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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Daniel 8 and 11 here are talking about a prophecy that has already “been fulfilled” - common in the Bible to make these kinds of retroactive prophecies. The bad guy being described there is Antiochus.

[–] igg@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

That is just Daniel 8. Daniel 11 could reasonably be talking about modern times

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Could literally be talking about billions of people from a period spanning thousands of years.

[–] Fluke@lemm.ee -1 points 4 months ago

Which is why some people still hold it up as a valuable text. It's a well written book of scams to keep the ignorant masses in line.

It is, in essence, a compilation of the vague shite that "fortune tellers" spew to the marks looking to be told what they want to hear.

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