Thanks for your detailed response Robin. I was perhaps a little more impressed with the Mayflower "hit" you described than some might be although I would still agree that one hit that wasn't a 100% hit anyway doesn't constitute proof of life after death. However having read Michael Prescott's blog I am much less impressed. He was only describing what he saw on a tv programme. So what we have is some quotes from a programme, and the author admits he is paraphrasing anyway, of a show made for entertainment purposes that is heavily edited. That can't possibly constitute proof by any definition of the word because:-
a) It isn't even an exact transcript. MP says so in the blog.
b)Even If it was an exact transcript that doesn't mean it happened just how MP describes. At least one person claims that when he was on the show a miss was converted to a hit by editing.
c)Even if it happened exactly as MP describes it could be that JE found out about the Mayflower link by other means than the paranormal. There are several ways he could have done this and that is still a lot more likely than dead people told him.
Greybeard, you've raised an important point in both threads and it is important that my response is on the record in both places.
I can totally understand where you are coming from. For me, it was my personal experience which absolutely proved to me JE was real.
Just reading articles, or his books, or seeing his TV shows, etc. only, would not have made me certain he was real. I did actually see some of the shows and hits that Michael Prescott discusses in his article. It was precisely those type of hits that intrigued me.
All of the above made me think he might be real...might. But like you said, shows could be edited to make him look good, he could have used hot reading, etc.
So, I wanted to find out for myself.
And I did find out - JE delivered startlingly specific, personal, unusual, unknowable hits directly to me and to my brother. Directly...NOT thrown out to the entire room. And as I've said before, I was very educated and experienced in the tricks of fake mediums, and as such made sure I safeguarded against any tricks. I now predict someone will say confirmation bias, Forer effect etc. Nope, not it.
I'd also like to point out, once again, that for those who say for instance, my just buying a new refrigerator hit was so general, that if I didn't just buy a new fridge JE would have tried for another appliance. Point is...he didn't have to try for another appliance. Because he was spot on! He got it from the get-go. And he does that a lot. Mathematical equations to define a lot? Don't need 'em, common sense, with regard to mediums, helps me define what is not only a lot, but also unusual.
I mean really, look at the Prescott article and just pretend for a moment that you believe it is pretty much an accurate description of JE's hits. Would you consider that a lot? And remember that is only a sampling...some drops in the big "hit" bucket in the sky.
So, I would say to anyone out there who is knowledgeable about the tricks of fake mediums, yet can remain open minded, and thinks JE may be real - or if anyone out there simply can't figure out how he gets so many, specific, personal, unusual, unknowable hits - Go see him. But you do need to be personally read by him, and if you are, you'll know the truth too - JE is real.
And there is indeed...life after death.
