Yes, but that is not how it comes off in the context of the peice. The author is claiming to be a prophet.
As a rhetorical device it isn't such a good idea, unless you goal is to get 98% of your audience to tune out.
no he is not claiming to be a prophet. I see no evidence of things to come in the author’s article. Why are you here if you do not believe in God?
He claimed no such thing.
How? Where?
jboot: Ahh, mmmmkay.
ClearCase_guy: All Believers have a special and unique relationship with God.
jboot: Yes, but that is not how it comes off in the context of the peice. The author is claiming to be a prophet. As a rhetorical device it isn't such a good idea, unless you goal is to get 98% of your audience to tune out.
Fascinating interaction. jboot openly declares his opinion stands for 98% of the population, while simultaneously conflating the ideas of prophecy and personal experience of God - and denigrating the truth-telling as a "rhetorical mechanism" if it pans out.
That's pretty deft, if you think about it. Not just one flimsy piece of logic, but three, all intertwined into one and topped by the social denegration sound of "Ahh, mmmmkay." Sounds like jboot went to jschool.
While jboot doesn't say whether he believes in God at all, it's clear that if he does, his belief does not include a God who would actually talk to anyone, or have a personal relationship with anyone where communication is made. And why reject this? Well obviously, because it hasn't happened to jboot. And also because crazy people have claimed similiar things. Of course, crazy people have also claimed to be doctors, but I don't think that will stop jboot from dialing 911 in an emergency.
In addition, what if the guy is also a prophet? I guess the old drown-the-woman-to-see-if-she's-not-a-witch test would work there pretty well, eh jboot?
I don’t see his claiming to be a prophet at all!