Jarhyn
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Something I have been wondering at... So, there have been a few successful prophets in our world. Aaron, Isaac, Noah, John, Moses, Homer, the earlier authors of the prose Edda, Socrates, Solomon, and so on.
Now, this is not to say that all or any prophet knows truth. Far from, I would say. But this does lead to the question of prevalence; not counting "popes" and "successors", this implies we can say something about the rate of this kind of behavior and mentality across antiquity.
For instance is it one for every so many born?
Or is it one per so many years.
I wonder how it would graph out, both including and excluding "successors" and "popes".
Now, this is not to say that all or any prophet knows truth. Far from, I would say. But this does lead to the question of prevalence; not counting "popes" and "successors", this implies we can say something about the rate of this kind of behavior and mentality across antiquity.
For instance is it one for every so many born?
Or is it one per so many years.
I wonder how it would graph out, both including and excluding "successors" and "popes".