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Divination is the practice of trying to foretell the future by methods outside of the gifts of prophecy given to some of the followers of Jesus Christ. These may be using entrails, spirit guides, witchcraft, etc.All Christians are given spiritual gifts, prophecy is one of many spiritual gifts. One way to tell these apart is the true prophet of God does not take money or profit for his/her answers, they are given freely as they are recieved. The divine nature( I assume you misspelled this accidently) is a term for something seen in followers of Jesus when they do something above their usual human nature, for example sacrificing something of themselves for the betterment of someone else. Mother Theresa was an excellent example of seeing the divine nature in a human being. The two are not related to each other except by spiritual topic.

2007-03-14 13:53:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Edit: Forgot about Waking Ned Devine. It IS a proper name. Sorry.
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OK, "devine" isn't a word. That I know of, anyway. So there's one difference.

Anyway, divination is using different objects or techniques to tell the future or make a choice. Some examples would be:

necromancy--asking spirits of the dead for help w/divination

chiromancy--palm reading

rune reading

drawing lots

card reading (Tarot or playing cards.)

Divine nature--related to divination etymologically (oh, I'm very good with the ancient Greek words). Basically, divination is a practice that is helped by calling on some kind of divine force, like Fate/The Fates, God, various spirits/ghosts, angels, demons, elementals...whomever.

In the Bible, divination is frowned upon and Jesus says prophecy is a waste of time.

But Christians often try to prophesy anyway.

Bad Christians! BAD!!!!

2007-03-14 13:34:55 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0 0

Divination (Greek μαντεια, from μαντις "seer", anglicized in the suffix -mancy, see also mania) is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency[1].

If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates" [2], though most Romans believed in dreams and charms. Advocates of divination will usually cite a mass of anecdotal evidence for the efficacy of divination.

Divination is a universal cultural phenomenon which anthropologists have observed as being present in many religions and cultures in all ages up to the present day.

Human nature is the fundamental nature and substance of humans, as well as the range of human behavior that is believed to be invariant over long periods of time and across very different cultural contexts.

2007-03-14 13:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Divination is the process of attempting to forsee the future through reading particular signs and symbols.
I'm not sure what you mean exactly by divine nature, but I would classify that as the most perfect part of any soul is it's divine nature.
Seems to me they are not related as one is to do with mysticism and the other is something that's a part of all of us.

2007-03-14 13:35:28 · answer #4 · answered by Taliesin Pen Beirdd 5 · 0 0

Divination is the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers. The divine nature is attributes relating to, or proceeding directly from God

2007-03-14 13:35:23 · answer #5 · answered by Bill Mac 7 · 0 0

Divination is the practice of pretending to tell the future, "Devine" is an Norman-Irish name.

2007-03-14 13:33:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

divination is an action that tries to reach towards divine nature.
divine nature is the very essence of Spirit that reaches towards us.

the difference is direction:

human (divinations) -------> Divine (divine nature)
human <------> human (share gospel, etc) <----- Divine (bestow Divine Nature)

2007-03-14 21:29:55 · answer #7 · answered by CevnLDSNewbie 2 · 0 0

i dunno.
the devine nature is Jesus' nature, along with human.

2007-03-14 13:32:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

They're both bull sh*t.

2007-03-14 13:30:36 · answer #9 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0 0

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