Friday 15 August 2014

By Tanisha Berg





Curiosity runs deep on the nature of man. This is very evident in the pursuit of man for knowledge. Basically, humans cannot take any hidden mysteries. So as a result, they put up with a lot of researches in order to be supplied with knowledge. Most especially if the subject regards personal affairs, people will surely be interested to avail information by any possible means.



With this situation, there were activities which have been invented in order to answer to the interest of man for hidden mysteries. Speaking of this, the most common practice which people rely on concerning this is the practice of psychic readings. This has actually become a very popular practice afforded by individuals nowadays and quite many put their trust in it.



Now, speaking of psychic activities, it is basically a practice of discerning information by making use of perceptive abilities or the natural perceptions of human senses such as taste, touch, sound, sight, and instinct. These natural extensions as they call it, are basically claimed to be clairvoyance or vision, clainsentinence or feeling, claircognisance or factual knowing, and clairaudience or hearing.



Now, these activities, are basically related to paranormal activities. So basically, they make use of supernatural elements too like spiritism. This is basically what they do in order to provide answers to the concerns of their customers. However, though these readings are controversial, they still do not merit the credence of a fact since experiments still do not find any precognitive events in humans.



Due to such output, it has been considered a psuedoscience. But still, even if it were, some people still clung to it, believing that all the claims which psychics provide them has some truth to it. Because of this, several denominations considered it as a taboo. One of the most vocal to it is the Christian denomination.



For Christians, entertaining such matters is a sin because they totally believe that the endeavor is not according to the will of God. The basis for their hate for this endeavor is actually laid out in the Bible. Basically, this book states that any kind of endeavor related to spiritism an occult practices are forbidden. And tarot cards, horoscopes, fortune telling, astrology, seances, and palm readings are all part of this endeavor.



However, these practices still claim to be helpful since it can tell people of the things that will happen to them in the future. Aside from that, they also claim that they are helping people know themselves better. But for Christians, they do not consider those reasons at all. For them, insisting on such things mean defying God and giving way to ones wishful thinking.



However, humans are attached to the world and they cannot just resist any kind of invitation to convenience. This is the reason why even among Christians, you will still find people who take interest in such kinds of affairs. And you can even see these practices evidently in the society today. Most especially during Halloween, you will see this being practiced.



Usually, people avail of the service of psychics by paying a fee. But this activity has already even expanded. Right now, you cannot just find them in booths anymore. You can even avail of it through the telephone or through online already. Given such, it has become easier to avail and can draw interested individuals to try it.









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