StopSylvia email: "information"

[570Lesa]

I read plenty of sylvia's books and long before i read SSB I noticed some contradictions regarding Jesus. I was raised a christian, but not very strict so I don't know a lot of history, but I did remember her saying something in one of her books that Jesus was never crucified on the cross, but then in another book she was talking about a "bleed through" where she or francine was giving a lecture and several people taped the lecture and on certain tapes they heard weeping, wailing and sobbing, presumably through a time warp when jesus was on the cross but only a few tapes picked up on the "bleed through" the discrepency was blatant and it made me wonder, but I somehow dismissed the error as my own confusion because how could Francine possibly be wrong?? I assumed I must have been the one who misunderstood. I was very naive!

 

[RSLancastr]

The easiest way to debunk these frauds is to ask them questions you already know the answer to, or make up a fake family history and guide them through that (even on the fly).

"Im seeing the letter H"
"Yes! That's my late uncle Henry! He was a sailor!"

I think that these CAN be effective, but only if they are set up correctly. If they aren't...not so much. Otherwise, it can largely be a case of your word against the psychics, and your audience will not know which to believe


Not unlike your friend RSL, who if I remember correctly merely asked what his materal grandfather's name was, and when she responded, replied with "incorrect" and sat down.[/QUOTE]

Yes, that was Claus Flodin Larsen, creator and editor of SkepticReport.com, and who still posts here occasionally as CFLarsen. His grandfather's name was Flodin.

 

[Navigator]

32 Bible verses about...

...Fortune Tellers And Psychics

Looks like this is a problem recognized long before organised skepticism.

I watched the "TV show catches fake psychic ********" linked yt vid and it reminded me of the saying 'it takes a thief to catch a thief.'

 

[shandyjan]

I was thinking hte reference in the email may not be satan, but government, NWO and the like, as those kind of fears can be religious, but not always.

 

[Brattus]

That is one way to show that a person is talking rubbish. Find all the major statements that contradict other statements. There will be plenty, provided there is enough material.

Another way is to actually listen to what they are saying.

If what they are saying goes something like "I am channeling a spirit guide from deadville named Francine and Francine says angels no like wings" then you can pretty much sum it up as rubbish.

The real sad part is that anybody should sum that up as rubbish 2 seconds after they hear it.

 

[RSLancastr]

If what they are saying goes something like "I am channeling a spirit guide from deadville named Francine and Francine says angels no like wings" then you can pretty much sum it up as rubbish.

Ah, but can you put that in a way that is more quantifiable? How would someone know if something they hear "goes something like" something else?