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Mike Winger idea 2025-10-17

"Mockers and scoffers" is not a blanket prohibition on criticizing false prophecy. God himself mocks false prophets (Ps. 2), and Elijah mocked the prophets of Baal. Mocking and scoffing are condemned when directed at truth, not when directed at false claims made in God's name. Calling critics of date-setting "scoffers" is a manipulative rhetorical move that shields false prophecy from accountability.

The misuse of "mockers and scoffers" language to deflect accountability for false prophecy

Elijah prophecy Mormonism
Mike Winger idea 2025-10-17

False rapture predictions have real-world consequences: families in Honduras killed themselves in anticipation of Y2K-related rapture predictions in 2000. People give up jobs, give away money, and make life-altering decisions based on these dates. Speaking false prophecy in God's name is blasphemy — not a good-faith mistake — and demands public repentance and correction, not doubled-down justification.

Real-world harm from rapture date-setting; the Honduras family suicide story; why repentance is required

repentance justification rapture
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