And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity. Luke 2:36
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. Luke 4:24
Say (O Muhammad): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered. Koran 3:84
Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I tell you in truth: all men are prophets or else God does not exist. Jean-Paul Sartre
Many of the prophets of Jesus’s time were thought to just be mad men, just sort of crazy people who were claiming to channel the divine. Perhaps that means we should be a little less judgmental of some of our own crazies talking about God on the corner. They might actually have found a pretty comfortable place in Jesus’s time. Reza Aslan
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence. Simon & Garfunkel, The Sound of Silence lyrics
We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets. Karl Popper
The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets who were jailed and driven into the desert. Noam Chomsky
We can always be sure of one thing – that the messengers of discomfort and sacrifice will be stoned and pelted by those who wish to preserve at all costs their own contentment. This is not a lesson that is confined to the Testaments. Christopher Hitchens
Another way in which religion betrays itself and attempts to escape mere reliance on faith and instead offer ‘evidence’ in the sense normally understood, is by the argument from revelation. On certain very special occasions, it is asserted, the divine will was made known by direct contact with randomly selected human beings, who were supposedly vouchsafed unalterable laws that could then be passed on to those less favored. Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great p97
Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. George Eliot, Middlemarch
Prophecy and prescience – How can they be put to the test in the face of unanswered questions? Consider: How much is actual prediction ... and how much is the prophet shaping the future to fit the prophecy? What are the harmonics inherent in the act of prophecy? Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of the knife? Frank Herbert, Dune
Prophets have a way of dying by violence. ibid.
They are the recorded visions of men and women reportedly chosen by God to witness the future. Biblical prophecies have been preserved in the pages of the Bible. Bible Secrets Revealed s1e5: Strange Prophecies s1e5, History 2013
Revelation: a world where a satanic figure has risen to rule. A terrible beast called the Whore of Babylon terrorises all. And where four horsemen leave mountains of corpses in their wake. ibid.
People think I’m some kind of prophet, but I’m not someone who gets my information from the ether. I’ve been given the coordinates about how things work. David Icke
Sitting by night in my secret study,
Alone, resting upon the stool of brass,
A slight flame going out of the solitude,
Makes me pronounce what is not to be believed vain,
In fear I write, trembling in the sleeves,
The divine seated nearby. Nostradamus 1-1/2
As Time Elapses After my death my writings will have more weight that during my lifetime. Nostradamus, Epistle to Henry II 27th June 1558
It is one of the great mysteries of the ancient world – who were the Oracles? These young women who went into a wild trance and made these extraordinary predictions. Jamie Theakston, Forbidden History: The Oracles, Yesterday 2015
Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honour those whom they have slain. Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Q) And this belief in contemporary revelation and prophecy – as the prophet, tell us how that works. How do you receive divine revelation? What does it feel like?
A) Let me say first that we have a great body of revelation, the vast majority of which came from the prophet Joseph Smith. We don’t need much revelation. We need to pay more attention to the revelation we’ve already received. Gordon B Hinckley, San Francisco Chronicle 1997
Senator Dubois: Have you received any revelations from God, which has been submitted by you and the apostles to the body of the church in their semi-annual conference, which revelation has been sustained by that conference, through the upholding of their hands?
Joseph F Smith: No, sir; none whatsoever ... I have never pretended to nor do I profess to have received revelations. Reed Smoot Hearings US Senate 1904
Which ancient prophecy do scientists believe accurately foretells our doom? The Universe s9e3: Ancient Mysteries Solved: Apocalyptic Visions, History 2015
We’re many generations overdue for a revolution … that takes place in the human soul, in the human mind: tear everything down, throw everything out … Collapse, 2009, Michael Ruppert, 2009
The CIA tried unofficially to recruit me into an operation where they were smuggling drugs into the country back in 1976/77. ibid.
The are no major oil finds left. ibid.
We’re never going to leave Iraq. ibid.
They’re chasing a $700 trillion derivatives bubble down the drain. ibid.
The whole economy is a pyramid scheme. ibid.
By 2006 I knew that the collapse was very imminent, that there would be a major implosion of the US economy. ibid.
The collapse must happen fast if we’re to leave infrastructure standing. ibid.
I believe very soon the prophecy will be fulfilled. The Matrix Reloaded 2003 starring Keanu Reeves & Laurence Fishburne & Hugo Weaving & Carrie-Anne Moss & Jada Pinkett Smith & Gloria Foster & Harold Perrineau & Monica Bellucci & Lambert Wilson et al, director Wachowski brothers, Morpheus
I knew right there that [Kalief Browder] was a prophet. Some of our prophets go with tragedy, Martin Luther King, it ends tragically. But what comes from it, the life, the next iteration, the lives saved, and how this young man has moved culture forward is incredible. Jay Z
Powerful prophets that can predict the fall of empires. Disturbing dreams that envision deadly crimes. And nightmare visions from which victims never wake up. Can people really see the future? Receive messages across time and space? The UnXplained with William Shatner, History 2021