NOTE: The contents of this blog series come from the Facebook posts written by Rev. Dr. Doy Castillo, PhD for the members of his church. I am republishing them here for guidance of a wider readership. Used here with permission from Rev. Castillo.
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How should you, the members of this church, view the prophecies of Prophets Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj and Vincent Selkvakumar? Did they, in fact, prophesied accurately the calamitous events that have taken place in our country? Please Read, analyze and post your questions.
Review:
Without making a judgment as to whether the prophets are genuine or false, we have noted that the prophetic messages have shown a consistent pattern of inaccuracy typical of prophecies labelled as presumptive. Two inaccuracies, among others, stand out: geographic and inconsistency between prediction and actual event. These are very serious errors and are enough to negate any positive statement the messages may have.
Question: Can I point to any prophetic statement that is accurate by the standards of accuracy?
Answer: I cannot find a statement that is truly prophetic in the sense of being predictive in nature. One reason for this is there is only prediction that is precisely stated and can therefore be evaluated intelligently. That was the prophecy about Tagum City. As it turned out, the prophecy failed in that exact opposite happened to Tagum City.Question: If there is accurate prophetic statement in the prophetic messages, how would you classify these kind of messages?
Answer: in the absence of a clear and specific prediction that can be evaluated intelligently – except for the prophecy about Tagum which turned out be 100 % wrong- what you find in the message are not true prophetic messages but PROPHECIES OF PROBABILITIES or PROPHECIES OF POSSIBILITIES.Question: What are PROPHECIES OF PROBABILITIES?
Answer: When something is probable, there is no sufficient proof that it cannot happen. An Improbable statement means it is unlikely to be true or to occur. When something is probable, it can happen or it may not happen; either way there is no proof.Prophecies of Probabilities are not true prophecies but are only statements of guesses made by people. These can be refused without fear and discarded as a product of man’s confusion not of God’s revelation of facts.
Question: Specifically what statements in the alleged prophetic messages are only probabilities but not prophecies?
Answer: Note the following:Prophecy of Probability (POP): “The Lord has kept in reserve for a mighty typhoon to rise up against 6 lands.”
Probabilities: It may happen but it also may not happen that a mighty typhoon will rise against 6 lands. Remains to be seen.
POP: God’s anger will come upon the islands of SAMAR and LEYTE. A huge typhoon is planned to come over there. There will be disasters through flood.
Comments: Samar and Leyte were recently hit a strong typhoon. Was it prophecy? Leyte is not a stranger to super typhoons. It was severely damaged by a typhoon in October of 1987 where 6000 died.. Then it was ravaged so badly by another typhoon in November of 1912 where 15000 died. It was struck by another one in November of this year.
Because of its location Leyte is always a candidate for being on the pathway of many storms.
POP: There are hundreds of places waiting to be flooded in the Philippines.
Comment: Everyone knows this. It requires no prophecy.
POP: Grievous death is going to come to MINDANAO.
Comment: Possible but there is no proof that it will happen just as there is no proof that it will not happen. This is not a prophecy but a probability
POP: Hundreds and thousands of people will be scattered.
Comment: possible; may; be and maybe not.
POP: Many houses will be ravaged.
Answer: Possibly. Maybe; maybe not.
POP: Many people will be refugees in their own land.
Answer: Possible. Maybe; maybe not.
POP: Children will die of hunger, of pain and of waters.
Comment: possible; maybe or maybe not. Probability not prophecy.
POP: Many children’s bodies will be thrown in the streets.
Comment: Possible more like no. Probability not prophecy.
POP: All your irrigable lands will be destroyed.
Comment: Possible but more likely not. For personal view is that this will not happen. All irrigable land? Sobra na yata.
POP: 70 islands of your nation are waiting to disappear under water. The waters will rise up against them. The shouts and the cries of the people will be terrible.
Comment: Probability only not prophecy. Every high tide 100 islands disappear. They reemerge during low tides.
POP: Earthquakes will come in your land.
Comment: last year there was a month when the Philippines was visited by 40 plus earthquakes. It is not a prophecy.
POP: Volcanoes will erupt in many places.
Comment: Naturally, volcanoes will erupt in many places. No volcanoes can erupt in one place. Always in different places because they are found in several places. The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) lists 50 Philippines volcanoes. Of this, 25 are considered active. It takes no imagination to say that volcanoes will erupt in several places.
POP: There will be cries and troubles in the land.
Comment: matagal na.
POP: Your young people will become captive. The hunters and the captors will increase in your land.
Comment: Reality that the Police is constantly watching and preventing. It is not prophecy. Even the Police know that.
POP: Wicked people will walk on the streets in your land.
Comment: Matagal na. They don’t only walk they also drive and ride.
POP: The Lord says many buildings will catch fire.
Comment: Even non prophets know this what is why each city has its own fire department.
Conclusion:
I do not and I cannot see one very specific prophecy – except the one that failed (Tagum). What I see clearly are probabilities disguised as prophecies. God will hold to account some people for this false messages not circulating.
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