1. There are former theists here who have converted to athiesm, contrary to the video.
You'd have to ask them. Also keep in mind theists have also converted to atheism. You'd have to ask them why too. Each of us has our own different reasons for our beliefs. It's best not to generalize in to a one lump sum fits all.
2. Your video athiests would require specific dates for fulfillment of prophecy. Why? What's wrong with specific events or specific evidence verifying fulfillment; evidence, that is, like things naturally impossible, such as techy stuff na'er thought possible becoming reality and a nation of people scattered globally to return to their native nation after dispersion of nineteen centuries, etc?
Because prophecy is extremely vague and one can infer many meanings from such vagueness. In short, because of its vagueness, prophecy can be made to fit just about any condition you want. So, like many Bible versus, they can be made to fit what a person wants it to fit,and voila! A prophecy is fulfilled. This kind of precision gets rid of that vagueness.
I also like this quote from Babylon 5:
Prophecy is a guess that comes true. When it doesn't, it's a metaphor. You could put a gun to your head tomorrow and pull the trigger, and then the dream is just a dream, and the prophecy is just a metaphor, and so are you.
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