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have any of you watched Long Island Medium? This show gives me the heebie jeebies. Last night, I watched a few minutes of one epidsode. The lady claimed that some little boy that she “channeled” wouldn’t leave her alone. I personally think she needs to get out of this devilish stuff. She feels like she is doing people a favor. Boy, her eyes have had blinders put on them.:eek:
 
I have seen the promos for the show and my reaction was

:eek:

But I think most people like this are just charlatans, not “channeling” anything other than other people’s money out of their wallets. There are many tricks they use in order to elicit information out of people but help the person forget that they just gave the “psychic” enough info to make a guess. They know that in any crowd of x numbers of people, someone is going to have lost a relative recently, and from there, it’s by careful guessing that they look as if they are getting inside information.
 
TheRealJuliane said:
I have seen the promos for the show and my reaction was

:eek:

But I think most people like this are just charlatans, not “channeling” anything other than other people’s money out of their wallets. There are many tricks they use in order to elicit information out of people but help the person forget that they just gave the “psychic” enough info to make a guess. They know that in any crowd of x numbers of people, someone is going to have lost a relative recently, and from there, it’s by careful guessing that they look as if they are getting inside information.
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Agreed. The other day on Dr. Oz (I don’t watch it but it was on at the nail salon) they had one of these quacks on, doing “readings” on audience members. I asked my mom, “Um, why is this on DOCTOR Oz?”

It would have been funny if it weren’t so sad, seeing these people who had recently lost a family member weep as this lady “contacted” them. I know these people are in the throes of grief, and therefore probably not thinking clearly, but it is absolutely beyond me how anyone falls for this stuff. There were more than a few times when she would say “I’m getting an M, an M, does his name have an M in it?” and the woman would say “No.” And she would say “OK, J, I see a J now, how about a J?” and the woman would say “Yes, his name is John!” applause

And I’m saying "So she picked an extremely common male initial (Michael, Matthew, etc.) and when that didn’t work, she picked another extremely common male initial (James, John, Jack, etc.). Wow, what a psychic!

Oh, and you gotta love Syliva Browne- youtube.com/watch?v=hRc4LkBRjIc
 
anp1215 said:
Agreed. The other day on Dr. Oz (I don’t watch it but it was on at the nail salon) they had one of these quacks on, doing “readings” on audience members. I asked my mom, “Um, why is this on DOCTOR Oz?”

It would have been funny if it weren’t so sad, seeing these people who had recently lost a family member weep as this lady “contacted” them. I know these people are in the throes of grief, and therefore probably not thinking clearly, but it is absolutely beyond me how anyone falls for this stuff. There were more than a few times when she would say “I’m getting an M, an M, does his name have an M in it?” and the woman would say “No.” And she would say “OK, J, I see a J now, how about a J?” and the woman would say “Yes, his name is John!” applause

And I’m saying "So she picked an extremely common male initial (Michael, Matthew, etc.) and when that didn’t work, she picked another extremely common male initial (James, John, Jack, etc.). Wow, what a psychic!

Oh, and you gotta love Syliva Browne- youtube.com/watch?v=hRc4LkBRjIc
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I am not at all surprised that Dr. Oz would promote this.
 
KevinAK said:
I am not at all surprised that Dr. Oz would promote this.
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Honestly I don’t know much about him at all since I don’t watch much TV, other than I remember he used to come on Oprah a lot, and I remembered him getting his own show.

Now, after seeing him the other day, I know not to put much stock in anything he says or promotes!

And wow, look at this. This topic made me look up “psychic fails” to see what came up on youtube, and wouldn’t you know, here is the exact same “psychic” on the news, doing the EXACT same thing I was just talking about! I didn’t even type in her name. She tells the news anchor “I’m getting a J or an M. Is there anyone in your family with a J or an M?”
youtube.com/watch?v=cK7j3tB9A6k
So I’m guessing she just does that with everyone, because you’d be pretty hard pressed to find anyone in the world who doesn’t have a J or M family member. In fact, someone in the comments said that she does that in every single reading.

I am cracking up at this video. I love it when the other anchor says she “failed miserably.”
 
It [bleeping] aggravates me to no end that people can be so ignorant as to accept these things and that there are those who take advantage of that and manipulate their weaknesses!

Granted, I don’t know Long Island medium’s intent. She might just be a nutcase. If she’s not, though, then she’s pretty much a charlatan. Either way she is doing a lot of damage to people. Even if she provides a quasi-therapeutic service, it is still doing harm to everyone by undermining reason and science.

