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Mike Winger idea 2020-10-09

Skepticism toward prophetic dreams predicting the rapture — pattern of failed predictions

Question from Brian Harper about online prophetic rapture dreams

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Mike Winger idea 2025-09-12

Rapture Predictions: Are rapture predictions always bad?

Q&A question: Rapture Predictions

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Mike Winger idea 2025-09-26

Failed Rapture Predictions: Learning the lesson: An autopsy of recent rapture predictions.

Q&A question: Failed Rapture Predictions

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Mike Winger idea 2025-10-17

Joshua Malacala predicted the rapture for September 23-24, then October 6-7, then October 16-17 — a third failed prediction within weeks. Rather than repenting, the community recalculated each time, inventing explanations (Daniel's 21-day delay, the Enochian calendar) and insulating themselves from accountability. Winger argues this pattern is cult-like behavior, not faithful anticipation.

Joshua Malacala's three failed rapture predictions; the pattern of recalculation instead of repentance

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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

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