Mediums,real or fake.

Howard Juneau · 12-09-2013 07:18PM

Dtp79 wrote: »

Haha. Would you actually believe I put down my Rottweiler called Rex only last week!!

Heavy fcker wasn't he!

Howard Juneau · 12-09-2013 07:21PM

lukesmom wrote: »

The one I went to was most definitely the real deal make no mistake and I'm a sceptic at the best of times., however I believe 95% are fake as fcuk.

I can speak to the dead too. " I'm talking to an old woman...she passed on some years ago....she is angry with you.....why.....ah....you showed her grandson your tattas!" €50 please!

SweepTheLeg · 12-09-2013 07:21PM

Hagar the Nice. wrote: »

Hit me with your best shot.

Fire awaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy

AnonoBoy · 12-09-2013 07:22PM

I like mediums.

Jumpers, jackets, t-shirts.

Always medium.

Fits just right.

12-09-2013 07:24PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Is there a white haired woman in your family that has passed on? You had a special bond with her, she's looking down and said to say she's happy.

How weird..... That's me yr talking to - that's definitely my gran !

That is so crazy!

If you can see her she's wearing glasses & hearing aid right??

12-09-2013 07:26PM

Sofaspud wrote: »

They're all either con artists or deluded. Nothing to do with different choices, it's to do with liars scamming money from the bereaved.

No medium or psychic has ever proven their claims, and their techniques are pretty well known. Discussing con artists in a negative light has nothing to do with "ATEISM BEEN DE TEW WAY"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ygKHdv19Kk

Dtp79 · 12-09-2013 07:27PM

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Heavy fcker wasn't he!

Try carrying him!

Hagar the Nice. · 12-09-2013 07:30PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

O.k.

VG CM.;)

Hagar the Nice. · 12-09-2013 07:32PM

lukesmom wrote: »

The one I went to was most definitely the real deal make no mistake and I'm a sceptic at the best of times., however I believe 95% are fake as fcuk.

Can you be a wee bit more forthcoming,thanks.

I am pie · 12-09-2013 07:33PM

Nothing to do with religion or atheism. Which religion claims to be able to talk to your dead aunt to ask her if she'd let you know where she left Uncle Barry's spare key?

They prey on the emtionally vulnerable. Not one will submit to a test on scientific circumstances, a randomly selected person under surveillance in lab conditions. They would be found out.

But sure, yeah, keep an open mind.

Hagar the Nice. · 12-09-2013 07:34PM

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Heavy fcker wasn't he!

Somebody posted that in the joke section a few weeks ago.

Nemeses · 12-09-2013 07:39PM

Atari Medium!!!!!!

Roger_007 · 12-09-2013 07:44PM

Medium: Would you like to speak to your dear departed Gran?
Client: Yes I would......GRAN, what the feck did you do with the remote?

ALiasEX · 12-09-2013 08:07PM

Hagar the Nice. wrote: »

Better still,I knew that you knew I'd post it.
Anyway,a young mate I know of told me he drove his wife to a party which the guest was a medium,guy goes into the house to use the loo and heads home.
As he walked towards the door the medium called his name and he turned around,the medium then told him his nickname,what his wife's name was,when his grandad died and things only he knew about,me personally,if they were real then why do they request a donation when they only need to mark down the Euromillions numbers?

Because that would be dishonest.

Howard Juneau · 12-09-2013 08:10PM

Hagar the Nice. wrote: »

Somebody posted that in the joke section a few weeks ago.

How was I to know that, I'm not psychic!

recylingbin · 12-09-2013 08:56PM

As real as an orange, d4 blonde walking out of the blackrock clinic.

jimgoose · 12-09-2013 08:58PM

It is my experience that the large ones are more likely to be fake than the mediums, or the small, elegant ones shaped like champagne glasses. Next!

lukesmom · 12-09-2013 09:37PM

Hagar the Nice. wrote: »

Can you be a wee bit more forthcoming,thanks.

Ok so I went to a medium last year. I didn't believe in any of that stuff, thought it was all a load of sh!te. I lost my younger brother from a tragic accidental death and the two of us were always as thick as thieves, very close. Anyway I said it can't hurt to go and see for the crack. I went in, shuffled a pack of cards and he told me how the brother died, who found him, how I tried to revive him by cpr. What kind of lad he was. What i put into his coat pocket at his wake. My kids names and a whole lot of other info. And message for my mam from my bro. I simply had to say 'yes' or nodded my head.

So tell me how could a person know all of that by looking at my body language?

moy83 · 12-09-2013 09:54PM

Dtp79 wrote: »

Haha. Would you actually believe I put down my Rottweiler called Rex only last week!!

Oh I know you did . I was talking to him earlier and he wants you to to know that he knows you had to do what you did and is not angry about it .
Without saying anymore ,does that make sense to you ?:D

ziedth · 12-09-2013 09:56PM

lukesmom wrote: »

So tell me how could a person know all of that by looking at my body language?

