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S. Michael Houdmann
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Palm reading, also known as "palmistry" or "chiromancy," has its roots in Greek mythology. Chiromancy, from the Greek kheiro, meaning "hand," and mantia, meaning "divination," essentially means "di...
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Mike Dumais
Palm reading is divination or fortunetelling and as such an occultist practice. Fortunetelling is addressed at least 15-16 times in the Old Testament as evil, an abomination and etc. It is prohibited. Saul was punished for consulting with fortune tellers. In the New Testament (Acts 16:16) Paul casts out an evil spirit (demon) that gave a slave girl the power of fortunetelling, reconfirming yet again it's evil nature.
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