John Edward in person

[seacrest]

Attended John Edward's seminar recently. Being a healthy skeptic and of inquiring mind, compelled I was to experience JE live. I found him to be personable, natural and genuine. I detected no evidence that he was lying, delusional, or otherwise in need of therapy or psychopharmaceuticals.
He read many people and all but one, maybe two, included substantive validations. I am curious of others in person, group or better yet, private, experiences with JE or with another medium. Some provide their services by phone.

 

[godless dave]

I detected no evidence that he was lying, delusional,

What evidence of lying would you expect to detect?

 

[EdipisReks]

i initially read the topic as "John Edward in prison." i was disappointed when i entered the thread.

 

[madurobob]

Attended John Edward's seminar recently. Being a healthy skeptic and of inquiring mind, compelled I was to experience JE live. I found him to be personable, natural and genuine. I detected no evidence that he was lying, delusional, or otherwise in need of therapy or psychopharmaceuticals.

I don't think anyone claims he's not good at what he does. The problem is what he does is scam people.

ETA: and when I also first read the thread title I thought it was "John Edward in Prison". Oh well...

 

[Js1981]

Tell me then if he is so good why spirits can't put a sentence together.

Why medium says for example ' I see a lady and that is connected with cheese, anyone in the audience remembers anything?'
Instead of:
' the lady in the second raw, your mother Martha is here and she wishes you happy birthday which is next week'

Are spirits retarded?

 

[Stray Cat]

Attended John Edward's seminar recently. Being a healthy skeptic and of inquiring mind,

Could you tell us what you consider 'sceptc' to mean?

compelled I was to experience JE live.

I found him to be personable, natural and genuine.

What makes a good crook/criminal is his/her ability to present themselves as 'not the type who would be a crook'
If all robbers walked around with eye masks and striped sweaters, carrying a bag that said 'swag' on it, we'd be less likely to fall for their thieving ways.

I detected no evidence that he was lying, delusional, or otherwise in need of therapy or psychopharmaceuticals.

Isn't it odd how when people get ripped off by scammers and conmen, they don't detect any evidence of lying, fraud or underhanded deception either... until their money has gone and they realise it.

He read many people and all but one, maybe two, included substantive validations.

I went to see Lance Burton and he made one maybe two girls appear from nowhere... My memory is faint because I really wasn't counting... He is a master of misdirection.

I am curious of others in person, group or better yet, private, experiences with JE or with another medium. Some provide their services by phone.

I hear the phone services are just as accurate as the 'in person' ones*.

Welcome to the forum BTW.




*Not at all after you've removed confirmation bias etc.

 

[SonOfLaertes]

Tell me then if he is so good why spirits can't put a sentence together.

Why medium says for example ' I see a lady and that is connected with cheese, anyone in the audience remembers anything?'
Instead of:
' the lady in the second raw, your mother Martha is here and she wishes you happy birthday which is next week'

Are spirits retarded?

I'll never understand why the audience simply accepts the fact that the "spirits" talking to JE give him an initial and not a full name. Curiously, the "spirits" always need help from the audience up to a certain point, and then suddenly become glib after JE pulls some info from the subject.

 

[SonOfLaertes]

Attended John Edward's seminar recently. Being a healthy skeptic and of inquiring mind, compelled I was to experience JE live. I found him to be personable, natural and genuine. I detected no evidence that he was lying, delusional, or otherwise in need of therapy or psychopharmaceuticals.
He read many people and all but one, maybe two, included substantive validations. I am curious of others in person, group or better yet, private, experiences with JE or with another medium. Some provide their services by phone.

JE uses warm, hot, and cold reading techniques.

 

[Anakritis]

I'll never understand why the audience simply accepts the fact that the "spirits" talking to JE give him an initial and not a full name. Curiously, the "spirits" always need help from the audience up to a certain point, and then suddenly become glib after JE pulls some info from the subject.

All good comedy MUST have a victim!

 

[Js1981]

I always had an idea that if I want to see a medium I will send another person with questions and answers in 2 enveloppes seperatly.
No cold reading , no telepathy.

The most stupid is the medium claim to read through the phone or the tv which have their own magnetic fields interrupting.

 

[madurobob]

Are spirits retarded?

Well, no, because retarded people exist. But, we're not supposed to say that. I wonder how long before the JREF auto-censor starts working on the "R word"?

 

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

I'll never understand why the audience simply accepts the fact that the "spirits" talking to JE give him an initial and not a full name.

Cuz, like, he's the expert.

~~ Paul

 

[Js1981]

Well, no, because retarded people exist. But, we're not supposed to say that. I wonder how long before the JREF auto-censor starts working on the "R word"?

You know what I meant.
It was just pure sarkasm, nothing against any disabilities.

 

[madurobob]

You know what I meant.
It was just pure sarkasm, nothing against any disabilities.

I, too, was being sarcastic.

 

[MrBooglemaumau]

Edwards does not talk to dead people..he's not psychic..he does cold reading,and people are sucked in by him 'cos they WANT TO BELIEVE there's live after death..he's a scam artist and a fraud....!

 

[bozman]

He's not just a fraud, he's The Biggest Douche in the Universe. See "South Park."

 

[BStrong]

Attended John Edward's seminar recently. Being a healthy skeptic and of inquiring mind, compelled I was to experience JE live. I found him to be personable, natural and genuine. I detected no evidence that he was lying, delusional, or otherwise in need of therapy or psychopharmaceuticals.
He read many people and all but one, maybe two, included substantive validations. I am curious of others in person, group or better yet, private, experiences with JE or with another medium. Some provide their services by phone.

He's a good showman, nothing more.

 

[alfaniner]

JE uses warm, hot, and cold reading techniques.

Not to mention Fire-Roasted and Salsa Verde...

 

[ynot]

Being a healthy skeptic and of inquiring mind,

Just because you say and even believe you are doesn't make it true. I have my doubts.

In my experience people that are genuinely a healthy skeptic don't tend to announce that they are. Especially when they follow the claim with words that don't reflect healthy sceptisim.

 

[Robert Oz]

I found him to be personable, natural and genuine. I detected no evidence that he was lying, delusional, or otherwise in need of therapy or psychopharmaceuticals.
He read many people and all but one, maybe two, included substantive validations.

Do a youtube search on "Derren Brown cold reading" and watch some of the videos that come up. I'm curious to know if Derren's pretend psychic demonstrations are noticibly different from what you saw from John Edward... other than Derren informing you that he is not a real psychic, of course.

Once you have seen a few of Derren's videos, ask yourself these questions:

If two people demonstrate indistinguishable psychic abilities, but one is a genuine psychic and the other is using an age-old trick called cold reading, how would you go about picking out the genuine psychic?

Would you be inclined to believe any person's claim to genuine psychic powers if, like John Edward, he or she refused to undergo any form of objective testing?