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To: wagglebee
If a FReeper fancies himself a prophet and posts his prophecies, can he be criticized as a false prophet or does his status as a FReeper somehow protect him?

Because he is a Freeper it would be "making it personal" to call him a liar. That would be reading his mind and attributing to him the intent to deceive. It would also be "making it personal" to make the thread "about" him instead of whatever he said.

It would not however be "making it personal" to observe that he has called himself a prophet but that claim and/or his prophecies are false. In that case, to keep the thread from becoming "about" an individual Freeper be sure to cite authorities for discussion, e.g. Bible, Catechism.

19 posted on 09/30/2009 6:53:25 AM PDT by Religion Moderator
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To: Religion Moderator

Okay, that makes sense.


22 posted on 09/30/2009 6:55:25 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Religion Moderator; wagglebee; Jim Robinson

What value do vanity religious pseudo prophecies bring FR? Why is this (and the rest of the odd posts by this false prophet) not coded a simple vanity in chat?


76 posted on 09/30/2009 6:43:57 PM PDT by narses ("These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.")
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To: Religion Moderator; wagglebee

To make matters worse, this relatively-new “prophet” FReeper has chosen a name very similar to mine, and now people think I’m a nut posting weird stuff on the religion forum.

Which is a completely different discussion.

I was here first, and I wish this “prophet” would get a new name or go play elsewhere.


274 posted on 10/07/2009 8:30:33 AM PDT by Jedidah
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