Do you believe in Prediction? Why and Why Not?

@maria1081 (1251)
Philippines
December 27, 2009 11:19am CST
Prediction is a claim that a particular event will happen in the future. I myself is open to anything so I might and might not believe in prediction. I mostly perceive prediction as a warning in order for us to act efficiently when bad prediction happened. Sometimes prediction has something to do with Supernatural discipline including Numerology, Astrology, Water divining and Fortune telling. There are many things in life that are mysterious in nature and hard to understand and one of these is the ability/power to predict. So do have any experience in relation with prediction? do you believe it or not and why?
12 responses
@cobradene (1171)
• India
27 Dec 09
Predictions do come true, and many predictions have come true in my life. I have predicted for many people with Tarots and have have come true also. We can't say they never come true. I have predicted people's past, and their tendencies and characteristics. I do tarots regularly for people and they always feel guided for answers and usually, when I predict saying that such and such thing will happen, within a time frame, it does happen. I can rate myself as 75% of it comes true and the rest may not. It can fluctuate. Readings do fluctuate a lot. What we predict is one thing, and the person who receives a reading, if he/she doesn't believe in it, and just use their will power to avert whatever we have predicted for them, could do enough for it not to come true. But it needs a lot of energy to do that, and also, many people avert the incidents, but still, the nature of prediction does come true on a very minimized scale. But astrologers, or numerologists, tarot readers or whoever, they all have some psychic abilities and they are intuitive, but when they predict, there are also sub-conscious images involved, which get mixed with their psychic visions, and that's why it's never a 100% accurate prediction. Predictions do come true, and some don't. But we can't say predictions never come true, and the whole science of predictions is just a myth. Nope.
@cobradene (1171)
• India
28 Dec 09
No it's not. All saints and mystics had the ability to foresee. There is this Israeli broadway performer, who is a mystic and plays with energy on stage and performs telekinesis. He is certainly not evil. He predicts things too. He makes people laugh to their hearts with his performances. Euri Geller made predictions, and he was a healer. He healed so many people. Edgar Cayce, all of them, are healers at some level. In fact you can heal people's mental afflictions through predictions.
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
28 Dec 09
I have a question can you relate prediction as evil power? Sorry for asking but I want to know your opinion regarding this matter. Thank you.
@aidenw (632)
• United States
27 Dec 09
i'm also very open minded but i tend not to believe in predictions because many predictions that i have read did not come true. even predictions that are supposedly based on science like how many tropical storms we will have this year,often times are not accurate. i believe certain people have the ability to sense things but i believe it's very hard to predict the future accurately.
• Mexico
27 Dec 09
Hi aiden: I totally agree with you. The facts can tell us that those predictions made by people that call themselves mediums or clairvoyants have been proven wrong. That makes me think there are so many things you can do to improve your future and it all depends on you and God's will not someone's predictions. Thanks for your answer. Hope you are having a nice day. Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays. Take Care. -Alvaro.
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
28 Dec 09
Yes, God would always prevail in the end and it will always be His will be done.
@kafueenu (1073)
• Philippines
28 Dec 09
Sometimes I believe them, but not wholly because they are only predeictions as what you said. I have this hobby of reading my horoscope, sometimes its accurate, sometimes it not, its just something to amuse myself with.
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
28 Dec 09
I can relate to that, sometimes I'm curious if my horoscope is true and usually it amazed me because I find the predictions true and conforming. Then sometimes I think its only coincidence.
• China
28 Dec 09
There are many things in the world and hard to understand or explain by the scientific rule.So prediction claim it can explain the mysterious things,even some things in the future become reality.I think prediction is a way that human try to find scientific rule uncovered.
• India
27 Dec 09
Actually speaking, I don't believe much in prediction my friend. Prediction usually gives negative thoughts my friend. I'll just explain my friend. Weather predictions usually don't come true my friend. We would've planned on a trip to some place. But the weather prdictions usually get negative, mostly it'll to await a rainy day. In that condition our trip gets forced to be cancelled. But actually what happens is the sky will be clear as water for the whole day with an agger in our heart over the person who predicted it and spoilled our trip. Predictions usually cause unnecessary confusions and worry. Thus I prefer to go on without waiting for the predictions my friend.
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
28 Dec 09
Lol. I can relate with that weather thing.
@nedallo (12)
• United Arab Emirates
28 Dec 09
first of all you need to diffrentiate between prediction and expection , predication is based on history and indicators while expection is based on assumption ( no base or back ground just like roulet ) . Prediction is a very strong tool and method which is used in our life , its used so much especially in the stock market , corp , army , war .... this is on the high level ,, also its used on the low level on the personal level for us for our own life . but in order to have a good predication their is a few things must be available for example ,, lets say we want to predict about X shares in the market in order to do that we will require a few info : 1- History of the share : which should includes 3-4 years financial statement from were you can know how much growth they are doing on a yearly base . 2- Return on the Share value in comparisim.. 3- Other indicators ( disaster , financial crisis , new product devlopment ....etc ) plus so many other things ... once you have all these you can have a prediction for your next year . but in general i can tell ya that all our life is depending on prediction , lets say you want to get married ,, you will predict that he / she with so & so discription should be your partner but when the true come ... you might be disappointed or not . but as a majority all people are getting dissapointed because all of us even me we dont take or have a realistic prediction , lets say my daily or monthly salary is $ xxx , i will predict that in next year i should get $ zzz amount which is usually so far away from what is real . but because of the positive thinking .. also you should not have a negative thinking during your prediction wish you happy new year take care Nedallo
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
28 Dec 09
I find your insight a bit difficult to process. Anyways, thank you.
• China
28 Dec 09
i belong those people who do not trust it very much but also do not not trust them . i just think that's something may happen or not happen on the future and we have no right to belive it or not. just love your days from now and no matter what will happen on the future. we can't change it .
@bingchen (1119)
• China
28 Dec 09
sometimes i find that something could not explain with science,so i think that i might or might not believe in prediction.because we could not predict what happend in the future,at the same time,i hope that i can see the certification of predection would happen,i can believe this prediction.
• Mexico
27 Dec 09
Hi maria: I think that in some rarely cases, people have the ability to predict future events but at the same time if they exist they don't have a market of their powers. That means that i don't beleive in people that sell their predictiosn no matter what's the name of their "science". In general i consider myself very skeptical to these type of predictions because they normally are just fake. For me what matters most is: your confidence to God's decitions and your self responsability that will help you to take the best decitions. Thanks for asking us this question. Hope you are having a nice day. Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays. Take Care. -Alvaro.
@Genericbe (1376)
• Philippines
27 Dec 09
Partly I do believe in prediction but not all. Prediction are said to be coming true if it has a scientific basis like experimental analysis. But, in regards to the world forecasts or prediction, seemingly not all of them are said to be true. Only god knows what will exactly happen in this world or even in one's life. Usually prediction happen before the year ends to warn every possible calamities to happen or even the government politicians career. I agree with your descriptions about prediction. It is a fact but cannot be said true at all times. It is a good approach when you warn yourself no matter if it will really happen or not. The most important about that is that " you are prepared" than have nothing to do at all. advance happy new year~!@
@Hillazza (25)
• Indonesia
28 Dec 09
Prediction is need to plan our future cause if no plan our live certainly disorder.......
• Malaysia
28 Dec 09
It may hold some truth in some of these prediction. I believe many of these truth teaching has been distorted along the line. I read a self made famous fortune telling saying that if your eyebrow is set close to your eye you'll have poor property luck - which means the person have very little property. If you look at Donald Trump, do think he has poor property luck?