Do religious folks find "psychics" offensive?

Question

Check out this little note we just received about our Christmas gala next week here at work:

"Please note that a decision has been made to remove the psychics from the program. It was brought to our attention that several employees were uncomfortable with this form of entertainment as it may conflict with certain religious beliefs. Our vendor has assured us that these "entertainers" are there to provide some light hearted enjoyment. However, we remain committed to respecting the diversity of our employees and do not wish to make anyone feel uncomfortable with any of the activities we had planned."

I guess they were going to have psychics, magicians, and other random entertainers at the party.

Answer 1

I'm not. Opps, I forgot, I'm not religious, I'm spiritual. Sorry! And Blessings.

Answer 2

That is the strangest thing I have ever heard. It wouldn't surprise me, though. Some of those born agains are hardcore. I guess if fictional magicians are sinful then so are stage magicians and the like. They believe the bible is real, so it's not a stetch to believe that an entertainer is actually a psychic.

They should do a hypnotist instead...no joke, they did one at a new years party I was at a few years back, and one of my co-workers ended up coming out of the closet while he was under. I am serious...I didn't believe it would be real until that happened. This dude was like a religious super anti-gay redneck, and he wouldn't have confessed what he did if he weren't really in an altered state...either the hypnotist was GOOD or the redneck was drunk. In any case he ended up leaving the party right after and like never showed up at work again.

Answer 3

I don't find them offensive. I don't really believe that most of them are truly psychic- If you ask enough questions the right way you get the answers you need to make yourself look psychic. Those who may be "psychic" I really think that no good can come from them. I think that it is dark forces that guide them. For me- I don't do the psychic thing, not even for fun. But if someone else wants to do it- more power to them. But really they are entertaining- I have watched some of them on TV and they make me laugh most of the time.

John Edward- I know he is a Medium- but he seems like the phoniest of them all. I always laugh at his show and think it is sad how people don't see how phony he appears. I saw him once in an audience full of Women say that he was getting some one who had a miscarriage- How general is that? Then he said, 2 miscarriages, 3, 4 and so on until there were only a few women left. Then he will say I am getting someone with an "F" name and the gal will say well I don't know anybody who had an F name, but my Uncle Gordon Killed himself- and then he will say something Like- oh that must be it, F is close to G. His show always makes me laugh.

Answer 4

The bible does say that it is a sin to believe in psychics and astrology, but I consider myself to be very spiritual and God loving...and I just happen to be sort of psychic! I see things before they happen. I take it as a gift from God not the devil. So does that make me a bad person? or anyone I should pass what I have seen onto who also sees what I had predicted? I doubt it. So how are those words justified in the bible? I think it's a very old book with some very old teachings. Not to take anything away from the good book, but I think people need to live in today and use a little more common sense. People are just trying to feel a little joy and happiness in their hearts. I don't think being psychic is unnatural. I don't think it's as bad as what we're doing to the earth with industry pollution.

Answer 5

It would have made me uncomfortable, yes. Would it make you uncomfortable if a faith healer was made available? Probably. Those things may all be done in fun for some, but for others it is viewed as occultic practices. Don't have a problem with magicians, we all know about slight of hand and the hand being quicker than the eye, but psychics generally deal with the spirit world and should not be present.

Answer 6

I'm agnostic and not religious and I don't find psychics offensive, but I don't want them on TV as they almost always promote themselves as having some sort of power into the spirit or afterlife world.

They use different information gathering techniques include cold calling, pre-session gathering, suggestion techniques, etc.

If it is just for pure entertainment purposes, I have no objection. If the person claims to have some sort of supernatural powers, he belongs in the frauds self-deluded and crazy section along with magnetic therapy, new age healing rocks, and fat loss pills

Answer 7

The practice of trying to divine the future, whether by directly occult means such as calling up spirits (divination, properly speaking), asking questions of spirits (e.g. a Ouiji Board) or by "reading it" in cards, numbers, the stars etc., is forbidden by the First Commandment. The future is known to God alone, who is its Master. Besides being illicit means to gain knowledge (the dead, the spirits, occult powers), such practices suggest that man is not, by means of free-will, a cooperator with God in determining his future. The use of these grievously sinful practices can lead to a fatalistic perspective on life, in which the person feels bound to the judgements of psychics, readers and other third parties, rather than his God-given reason and knowledge of the moral law. The Catechism of the Catholic Church has this to say on these matters,

2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility.

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.

Answer 8

Question to you--was this someone who was going to read minds, etc. or someone who was going to try to contact the dead? Many Christians can embrace the idea of ESP, but calling up the spirits of the dead for entertainment (or pretending to do so) would definitely be against our beliefs.

If it was a John Edward/Sylvia Browne kind of thing, I'd be more concerned about any employees who were grieving the loss of loved ones and could be caused pain by that kind of activity.

(Sorry if I sound like a Grinch.)

Answer 9

Paint a picture showing Satan creating humanity. Adam and Eve flipping off "god". ANY painting of Muhammad. Angels causing misfortune for random humans. "god" in a grave. Jesus break dancing Jesus being burned at the stake (for witchcraft no less) Jesus and Muhammad going at it like b*tches in heat. Jesus preaching on the Mount holding a book by Richard Dawkins. Satan killing "god" Hunters shooting Angels out of the sky as if they were birds. An "angel hunting season" sign would be good. Jesus/Muhammad/Moses wearing A Pentagram. Moses chiseling in the Ten commandments with no apparent guidance. Moses and Jesus in a wrestling Match with Muhammad as the referee.

Answer 10

I am just sitting counting the amount of people who think psychics speak with the dead

I really wish people would know what they were talking about before damning people to hell

even those who are speaking about Spiritualist mediums are so far away from what we really do

Answer 11

I would think so if they trusted in what the bible says. They are basicaaly fortune tellers or foreteller's of events

FORETELLER OF EVENTS

An individual claiming ability to forecast what will take place in the future, among whom the Bible names magic-practicing priests, spiritistic diviners, astrologers, and others. (See DIVINATION; SPIRITISM.) The Hebrew word yid·de‛o·ni′, rendered “professional foreteller of events,” comes from the root ya·dha‛′ (know) and implies knowledge hidden to the ordinary person. It often appears in conjunction with ’ohv, meaning “spirit medium.” (De 18:11) Some individuals possessed occult powers by virtue of contact with the demons, the wicked angelic enemies of God under Satan the Devil, who is the ruler of the demons. (Lu 11:14-20) In ancient times various methods were employed by these prognosticators in obtaining their messages of prediction: stargazing (Isa 47:13), examination of the liver and other viscera of sacrificed animal victims (Eze 21:21), interpretation of omens (2Ki 21:6), consultation with the so-called spirits of the dead, and so forth.—De 18:11.