Anselm Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Aha, no I don't mean that. There's a difference between using one's skills and experience to help others and using it to convince them that you have supernatural powers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholicsAreKewl Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) Aha, no I don't mean that. There's a difference between using one's skills and experience to help others and using it to convince them that you have supernatural powers. A lot of these psychics claim they're helping people.... It's very easy to use barnum statements/linguistic tricks/ your observations to convince people that you know more about them than you really do. It's possible that some might be doing this unintentionally (though not as well). I think most cases aren't authentic, though I wouldn't rule out the possibility completely. Edited August 14, 2013 by CatholicsAreKewl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Anselm, do you also doubt someone like Padre Pio? Or only the very most contemporary accounts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anselm Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 No, but even if some canonised saints have had some sort of spiritual gift in that direction we mustn't assume that all good confessors have the same. The examples given just seem a little tenuous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 So you accept that there does exist a charism to read souls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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