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==Who is a prophet?==
[[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)
[[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)