False Prophets/True Believers

One is to tinker with the timing of the prediction; the other is to reinterpret the prediction itself. Believers in Q have done both. The surge of interest in Q in the months following the nonfulfillment of the November prediction indicates that believers were willing to cut Q some slack, felt the November prediction might only have been approximate, or thought it might refer to an entire period rather than some specific day.

In any case, unlike some previous times of prophetic disappointment, there was no single, dramatic moment of despair. Nonetheless, as time passed, it became clear that the anti-deep state coup had not taken place. Q justified the delay by reminding adherents that years of corruption made law enforcement agencies inefficient and slow-moving, so the wave of promised arrests would come more slowly than many thought. The other strategy for coping with dissonance is to reinterpret the prediction so that it means something either less concrete or less imminent.

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Q made this easy because there are a great many Q postings, and many of them are cryptic. As a result, believers are left with a body of sometimes obscure texts that must be explicated in the light of events.

What was once a subculture of eager expectation becomes one of continual reinterpretation. The saga of Q and their faithful band of believers tells us something not only about the willingness of people to stay loyal to their beliefs even in the face of a world that contradicts them. It also suggests the strength of the appetite for inside information that will assure people that they alone know how the world really works, especially knowledge about ultimate events concerning the struggle between good and evil.

And where history is seen as culminating in a final struggle between good and evil, conspiracy theories are often not far behind. Q claimed not only to have knowledge of a deep state conspiracy but to know how its supposedly malevolent designs were going to be defeated. In a culture already saturated with beliefs about plots and cabals—as contemporary America is—these claims were enormously enticing, despite the total absence of external evidence to support them. Indeed, some QAnon supporters believe that Q is Trump—the president and the prophet combined. Michael Barkun is a professor emeritus of political science in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

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Christ Greek refers to the anointed one and chrism to the anointing. The foundational New Testament doctrine of the apostles teaches the importance and application of both doctrine and charismatic gifts. Absence of prophecy and the miraculous denies believers the opportunity to experience the presence of God who then becomes a historical or antiquated entity. When they attempt to correct believers with the gifts but going into error, they are counted as envious and seeking for domination.

Therefore to ignore spiritual gifts of God is a false teaching. It is absolute falsehood and worship of Satan. The third form of error are those who operate in God-given spiritual gifts but afterwards swell with pride, indulge in sexual sins or merchandise gifts by asking for tokens from those who need help. They are later overtaken by strange spirits or dry up.

The word and gifts of God are sealed by the blood of the holy prophets and apostles and of the Son of God. Turning them into articles of trade is to hold a slippery rope that slides deeper and deeper into the abyss of eternal ruin, unless you come to your senses immediately and repent! The vast majority of latter day false prophets are these last categories who abuse God-given spiritual gifts or operate directly under the influence of Satan. He taught a universal fundamental truth that before every fake copy of anything currency, receipt or certificate there is first an original true copy.

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The Books of Kings records a story where, under duress from Ahab , the prophet Micaiah depicts God as requesting information from his heavenly counsel as to what he should do with a court of false prophets. This depiction is recorded in 1 Kings It is also possible that it was meant as a slur on Ahab's prophets, such as Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah. The penalty for false prophecy, including speaking in the name of a god other than YHWH or speaking presumptuously in YHWH's name, is capital punishment.

Classical pagan writers use the term pseudomantis. The term false prophet is sometimes applied outside religion, to describe promoters of scientific, medical, or political theories which the author of the phrase thinks are false.

Paul Offit 's book Autism's False Prophets applied the phrase to promoters of unproven theories and therapies such as the thiomersal controversy and chelation therapy. Ronald Bailey 's book Ecoscam: The False Prophets of Ecological Apocalypse applied the phrase to promoters of the global warming hypothesis; however, by Bailey had changed his mind, writing "Anyone still holding onto the idea that there is no global warming ought to hang it up.

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