Ability to describe future events, about which one has insufficient information to predict in the normal scientific sense. The idea of prophecy opens up several ideological cans of worms - if prophets' gifts are what they seem, doesn't that mean that temporal events are in some way predetermined or predestined? Where is free will in a predestined world? How can a predestined biological automaton be held accountable for its actions, good or evil, by a loving and merciful God?

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