Kieth Barry (who admits to being an illusionist) picked my passed grandads name out of thin air when he had my mam on stage more than that he picked his nickname which wouldn't have even been available if he somehow got the info fed to him from online.

Its unbelieveable but its perfectly possible. If it makes you happy to believe then by all means do but when there are countless books that train you how to fake being a medium then that is all the info i need to dismiss any of them as scum who prey on people who are grieving.

tayto lover · 12-09-2013 10:03PM

How come they can't win the lotto every week or even once?

lukesmom · 12-09-2013 10:13PM

ziedth wrote: »

Kieth Barry (who admits to being an illusionist) picked my passed grandads name out of thin air when he had my mam on stage more than that he picked his nickname which wouldn't have even been available if he somehow got the info fed to him from online.

Its unbelieveable but its perfectly possible. If it makes you happy to believe then by all means do but when there are countless books that train you how to fake being a medium then that is all the info i need to dismiss any of them as scum who prey on people who are grieving.

Yeah I get what your saying but he had details of conversations I had with my brother, that only my brother and I knew. How could he pick them all out of thin air simply by looking at my face? I don't know how he did it but to be honest with you I was a sceptic before I walked in the door and a believer leaving.

bodice ripper · 12-09-2013 10:20PM

I have never personally met anyone who believed in mediums/angels/astrology/chakras/reflexology/praying to the patron saint of X/faith healers/miraculous medals/hauntings AND was also male.

Miss Mayhem · 12-09-2013 10:25PM

Fake. I'd say that's pretty easy to do nowdays. When someone rings up to book an appointment and leaves their name, all the so-called "medium" has to do is spend a few minutes googling their name -- people stick so much private info on facebook, twitter, bebo, tumblr, etc, that you'd know their whole life story within a few minutes (especially with facebook's timeline feature).

A friend of mine "L" is really into all that stuff and goes to the same "psychic" a lot. She claims this psychic is the real deal because she knows so much about dead family members, money and love problems she has. But "L" has had all that stuff posted up on the facebook account she's had for 6 years and I keep telling her that the psychic is just reading her FB page before she visits but she doesn't listen and continues to waste her money on that crap!

Wibbs · 12-09-2013 10:34PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

I have never personally met anyone who believed in mediums/angels/astrology/chakras/reflexology/praying to the patron saint of X/faith healers/miraculous medals/hauntings AND was also male.

I certainly know men who do, though *generalisation alert* yes I would agree that more of the ladies are into the magical thinking stuff. That said I've found the vast majority treat it as entertainment, even a joke. They tend to be less black and white about it compared to the menfolk. I know some seriously clever women who will go to a medium, or read horoscopes, or state some vague belief in fate/love at first sight/what's for you won't go by you but don't actually take it seriously. Yes the thickos of either gender will buy into all sorts of guff and yes mediums and such tend more to be a female thing, however the ladies are rarely found among the feverish conspiracy nutters. That's nearly always a male preserve * end generalisation alert*

Vivienne23 · 12-09-2013 10:38PM

http://skepdic.com/randi.html

Prove it and get paid , easy winnings for a "medium"

Gamayun · 12-09-2013 10:48PM

Miss Mayhem wrote: »

Fake. I'd say that's pretty easy to do nowdays. When someone rings up to book an appointment and leaves their name, all the so-called "medium" has to do is spend a few minutes googling their name -- people stick so much private info on facebook, twitter, bebo, tumblr, etc, that you'd know their whole life story within a few minutes (especially with facebook's timeline feature).

The guy below does this, it's amazing how much info he gets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pYHN9iC9I

Hagar the Nice. · 12-09-2013 11:02PM

ALiasEX wrote: »

Because that would be dishonest.

As if that would bother them.

Mickey H · 12-09-2013 11:06PM

Hagar the Nice. wrote: »

Hit me with your best shot.

About as real as a €7 note IMO.

Hagar the Nice. · 12-09-2013 11:10PM

lukesmom wrote: »

Ok so I went to a medium last year. I didn't believe in any of that stuff, thought it was all a load of sh!te. I lost my younger brother from a tragic accidental death and the two of us were always as thick as thieves, very close. Anyway I said it can't hurt to go and see for the crack. I went in, shuffled a pack of cards and he told me how the brother died, who found him, how I tried to revive him by cpr. What kind of lad he was. What i put into his coat pocket at his wake. My kids names and a whole lot of other info. And message for my mam from my bro. I simply had to say 'yes' or nodded my head.

So tell me how could a person know all of that by looking at my body language?

That's just what my mate said,a total unbeliever,he didn't even have to talk to the medium cos she "knew" everything about him,I know a woman who saw Gordon Smith who's a medium and a part time barber from Glasgow,she said she's never came across anyone as good as he was.

Mediums,real or fake.

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