Beany, on 19 January 2013 - 04:22 PM, said:
May I ask why specifically you ask for a prophet to the exclusion of anything else? Or what your definition is of prophet?
Pertinent question -- very pertinent.
"Truth" is a shy animal, and hides effectively. Pilate had it right over Jesus when he asked, "What is truth?" We don't know and if I remember the story correctly Jesus remained silent. In mathematics we can approach a limit "asymptotically," meaning we can approach it to whatever degree of accuracy our technology allows, but never get to it. I think truth is like that. Some things we "know" as "truth" with a degree of certainty that is almost there -- so close we can't really see a gap -- but we are never absolutely there. Most things, of course, we know with far less certainty and all kinds of doubts are permitted, but we still say it is "true," meaning "probably true."