[TML] China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation

[Joshua Stockwell]

On 8/27/07, Richard Aiken <raikenclw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:37 +0100 (BST), Megan Robertson <
> mcrobertson at cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > According to the Bible, those who have the gift of prophecy (as in, one
> of
> > the gifts of the Spirit) are probably more likely to actually manifest
> it
> > as FORTHTELLING rather than FORETELLING - i.e., you say what needs to be
> > said, telling it forth, rather than predicting things.
>
>
> <snip>
>
> Now, this forthtelling may be presenting God's teaching on something new,
> > or it may be reiterating something that is already known but appears to
> be
> > being neglected by the faithful. It's basically whatever God wants said
> at
> > the time.
>
>
> Ah.  So it's a distinction without a difference, in Christianity, because
> there's no "official" end to prophecy.  But in Islam, you need to always
> cite chapter and verse (or rather surrah) of what the Prophet said.  You
> can't ever claim divine inspiration, as that would be prophecy.  Right?


Actually, the Book Revelations is the end of prophecy for Christianity. The
Bible is the complete and whole word of God, there can be no new additions.