These “psychics” or “mediums” have been exposed countless times. I fear for the Catholic community though, because it is atheists that are doing the hard work on the ground to debunk these maniacs and con-artists. That’s because in order to be an atheist, one likely has to go down the path of skepticism.

By contrast, the Catholic community and it’s “open-mindedness” to faith seems to buy into this junk a lot more, as there’s this underlying presumption that supernatural power is possible. It’s one thing to have an “open mind,” but you have to start shutting it at some point or your brains will fall out! 😛 That’s my message to fellow Catholics: challenge everything!

Also, as a Long Islander myself, I’m rather offended that she would tarnish the name of my great island with her actions.
 
anp1215 said:
Agreed. The other day on Dr. Oz (I don’t watch it but it was on at the nail salon) they had one of these quacks on, doing “readings” on audience members. I asked my mom, **“Um, why is this on DOCTOR Oz?”
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It would have been funny if it weren’t so sad, seeing these people who had recently lost a family member weep as this lady “contacted” them. I know these people are in the throes of grief, and therefore probably not thinking clearly, but it is absolutely beyond me how anyone falls for this stuff. There were more than a few times when she would say “I’m getting an M, an M, does his name have an M in it?” and the woman would say “No.” And she would say “OK, J, I see a J now, how about a J?” and the woman would say “Yes, his name is John!” applause

And I’m saying "So she picked an extremely common male initial (Michael, Matthew, etc.) and when that didn’t work, she picked another extremely common male initial (James, John, Jack, etc.). Wow, what a psychic!

Oh, and you gotta love Syliva Browne- youtube.com/watch?v=hRc4LkBRjIc
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Because “Dr.” Oz is a KOOOOK!!!

:rolleyes:
 
anp1215 said:
I had the strange notion that a show featuring a licensed physician would not include such kookiness. Goes to show how much I know about TV personalities!
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I know, it’s sad. I know a registered nurse that is an avid ghost-believer. I know that it’s not as tough to be a registered nurse as it is to be a doctor, but if it’s all well and good, I’d prefer not to have a ghost-believer handling my medical treatment.
 
VeritasLuxMea said:
I know, it’s sad. I know a registered nurse that is an avid ghost-believer. I know that it’s not as tough to be a registered nurse as it is to be a doctor, but if it’s all well and good, I’d prefer not to have a ghost-believer handling my medical treatment.
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Oh my.
 
VeritasLuxMea said:
I know, it’s sad. I know a registered nurse that is an avid ghost-believer. I know that it’s not as tough to be a registered nurse as it is to be a doctor, but if it’s all well and good, I’d prefer not to have a ghost-believer handling my medical treatment.
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Peter Kreeft believes in ghosts. Is that bad company to be in?
 
Although I have not watched the show mentioned by the OP, and although I do not necessarily rule out the possibility of psychic phenomena, I think what is being demonstrated in various TV shows is a case of people who are proficient in observational skills and reading body language. If such people do it as entertainers, creating the illusion of psychic power but it is understood that it is all a trick, then they are called magicians or mentalists. But if they claim to possess actual supernatural powers, they are called psychics or mediums. But the skill set is the same (and there is nothing supernatural about it): keen observation paired with knowledge of human behavior. I’d like to see one of these psychics “channel” information while wearing a blindfold.

It seems like there are lots of people around claiming to be true psychics, and yet no one ever hears about a psychic winning a lottery. There’s a record 656 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot going on right now, but (call me psychic) I’m predicting that none of the winners will claim to have utilized any psychic powers in landing the winning number.

You can go to YouTube and see several performances of Derren Brown doing the same sort of things that TV psychics do. The difference is that Derren Brown is a mentalist who readily admits that he has no supernatural abilities, and that it is all a trick.
 
Wow, the YouTube links were interesting…

I use to attend a Spiritual church for over 3 years and was ‘into’ it a lot then. I received many readings, and as I become a real ‘regular’ and everyone got to know me, they found it difficult to give me readings. One lady, a friend, never, ever got my reading right. Everything she said I could not relate to.

It is true about the “J” or “M”. Maybe they teach this is psychic school, although I haven’t heard of it. I began doing developement, to get my psychic abilities ‘working’…but they never did.:confused: Obviously God had other plans for me! 😃

Silvia Browne is highly respected in spritual churches as is James Van Praagh.
What are everyone’s thoughts on John Edward? He is Catholic and even has a book out called “Practical Praying”. He speaks of using the rosary in it. (Not that I have read it) Interesting though:rolleyes:
 
EricFilmer said:
Although I have not watched the show mentioned by the OP, and although I do not necessarily rule out the possibility of psychic phenomena, I think what is being demonstrated in various TV shows is a case of people who are proficient in observational skills and reading body language. If such people do it as entertainers, creating the illusion of psychic power but it is understood that it is all a trick, then they are called magicians or mentalists. But if they claim to possess actual supernatural powers, they are called psychics or mediums. But the skill set is the same (and there is nothing supernatural about it): keen observation paired with knowledge of human behavior. I’d like to see one of these psychics “channel” information while wearing a blindfold.

