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Date Posted: 10:45:22 11/14/05 Mon
Author: Sophist
Subject: Prophecy and predestination
In reply to: Celebaelin 's message, "Will that be your new destination or your pre-destination?" on 10:14:58 11/14/05 Mon

I see prophecies as falling into 3 types:

1. Those which don't come true at all. After the fact we can say that these never were "real" prophecies.

2. Prophecies which predestine your life. "You will kill your father and marry your mother."

3. Prophecies which come true in unexpected ways: "If you cross the Halys river, a great empire will be destroyed."

I never saw Jossverse prophecies as fitting category 2. I wouldn't compare Wesley to Oedipus, but to Croesus.

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  • Interesting. He would have been 76. -- manwitch, 10:50:59 11/14/05 Mon
  • He's not the man his father was -- Celebaelin, 12:12:37 11/14/05 Mon
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