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Are angels real? *Daily Mail warning*

I couldn't stomach reading the whole thing.

But I notice that all the Daily Mail readers have given thumbs down to the intelligent comment, and thumbs up to the moronic gushing ones.
 
That article starts "Now, I'm the most sceptical person on the planet."

Which is ironic as it should start:

"Now I, LIZ JONES, utterly feeble writer for the Mail Online am either the most credulous moron on the planet, or I will write any crap for money, or a combination of the two. Either way, read any of my pathetic drivel at your own risk and, yes, the amazing part of this story that seems to defy common sense, scientific analysis and generally accepted reason is that I get paid for this rubbish."

And the reader took one look at the woman and "a bottle" came to mind?

What a gift.
 
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The glaring confirmation bias,paraphrased.
"Your nephew will get better..." There is no way he could know my nephew had leukemia and was very ill but is now fully recovered
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That from someone who is "sceptical"?!
 
So... cats have guardian angels too?

What about other animals....some of the things that aren't generally considered to be "cute"?

Squid?.....sea cucumbers?.......rats?.....black mambas?
 
Ashles:

I am sensing something about you. I am sensing water. Does that mean anything to you? Maybe your angel can help answer that. :D :D :D

I couldn't even type that with a straight face. :D
 
Ashles, I cannot thank you enough. Despite the Daily Mail warning I was primed to read this until you mentioned who wrote it. Liz Jones is a terrible "journalist" (read: opinionated idiot who gets paid to write by other opinionated idiots) even by the standards of the hacks in the Mail.
 
TheSkepticCanuck said:
Ashles:

I am sensing something about you. I am sensing water.
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That's amazing! I am made mostly of exactly that!
You should contact Liz Jones of the Mail - she's a harsh sceptic but she's fair and open minded.
(Just don't leave any booze lying around)




I think the saddest part of this whole story is that the Daily Mail still has enough readers to exist.
 
Since when are angels portrayed as slightly sexy, lightly clad dark-skinned nymphs armed with bows? The illustration looked more like an Amazon or some Greek warrior goddess. And what's with that guy holding whatever-it-is from a rope as if he's gotten it out of the river with a fishing rod and bait? Even his dog looks at him as if he's crazy.

Now, I'm the most sceptical person on the planet: I think meditation is just laziness. People who have therapy should stop being so self-indulgent and help others.
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If a tenth of the idiocy and humor attempts leveled at mental illness was aimed at regular illnesses instead, the source would be laughed out of the house.

"You want treatment for your asthma? What on Earth for? Stop being so god damned self-indulgent and go help someone!"

I see they managed to squeeze in the "free will" card, too. Gah.
 
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Can I just say "thank you" also, otherwise I would have missed the important story, "Malfunction on ice: The moment an ice skater accidentally bared her breast in mid-twirl"...

(For a 'family' paper, the Daily Mail seems to work awfully hard at finding stories which need to be accompanied by pictures of attractive females wearing very little.)
 
I giggled:

Despite all my doubt, I am impressed, but I need more evidence. And so I contact the queen of angel therapy, a woman called, rather aptly, Doreen Virtue.
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I'm guessing she's not an investigative journalist if gathering "evidence" means she goes to visit the "queen of angel therapy".

gosh, FLUFF doesn't even begin to describe this article!
 
Ashles said:
I think the saddest part of this whole story is that the Daily Mail still has enough readers to exist.
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Not just that. There are parts of the country (Home Counties, certain parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands) where it's practically the only paper anyone reads.

They've discovered a formula which ensures sales in modern Britain to everyone from the lower-middle-class to the very affluent. And that formula is: insane woo, exploitative health scares, celebrity tittle-tattle and populist hard-right wingnut BS about "political correctness gone mad", or crypto-racist rants. Virtually the whole paper is made up of lies and distortions of various kinds, but the presentation is classy, it's good value for money and it uses correct English; the result is a facade of respectability which disguises what it really is - The Sun for snobs.

God I hate the Daily Mail. I actually have to stop thinking about it now, before I do myself a mischief.
 
Kiosk said:
Not just that. There are parts of the country (Home Counties, certain parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands) where it's practically the only paper anyone reads.

*snip*.
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I'm from Yorkshire thanks.:rolleyes::p
 
Azrael 5 said:
The glaring confirmation bias,paraphrased.


That from someone who is "sceptical"?!
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The confirmation bias I picked up on was:

'The angels can't force their help on us, however, since we have free will. We must ask for their help. Evil people don't listen to their angels: their angels stand by with "wings tied" unable to intervene because God created us with free will.'
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If good things happen it's the angels, if bad things happen it's evil people who don't listen to their angels.
 
Can I just say "thank you" also, otherwise I would have missed the important story, "Malfunction on ice: The moment an ice skater accidentally bared her breast in mid-twirl"...
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I again wonder how it can be legal and accepted to publish pictures of peoples' breasts or other nakedness against the subjects' will. If I took pictures of someone nude or half-nude and published them on the Web I'd probably be severely fined or imprisoned.

Not just that. There are parts of the country (Home Counties, certain parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands) where it's practically the only paper anyone reads.
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I thought it was bad that the two bestselling papers in Norway were pathetic tabloids. At least they can be classified as 'newspapers', as opposed to... whatever you could call DailyMail from the impression I'm getting of it.
 
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I thought the whole thing was a giant confirmation bias.

The bit about listening to thoughts that come from nowhere actually sounds creepy to me. Not all thoughts that pop up at random are good!
 
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