A student says fortune telling is condemned because once a prophecy is received, people begin to fulfill it and lose free will.
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Fortune telling
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...think that's why the bible speaks against all this kind of fortune telling is one of the biggest sins it's because you denied yourself..."
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A student says fortune tellers shrink a population's imagination, and Jiang agrees while adding that many do it for profit.
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"...think that's why the bible speaks against all this kind of fortune telling is one of the biggest sins it's because you denied yourself..."
"fortune teller if you become a famous fortune teller the net effect is you using the total amount of imagination that that you know..."
"to grow not shrink sure yes exactly and also a lot of these fortune tellers are doing for profit right they often do it..."
"...you okay that's what prophecy is not one of like like fortune telling but one of social critique so that's what the inferno is..."
"...like these fortune tellers he doesn't really like the idea of fortune telling uh yes if you're a big"
"...agree with that but whatever you agree or disagree uh the fortune telling just try to uh you know disturb you and change you..."
"...of people there are a lot of fortune tellers today actually fortune telling is quite involved now in asia and in china yeah yes..."
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