Can non-Christians have the gift of precognition?

[Lucian Hodoboc]

Check out this Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/17pgj3u
Basically, to summarize it, this guy's girlfriend is a Hellenistic pagan (with an altar for said deities) and she claims to "have a gift", and would frequently manifest precognition about various events, such as his health problems and the death of one of his relatives. According to her boyfriend's words, she's a kind and empathetic person who cares for those around her.

According to Christian theology, all other spirits outside of Christianity are fallen angels, demonic entities etc. What explanation do you have for this? Feel free to share your thoughts on the matter.

 

[tango]

I'm not sure how your question relates to your comments.

Yes, people can have premonitions of future events. I had a few of them myself, long before I had any interest in Christianity. Usually an unexplained knowledge that something was about to happen, but with enough notice that I could take appropriate action to avoid it (in one particular incident I knew before it happened that a driver was about to do something stupid, which meant I could position myself so that the person who would otherwise have had nowhere to go except into the back of him had a way to avoid a collision)

Scripture gives a few examples of people who could perform miracles using other powers. Pharoah's court magicians come to mind.

The question is whether premonitions are given by other spirits or if there's something else going on.

 

[Lucian Hodoboc]

I'm not sure how your question relates to your comments.

What comments? My comments in general on CH or... what do you mean?

Yes, people can have premonitions of future events.

Well, that's not Biblical. The only accurate prophecies in the Bible come from either God (the prophets) or I'm assuming evil spirits (in the episode with Samuel's ghost is still unclear whether the spirit was sent by God or something else happened).

Sure, everyone can make false predictions, but that's irrelevant to the current discussion.

Scripture gives a few examples of people who could perform miracles using other powers. Pharoah's court magicians come to mind.

Those were merely illusions like how illusionists do nowadays. No major miracle. They couldn't revive the dead or create something similar to what Jesus did.

The question is whether premonitions are given by other spirits or if there's something else going on.

Nothing supernatural can come from us because we don't have supernatural powers, so it has to come from someone else. The question is whether that someone else is God or not.

 

[tango]

What comments? My comments in general on CH or... what do you mean?

You asking what we think when talking about someone who has premonitions but isn't a Christian, then your comments about evil spirits.

Well, that's not Biblical. The only accurate prophecies in the Bible come from either God (the prophets) or I'm assuming evil spirits (in the episode with Samuel's ghost is still unclear whether the spirit was sent by God or something else happened).

Sure, everyone can make false predictions, but that's irrelevant to the current discussion.

False predictions are irrelevant. Anyone can make guesses as to what the future holds. When you can see something happening, and then it happens exactly as you saw it happening, that's a different situation.

If someone who isn't a Christian gets them we can speculate endlessly as to why. Perhaps God sent them a premonition to protect them from harm. Perhaps an evil spirit is guiding them. Perhaps something else is going on.

Those were merely illusions like how illusionists do nowadays. No major miracle. They couldn't revive the dead or create something similar to what Jesus did.

So what if they couldn't? You're asking about premonitions, not raising the dead.

Nothing supernatural can come from us because we don't have supernatural powers, so it has to come from someone else. The question is whether that someone else is God or not.

Your original question was whether non-Christians could experience precognition.