Dr. Robert Thiel is NOT a Biblical Prophet
Dr. Robert Thiel is a Prophecy Buff
Definition: A prophecy buff is a person who enjoys believing the Bible predicts the future and using the Bible and comparing it to local, national and international news, weather and sports, they can too, a lot.
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The term prophet can be applied to one who makes predictions about the future and/or being an inspired speaker. Both involve saying something that proves to be correct.
ReplyDeleteApart from a few in-COG events that have no relevance to the rest of the world (expect as "proofs") Bob's effort is something he said "aligning" with some world event. But he shoots at the broad side of a barn with a blunderbuss - something will 'eventually' stick.
As for "inspired speaking" I don't think I've heard a Bob sermon that hasn't had some error in it. Can someone be inspired to say the wrong thing?
I predict that Thiel cannot predict what Im going to predict about predictions next! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe guy in the first pic moonlights as Father Christmas, and the second guy, as an extra in cavemen movies.
ReplyDeleteyou just might have found the perfect title for Dr. Bob....prophecy buff.
ReplyDeletethat doesn't mean that the things he says aren't true...I think he's generally on the right track....but an actual prophet? no.
"I think he's generally on the right track..."
ReplyDeleteCould you be more specific? On the right track in creating another copy of WCG? On his awareness of world conditions?
Years back on a very general-purpose blog someone commented that they heard Dave Pack speaking and thought he was "spot on". A science journalist discussing Scientology told me when one appears to correctly recognize a problem people generally assume that person is able to fix it.
Is there such a thing as a narcissism buff? That would fit Bob more accurately than prophecy buff.
ReplyDeletePROPHET: "In the name of the LORD Almighty, I warn you to flee that cursed city of [CITY NAME HERE] before God rains down fiery destruction to kill its many sinners."
BOB: "Perhaps, in light of a prophecy given in a dream to the Roman Catholic nun Faustina, we can consider that God inspired the Dresden Codex to include statements that may possibly reveal that most of God's people will go into the Great Tribulation because they rejected God's special end-time Philadelphian Prophet."
Anon 3:59
ReplyDeleteIs it possible that you are maybe one Bob's ghostwriters? With the amount of verbiage he generates, he either does a lot of copy-and-paste or he has a whole team working for him.
LOL 359. I would make it a question rather than a statement as in "Can we consider that God..." Bob tends towards posing questions that the reader can muse on but that he can wiggle out of should it be nothing of import. Mostly it is nothing of import anyway.
ReplyDelete"Could Jesus return wearing a football helmet for his own safety?" "Might the King of the South be too far North as a Satanic deception?" "Is the White Island Volcanic eruption a sure sign of Jesus coming?" Or as he really states of late..." Are Protestants a Tannenbaum Religion?"
Not exactly prophecy revealed and if we go by "inspired preaching" as the definition of a prophet, nope. Just plain old scanning of the Internet for pieces of the puzzle that he wants to fit a puzzle he has in mind. Sadly, and of course, Art Mokarrow has already solved God's Puzzle so the point is moot.
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Puzzle-Solved-Art-Mokarow/dp/B000B0IDVC
Art Mokarrow has already solved God's Puzzle so the point is moot.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.amazon.com/Gods-Puzzle-Solved-Art-Mokarow/dp/B000B0IDVC
"God's puzzle"? Would that be Rubik's Cube? Sudoku? The New York Times Sunday Crossword?
Seriously, with the Bible's own warnings that God's ways are beyond human understanding, what kind of arrogant mind jumps in and says, "Well, that doesn't apply to me!" A god whose ways I can understand is a pretty puny excuse for a God.
When you see an anthill in the park, do you think the ants who see you can understand you at all, or can even tell the difference between you and the other large creatures around them? In the other direction, do you think you could make your will understood to those ants? Any god worthy of being worshipped as God will be so far above human beings that it's not reasonable to assume that in this lifetime we'll have anything more than a slight glimmer of understanding Him/Her/It. So why do so many self-important religious nuts try to gain followings of people who believe that they have some special understanding? It's ridiculous!