DB> Now, how do I tell whether an ancient prophet was just another of 
> these nut cases who happened to be lucky?  I am still confused. 
 
 FM>    Those poor old Semitic kings were often confused, too,... 
 
 FM> Their [prophet's] 
 FM> concern was quite obviously with calling their contemporaries to what 
 FM> they conceived to be "righteousness"... 
Nice try Frank.  Yours was the only try I got; dunno if no one 
else read it, or if no one else can suggest an answer.  There 
are nut cases or preachers that I have heard to declaim all the 
unrighteousness, but I still don't know who speaks for God; the 
*need* for righteousness always seems to have been around, so 
it wouldn't take divine inspiration to say what needed to be said 
to the wicked generation then alive... and they all have been, 
have they not? 
 
Ever read the Dead Sea scrolls? Sounds like Pat Robertson. ;) 
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