The simplest explanation is that these predictions are coming from a source other than a god. My reference piece onpropheciesalways comes in handy in situations like this; most of them are likely candidates for #4. Shoehorned, or in other words the passage’s intended meaning has nothing to ...
The word secular is derived from the Latin term saeculum, meaning “a generation,”“a human lifetime,”“an era of time,” or “a century.” In its original Christian sense, the word indicated the finite temporal world of mundane daily or political affairs as opposed to Christian religious...