Does your religion believe in that?

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I was talking to a coworker about something and I told her it was my intuition and she told me that I’m psychic. What? She told me that we’re all born with this gift and should use it.

So I went and checked out some books on it and didn’t believe it anyways. I’m way too skeptical to believe in anything “out of the ordinary”. My coworker told me being skeptical is healthy!

My question is, out of curiosity, what does your religion say about psychics? Is it true or possible?
 
No, absolutely not. Jesus had foreknowledge, but He was a Divine being. A mere human cannot do such. Psychic powers, fortune telling, palm reading, and all that superstitious baloney is condemned by the Church as sin.
 
Chanel said:
I was talking to a coworker about something and I told her it was my intuition and she told me that I’m psychic. What? She told me that we’re all born with this gift and should use it.

So I went and checked out some books on it and didn’t believe it anyways. I’m way too skeptical to believe in anything “out of the ordinary”. My coworker told me being skeptical is healthy!

My question is, out of curiosity, what does your religion say about psychics? Is it true or possible?
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It is not uncommon for people to “know” something which they don’t think they could have been right on, but a lot of times that is because our brain notices and considers things at a level below our consciousness. This is not psychic stuff, just normal brain work.

The thing about psychics is that what we most remember is when they were, amazingly, right! That is when they are specific enough for us to know for sure they were right; a lot of times they are like horoscopes: so vague that almost anything could be fit into them, like you will meet someone who will affect your life today. Right.

Many people have been led into a lot of foolishness by this stuff. Don’t fall for it!
 
Catechism of the Catholic Church # 2116:
All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to “unveil” the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.
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Chanel said:
I was talking to a coworker about something and I told her it was my intuition and she told me that I’m psychic. What? She told me that we’re all born with this gift and should use it. ?
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whether or not it is theoretically possible one could have psychic abilities is not the question. even if it were possible, if exercising the ability in any way disobeys the 1st commandment it is gravely sinful and highly dangerous. If it is a “gift” and truly enables one to see the future it is by definition supernatural in origin, either from God as in the case of the prophets, are more likely from Satan if it is used to entertain or make money. The prophets were commissioned directly by God, not by a coworker presuming on the basis of idle daydreams or fantasies to tell them they had a “gift.” Why is it people reject the revealed truth from God transmitted by the Church, yet willingly and uncritically accept a pronouncement from a casual acquaintance about a supernatural topic?
 
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Why is it people reject the revealed truth from God transmitted by the Church, yet willingly and uncritically accept a pronouncement from a casual acquaintance about a supernatural topic?
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I would venture to say that is because they do not think of God as a friend, let alone a loving Father. With that recognition comes trust.
 
I found this in a search of the Ask An Apologist forum
The following link links should assist you in better understanding the Catholic Church’s teaching on psychic ability and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.

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