It seems like there are lots of people around claiming to be true psychics, and yet no one ever hears about a psychic winning a lottery. There’s a record 656 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot going on right now, but (call me psychic) I’m predicting that none of the winners will claim to have utilized any psychic powers in landing the winning number.

You can go to YouTube and see several performances of Derren Brown doing the same sort of things that TV psychics do. The difference is that Derren Brown is a mentalist who readily admits that he has no supernatural abilities, and that it is all a trick.
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I was about to suggest Derren Brown as well.

Such techniques are called cold reading…

the main difference (besides him admitting he’s not psychic) is Derren Brown is actually a lot better than most of the “psychics.”

The psychological tricks he does are incredibly fascinating.
Angels_Eyes said:
Wow, the YouTube links were interesting…

I use to attend a Spiritual church for over 3 years and was ‘into’ it a lot then. I received many readings, and as I become a real ‘regular’ and everyone got to know me, they found it difficult to give me readings. One lady, a friend, never, ever got my reading right. Everything she said I could not relate to.

It is true about the “J” or “M”. Maybe they teach this is psychic school, although I haven’t heard of it. I began doing developement, to get my psychic abilities ‘working’…but they never did.:confused: Obviously God had other plans for me! 😃

Silvia Browne is highly respected in spritual churches as is James Van Praagh.
What are everyone’s thoughts on John Edward? He is Catholic and even has a book out called “Practical Praying”. He speaks of using the rosary in it. (Not that I have read it) Interesting though:rolleyes:
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Fraud. I watched a video of him doing a reading. Same techniques as everyone else. Spent 5 minutes saying basically nothing.

I was wondering, could these “psychics” do these readings for non-Anglo families with no Anglo names in their families? Methinks not!
 
Lol the lady on that show is silly and her hair…lol.
I think most if not all is fake on that show.
 
I was also told that demons can “impersonate” someone that has died in order to deceive us. So who only knows what she is channeling.

:confused::eek:
 
anp1215 said:
I was wondering, could these “psychics” do these readings for non-Anglo families with no Anglo names in their families? Methinks not!
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Yep, good point. And to think I use to be such a believer.:confused:
 
I’m a fan of the Amazing Randi and love it when he calls out those who are like Sylvia Browne! 🙂 If I’m not mistaken he has offered her one million dollars if she can prove her powers to him. 👍

My stepson and his mom and her boyfriend are into ghosts and ghost-hunting. Myself, I’m struggling with how to answer his questions (he’s 12) without being disrespectful of his and his mom’s beliefs. He was looking at houses with his grandparents recently and told them they shouldn’t buy a particular house because of the “ectoplasm stain” and that being a bad omen! (The stain was where the refrigerator had been!)

:rolleyes:
 
Angels_Eyes said:
Yep, good point. And to think I use to be such a believer.:confused:
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No worries now!
SurlyMermaid said:
I’m a fan of the Amazing Randi and love it when he calls out those who are like Sylvia Browne! 🙂 If I’m not mistaken he has offered her one million dollars if she can prove her powers to him. 👍

My stepson and his mom and her boyfriend are into ghosts and ghost-hunting. Myself, I’m struggling with how to answer his questions (he’s 12) without being disrespectful of his and his mom’s beliefs. He was looking at houses with his grandparents recently and told them they shouldn’t buy a particular house because of the “ectoplasm stain” and that being a bad omen! (The stain was where the refrigerator had been!)

:rolleyes:
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I love Randi and how he blatantly exposes these charlatans, but always in a nice way. These people need to be exposed, they do so much damage.
 
I never heard of it before. I watched one video – it said “series premeire” – and thought it was pretty interesting. It’s entirely possible it’s all fake, but if so she does a pretty good job of it.

I have no doubt it’s possible. Anything is possible with God. That’s not even a discussion. Whether it is scripted or not, I found her outlook and her compassion toward other people compelling. I didn’t see this as self-aggrandizing because when I am given spiritual gifts and exercise them it’s hard to keep from other people seeing me that way but really it’s not about what I want but what the Spirit compels me to do.

Alan
 
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