Validity of the Bible

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Well, showing that prophecy was fullfilled does not prove the Bible
correct, but showing that a Biblical prophecy was not (and cannot be
in the future) fulfilled would disprove the correctness of the Bible.
This is called disproof by counterexample, and is a well established
technique in both math and logic as well as law.  We must be very
careful here, since many people would misinterpret a prophecy and then
claim it failed to pan out.  Each man's faith is what proves the Bible
true to himself, and that faith is transferred by preaching: "faith
commeth by hearing, and hearing the word of God.  And how shall he
hear unless there is a preacher?  And how shall he preach unless he is
sent?"

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