Are prophecies viable?

[RaDragon]

I did a quick search and didn't find a topic similar to this. In any case, this idea came from this thread.

If you do not believe time travel will ever be possible, do you think that certain people can look into the future and make prophecies? (e.g., seers) And I don't mean look into the future via current data -- e.g., what analysts or economists do...

 

[gigapet]

i forsee this thread having more than 2 posts. FTW!!!

 

[blahter]

prophecies like in the Harry Potter books?

 

[BAMAVOO]

Originally posted by: gigapet
i forsee this thread having more than 2 posts. FTW!!!

You were right! OOHHOHH Scary. :Q

 

[BAMAVOO]

Originally posted by: RaDragon
I did a quick search and didn't find a topic similar to this. In any case, this idea came from this thread.

If you do not believe time travel will ever be possible, do you think that certain people can look into the future and make prophecies? (e.g., seers) And I don't mean look into the future via current data -- e.g., what analysts or economists do...

I know your name is Raciel, pronounce Rachel.


OOHHHAHHAH I am scary too.

 

[salt9876]

I forsee this post being locked and thrown away like a piece of bad cheese in the wintertime.

 

[Cattlegod]

If we can say what happened in the past, why can we not say what will happen in the future?

 

[RaDragon]

I only pose this question because there are a small minority of people (not myself) who believe that everything is predisposed -- that we're all driven by fate... What if that were true and the people who have "harnessed" this are able to see into the future?

...and BAMAVOO you eStalker!

 

[aberdeen5]

My dreams come true..so yeah

 

[globalcitizen]

Looking up Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle and quantum physics says that you cannot prophesize.

 

[RaDragon]

Yes, that's lovely and all, but years and years ago, people thought the world was flat and the Earth was the center of the universe...

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO

Originally posted by: RaDragon
I did a quick search and didn't find a topic similar to this. In any case, this idea came from this thread.

If you do not believe time travel will ever be possible, do you think that certain people can look into the future and make prophecies? (e.g., seers) And I don't mean look into the future via current data -- e.g., what analysts or economists do...

I know your name is Raciel, pronounce Rachel.


OOHHHAHHAH I am scary too.

And Rachel has the Little A'Le'Inn, near Area 51.

 

[globalcitizen]

Originally posted by: RaDragon
Yes, that's lovely and all, but years and years ago, people thought the world was flat and the Earth was the center of the universe...

People also thought that illnessess were the work of spirits and natural occurances like lightening were due to the gods. What's your point?

 

[RaDragon]

Originally posted by: globalcitizen

Originally posted by: RaDragon
Yes, that's lovely and all, but years and years ago, people thought the world was flat and the Earth was the center of the universe...

People also thought that illnessess were the work of spirits and natural occurances like lightening were due to the gods. What's your point?

That what we know now, or what we dismiss now, may prove to be shrewd and that other avenues should be explored (not just the norm).