@YorkieonmyPillow wrote:
I wouldn't go to a psychic or medium; the Bible says to stay away from such things.
I understand your feelings.
I was raised Roman Catholic and as such we're instructed to never go to fortune tellers, readers, psychics or play the dreaded...QUIJA board! lol
Of course, some of that teaching was based on Biblical teachings. But much of it was cultural. Christianity, in particular, tried hard to strip itself of everything it considered to be "pagan". And going to soothsayers, etc was considered to be the actions of pagans.
And then there was the era when the focus was on staying away from and even vilfiying gypsy culture. Gypsies and their practices were to be avoided at all cost. And they were often proponents of fortune telling. In many circles, many readers one sees setting up shop even today often derive from that gypsy culture.
But the Bible is actually full of mystics and prophets. Even when a Catholic today might have a "Virgin Mary Sighting", its never considered to be a psychic thing - although it can be called a "vision". lol
Or nutso. But its known to happen. The difference today is that Christians don't live in the era of the prophets. So one is not suppose to listen to those hearing messages...although we heed some of the visions of the saints. So its all rather, well, mysterious and mystical how that all works.
But Catholics, for instance, are taught to stay away from all those things as they are practices which don't turn to God (for advice, help, etc). It is at odds with prayer, if you will. No matter how pious a fortune teller tries to make it seem.
And the quija board was taboo because it supposedly could open a portal to Satan. That as God wouldn't answer anyone on a quija board...who then was'a talking back or through what powers?? lol
The interesting thing about that is that for such a thing to become taboo, there has to be some acknowledgement of the concept that one could open a portal to evil powers.
That alone says that the church would acknowledge that access to such messages could in a sense be very possible.
So its all very complex.
I recall a rather famous psychic who worked Piazza Navona in Rome for years. He was this incredible looking character said to be the greatest seer on the European circuit. lol He was a combination, if you saw him of Nostradamus, Rasputin and Father Guido Sarducci (from the early days of "Saturday Night Live"). lol
He was there for years. And friends and others would get in a line to be one of a handful of the crowd he would agree to read. I ADMIT my superstition moreso than any religious belief caused me to never get in line.
And funny thing is, those who had a reading by him were utterly freaked out. In fact, so freaked out that even years later they are still freaked out. lol Sometimes you don't really always want to know or be told what you only THINK you might want to know or be told. When its done well (maybe even the real deal) its not promised to always be the most pleasant of experiences to have one's future told to them.
(I posted this as general info from that slant only as it is meant to pertain to the subject of the thread and not as a religious comment at all. Its just to maybe give some context as to why some people feel as they do about psychics).
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