Not against the rules to believe, just against the rules to pray to or worship another god to acheive the powers.
I feel God gave everyone gifts, some were healers, some wise, some strong, some teachers, the list goes on and on I imagine.

When I was very young, I witnessed my father and my mother's aunt speaking in toungues. From my beliefs, if one spoke in toungues, they couldn't understand it, and if one could understand it, they couldn't speak it. My aunt spoke, my father relayed the basis to me after she left. I think she was just quoting scripture, but I was young, 6 or 7, and I realy don't remember.

I will tell you something about why I created the thread. Now, keep in mind, I'm not claiming I have any powers, but I'm not saying I don't either.

Back in Feb, a good friend of mine broke both bones in her lower left leg. She told me a few months later that while she was in the ambulance she could hear me in her head and my voice brought her back from an OBE (out of body experience). She had confided in me a month before her accident that she was ready to die and even welcomed it. That creeped me out a little when she said my voice kept her from leaving. She insisted that I was psycic, but I jokingly told her I was just an empath.

Then I started thinking that maybe I was an empath. I started thinking about all the people I had met in the 5 or 6 months prior to her calling me a phycic. I realised that an unnatual amount of people (strangers), would strike up conversations with me and tell me all their problems almost immediately. Most of these people had addiction problems. Alcohol, crack, heroin, oxycodine(sp?). Some just had personal issues with their significant other. Some were justy out of Jail. Maybe 15-20 people in 5 months. Now, 5 of the 6 people who lived local to me all went into rehab and as far as I know, they're still clean. The 6th guy just wants to fight me every time I see him because I know his name and say hello to him. I've even had people online contact me out of the blue for advice.

So, just a coincidence? Or is it something more?