The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of prophecy

Look, I'm just transcribing. The goblins dictated this article about prophecy in shifts. Any errors are theirs. Any insights are also theirs. I am simply the secretary.

If you ever find yourself explaining prophecy to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of prophecy will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

protocol: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about protocol. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of revelation

Goblin survey data on revelation reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe revelation primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

And, finally, in the matter of prophecy: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.