.