I think you will feel differently about it at different times in your life. There will be times when you want to at least attempt to make a point, there will be times when you feel you have banged your head against the cement one too many times and simply don’t care or are too tired to “go there” as they say. I have responded in writing a couple…Read More

I love that analogy. I give lots of credit to those willing to climb into the ring with skeptics/cynics on various talk boards, but I also
have to sometimes go with the old song lyric “So let’s leave it alone, ’cause we can’t see eye to eye”

Just another example of what a high road John is on and what a low low one some others out there choose to travel.
Thanks for the Friday chuckle…….I too love a good laugh!

I have said this before…….and I will say it again……James Randi has about zero interest in proving John Edward, Sylvia Browne or anyone else is a fraud…..if he did, he would take the million dollars from his challenge…..spend it on private detectives and have all this over and done with in less than 3 months if he were so inclined.…Read More

I’ve read that as well. I’ve also read the art of cold reading on the JREF website, I’ve read information on Ian McRowland’s (could be wrong about the last name), there is a book on the psychology of those who want to believe..the name escapes me……but while I can apply it to many other psychics and mediums…..it seems a stretch to apply to…Read More

True…………I have a whole family of skeptics myself…..but I’m working on them !
And you’re right, asa’s introduction didn’t exactly sound like there was going to be a whole lot of openess…….I just would have liked to have had some of my questions about where to find material other than Randi’s site, Skeptic News, Skeptic’s Digest and…Read More

I don’t think asa hurt anyone’s feelings………maybe the other way around. I’m just not sure what the intention of visiting this board were. asa seemed to think he/she was attacked, while I thought members of this forum were being attacked. Probably some misunderstanding on both sides.

I saw your posts also RC, and you certainly seem more than fair to both sides of the coin and I did see that you called some of them on the name calling and the like. I’m sure they aren’t all so nasty, maybe I was just a little taken aback by it…..I wasn’t expecting to see some of the foul language, etc….I’ve definitely never seen that…Read More

What went on the last couple of days with couple of people from the Randi board was a whole new experience for me, and a pretty unpleasant one.
I actually felt kind of bad that the one person calling themselves asa thought they were treated unfairly………….so I put out a post trying to make it clear that I was interested in being directed to…Read More

Asa,

I see that all you did was latch on to things that made you angry and come back at me swinging. I wish instead you would have taken me up on my repeated statements of willingness to listen. If I misunderstood your feelings about John Edward (but I don’t think I did, I just used different verbiage) then it would have also been a pefect…Read More

sorry about the typos folks.

And Asa, if you are still with us……I will also state that I definitely lean towards being a believer in John Edward. I should also say that I emphatically believe in life after death. I consider them connected, but not necessarily 100% tied to each other. If I may bring up another issue…….may I ask exactly what are your ties to James…Read More

Wow, I think I liked my assumption better. BUT….I would be interested to hear the answers to my questions. I don’t know the other person refered to at the Randi site and I won’t apply any criteria that matches them to this person. I have to admit to being doubtful that my mind can be changed…..but I will also say I am am always willing to…Read More

I find it a little disconerting to respond to someone who chooses to use a name that includes as a foe….that implies first and foremost that I am to consider you an adversary. Again, not the reason for this board or the intent of it’s members…..thus the word “friends” of John Edward. You are clearly stating that you are not a friend,…Read More

I find their posts mostly frightening………..not at all enlightening. I certainly resent being called an idiot by someone who knows nothing about me and has presented me one logical explanation for what they believe. As I have often said, I am not 100% sure about John Edward, but neither can I dismiss what he does. I have and will continue…Read More

I know….she’s (Ms. Reed) a sad character. Her article is hard to read without feeling at least slightly nauseated. What you have here on the other hand is something to feel very good about. Pam and her moderators do a great job………the Viki Reed’s of the world do not stand a chance against a positive force of this magnitude……it is…Read More

First of all……thank you thank you thank you everyone who had such good things to say about my reply to Ms. Reed.
To answer the person about this being a “real” newspaper….I don’t think it is because I searched high and low for an address to mail my response to…..couldn’t find one. The way I ran across her nasty article was simply running…Read More

You are absolutely right, and at first I considered heading down that path………..pointing out every single factual error that she made, but decided I would have to write as many pages as she had and was fearful that would prevent it from being posted on the site. Again, you are right that the thrust of the article seems to be more of her…Read More

means a lot to me.