How do Atheists refute the claim that all bible prophecy has come true when the date arrives?
One of the most common prophecies that Bible believers use in trying to prove the Bible true is Ezekiel’s prophecy about the total destruction of Tyre. Usually Bible believers will refer to Josh McDowell’s Evidence that Demands a Verdict to support that argument. However, McDowell grossly misrepresented the facts. In fact, Ezekiel’s prophecy about Tyre is a false prophecy, for Tyre is a living city today and it is in the same place it was in ancient times. The actual city of Tyre was on the island off shore. McDowell lied about Tyre being the city on the mainland because the actual city of Tyre still exists and he wanted to make it appear that the prophecy came true. The city on the mainland was essentially a support settlement for the island city and was called Ushu in ancient times. The island city was called Sur, which means “rock” in Phoenician and referred to the geologic nature of the island; it was called Tsor in Hebrew and that is the word used in the original Hebrew of Ezekiel
