What does a "prophet" say when he or she is absolutely wrong?

[Archae]

In the case of "Firefighter Prophet" Mark Taylor, and his "prediction" of a "red tsunami" in 2018, he falls back on the old "I was right but they cheated!"

No Mark Taylor, you're simply an idiot.

(Mark) Taylor went on to assert that most of the new Democrats elected to Congress in 2018 “are not supposed to be there because they stole the election. We know that.”

[dawg day]

1. I was listening to a podcast about cult leaders who prophesy the End of Times --

on a specific date, and (spoiler warning) so far they've always been wrong.

They usually say something like, "Oh, a miscalculation in the mathematics! The NEW date for the end of the world is (date)!"

One was brazen enough to say it actually happened and we're now living in the afterlife. Clever.

Believers will nod and go along with it, just like:

"The virus will just disappear!"

[Archae]

2. Oh yeah. "Endtimes" preachers are always dead wrong.

There isn't going to be a "rapture" or "endtimes."

The Earth will be destroyed when the Sun goes red giant phase, BILLIONS of years from now.

Not until.

Every time, and this is EVERY time somebody "predicts" the future, if they aren't really vague, or really obvious, they are dead wrong.
EVERY time.

[LastDemocratInSC]

3. "Nevermind"

[Vogon_Glory]

4. The Bible says of such people

Deuteronomy Chapter 18, verse 22:

“When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him”.

There ya go, “Prophet.”