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[[User:Jacobin|Jacobin]] said: ''While King and Theresa were great individuals inspired by religion, is there really any serious reference by scholars of religion that calls the "prophets" in the same sense of the word as Moses, etc?''
[[User:Jacobin|Jacobin]] said: ''While King and Theresa were great individuals inspired by religion, is there really any serious reference by scholars of religion that calls the "prophets" in the same sense of the word as Moses, etc?''
:If you understand ''prophet'' to be one who creates prophecies, then no, [[Martin Luther King]] and [[Mother Theresa]] are perhaps not, but the other definition of prophet is ''someone who speaks for God'' and I believe that many people would agree that they both did. <font color="FF8700">[[User:Vossy|Vossy]]</font><sup><font color="CC0000">[[User_talk:Vossy|speak]]</font></sup> 21:35, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
:If you understand ''prophet'' to be one who creates prophecies, then no, [[Martin Luther King]] and [[Mother Theresa]] are perhaps not, but the other definition of prophet is ''someone who speaks for God'' and I believe that many people would agree that they both did. <font color="FF8700">[[User:Vossy|Vossy]]</font><sup><font color="CC0000">[[User_talk:Vossy|speak]]</font></sup> 21:35, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
Many people might agree on a lot of things - but consensue does not make encyclopedic knowledge. The question is, have recognised AUTHORITIES (PhDs in religious studies, religious scholars published in peer-reviewed journals or on peer-reviewed academic presses) called these people prophets. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia, not a collection of opinions. [[User:Jacobin|Jacobin]] 22:00, 14 April 2007 (EDT)