Woo on the History Channel? re Edgar Cayce

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What's with the History Channel?? I'm watching it right now and it's all about how amazing Edgar Cayce was. Their website here tells it all really.
He predicted WWII, the deaths of US Presidents, and the turmoil of the 1960s. He prophesied that Israel would become a state 15 years before the event and foretold the Great Depression. Many of his visions seemed to pass unfulfilled, but are now proven accurate. His name is Edgar Cayce, and to many, he's known as the other Nostradamus. Throughout the 1930s and `40s, Cayce was a well-known American figure, reputed for his "healing abilities" as well as his prophecies. Cayce's predictions are documented in the transcriptions of his readings, which he gave until his death in 1945. Join us as we examine his life and prophecies.
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Is this garbage or what?! How does the History Channel get away with this stuff? Shouldn't they apply for Randi's Million? Seems like I've seen a lot more woo going on with the History Channel lately, like rewriting history! :jaw-dropp
 
Post mentioning Edgar Cayce: 3:34 pm (PST)
Follow-up post by Rodney: 3:50 pm (PST)

Sixteen minutes. You're slowing down.
 
Steven Howard said:
Post mentioning Edgar Cayce: 3:34 pm (PST)
Follow-up post by Rodney: 3:50 pm (PST)

Sixteen minutes. You're slowing down.
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However, there is a perfectly rational, non-woo explanation in this case: I didn't see gdtbiker's post until 3:49 P.M. PST.
 
gdtbiker said:
Seems like I've seen a lot more woo going on with the History Channel lately, like rewriting history! :jaw-dropp
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The Discovery Channel network is starting to go "woo-ish" too. We've got A Haunting on Discovery and Most Haunted on Travel. I don't even trust the National Geographic channel anymore. It seems like the Is It Real? series is trying to walk the line, and the Dog Whisperer is just unnerving.

Actually, I started to get worried about the Discovery Channel when I saw a commerical during MythBusters that among other things said "do what can't be done" and "spread the gospel".

[Despite the appearance to the contrary, I do not spend all day watching tv...]
 
Ive got a friend who believes this guy is the real deal. How can I prove he isn't?
 
CBVan said:
Ive got a friend who believes this guy is the real deal. How can I prove he isn't?
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You can't. That's the problem. His quatrains (or whatever you call them) are open for interpretation. They are so vague that you can pick one at random, pick a historical event at random, and then make it fit.

Here's one of my own. Let's see if it comes true.

At the third light what was intwined shall be undone
The mighty will deny the change
Two will fall, one will stand
But the ground will be rocky and that which stands shall fall.
 
Starthinker said:
You can't. That's the problem. His quatrains (or whatever you call them) are open for interpretation. They are so vague that you can pick one at random, pick a historical event at random, and then make it fit.
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No, that's Nostradamus. Cayce didn't do quatrains. And, as I've mentioned on other threads, Cayce's weakest suit was likely his prophecies. His strongest suit was medical diagnoses.
 
The History Channel has been "woo woo" for awhile now. Check out how many UFO specials they have on any given week.

Originally posted by Rassilon:
The Discovery Channel network is starting to go "woo-ish" too. We've got A Haunting on Discovery and Most Haunted on Travel. I don't even trust the National Geographic channel anymore. It seems like the Is It Real? series is trying to walk the line, and the Dog Whisperer is just unnerving.
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I agree that most of that is crap. I haven't watched a lot of The Dog Whisperer though, but from what I've seen, it's not as much nonsense as the name implies. Cesar Millan just seems to use more advanced training techniques that work on pack-oriented animals well. I've never noticed any woo involved.
 
I've never noticed any woo on Dog Whisperer either. Is It Real? at least presents a skeptical viewpoint. The rest is just silly. A Haunting doesn't belong on Discovery at all, as well as Sensing Murder. The History Channel is a lost cause.
 
The History Channel in Canada is almost completely woo free, but it would be nice if it covered something other than Nazis and antiques. Thousands of years of human history, summed up in WWII and baseball cards? Did nothing else happen?

Thankfully no sign of Edgar Cayce. Yet.
 
Pipirr said:
The History Channel in Canada is almost completely woo free, but it would be nice if it covered something other than Nazis and antiques. Thousands of years of human history, summed up in WWII and baseball cards? Did nothing else happen?

Thankfully no sign of Edgar Cayce. Yet.
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We used to call The History Channel The Hitler Channel because the majority of programs were WWII documentaries featuring copious footage of Hitler, so that no matter what time of day or night you tuned in, chances were good that Adolf would be on screen.
 
On balance, I'd rather have the Hitler channel than the crap that gets shown on 'W'. Ever seen 'Rescue Mediums'? Two women pretend to get all emotional in people's houses and cry a lot until presumably the spirits get as embarassed as I did and slink out the back door; thus being 'rescued' and 'at peace'. Toe-curlingly shameful stuff.
 
Channel 5 here in the UK has so many Nazi programmes that I call it "Channel Funf". There's plenty of Hitler-woo on there as well - programmes on the Spear of Destiny for example.
 
Rodney said:
No, that's Nostradamus. Cayce didn't do quatrains. And, as I've mentioned on other threads, Cayce's weakest suit was likely his prophecies. His strongest suit was medical diagnoses.
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Given that the the field of medicine was Cayce's strongest suit, what lasting contributions has he made to the field of modern medicine? Which treatment, therapy, remedy, etc...?
 
CLD said:
We used to call The History Channel The Hitler Channel because the majority of programs were WWII documentaries featuring copious footage of Hitler, so that no matter what time of day or night you tuned in, chances were good that Adolf would be on screen.
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My wife calls it the Hitler Channel too, as in, "Turn off that Hitler Channel, don't you ever get sick of that stuff?"

And I reply with, "Hold on, I want to see how this turns out."
 
Psiload said:
My wife calls it the Hitler Channel too, as in, "Turn off that Hitler Channel, don't you ever get sick of that stuff?"

And I reply with, "Hold on, I want to see how this turns out."
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So, how Did it turn out? Don't keep us in suspense - did Hitler win? :D

Nice one!
 
Psiload said:
Given that the the field of medicine was Cayce's strongest suit, what lasting contributions has he made to the field of modern medicine? Which treatment, therapy, remedy, etc...?
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Cayce pioneered the holistic health movement. As the American Holistic Medical Association states: "Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal health. This condition of holistic health is defined as the unlimited and unimpeded free flow of life force energy through body, mind, and spirit." See http://ahha.org/articles.asp?Id=81

Many people have claimed success by following Cayce's treatments. See this discussion on another thread: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1660125&highlight=psoriasis#post1660125
 
CLD said:
We used to call The History Channel The Hitler Channel because the majority of programs were WWII documentaries featuring copious footage of Hitler, so that no matter what time of day or night you tuned in, chances were good that Adolf would be on screen.
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I call it the WWII and Guns Channel.
 
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