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    Organized religion: Is it all bad?

    The old saying, " When Religionists are good , it's because they are good, not because they're Religionists". Most sane ordinary people have a good idea of what good means. It annoys me when someone is said to be "A good Christian" for example when this only means he or she adheres to the...
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    Mod+ 234. GLOBAL WARMING, CLIMATE CHANGE AND OUR ILLUSION OF CONTROL

    I have heard BBC announcers in the UK refer to CO2 as pollution, as well as a greenhouse gas. Perhaps they should remind us that it is an essential part of the carbon cycle, without which no life to speak of would exist on this planet
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    Mod+ Members Discuss Their Personal Paranormal Experiences

    I once had a Tarot reading with a medium friend, Cindy, and she used the cards to get in a state of mind when Spirit would give her messages, as she believed. I had doubts as to whether Spirit were involved, as an open-minded sceptic. I have had several types of paranormal experiences, mainly...
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    My Visit to a Spiritualist Church

    Yes Typoz, among my experiments was trying out healing with some friends, receiving spiritual healing, and also being a spiritual healing trainee for two years in a Spiritualist Church. I did feel some effects from it, as did some patients. Some of this was written up in my other book...
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    My Visit to a Spiritualist Church

    I have received over 70 messages from mental mediums over a thirty year period of investigations. I began the search as an open-minded sceptic, and recorded the messages as accurately as I could. Most were from Spiritualist Church platform mediums.I was looking for evidential value of survival...
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    why science is wrong… about almost everything — review by Society for Psychical Research

    I agree with you but at least this scientist is giving it a good go! He was a University lecturer. An extract about him: "His findings posit ‘mind’ and brain as separate entities, so when the physical body including the brain dies, the mind (some would say soul or spirit) continues as the...
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    why science is wrong… about almost everything — review by Society for Psychical Research

    As one of those who accepts by empirical means that the consciousness of 'spirit people' can communicate with the consciousness of 'people in the physical' , it seems to me to imply that consciousness is distinct from matter and applies to other dimensions of existence as well as ours, but...
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    Organized religion: Is it all bad?

    A physical medium, who is now a friend, was among those present, and she says that she thinks it was January 2009. I found my scanned copy, but no date is on it, and it is entitled 'Independent voice heard at father's deathbed. ' .
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    Organized religion: Is it all bad?

    I will try to find out Jim, I saw a scanned copy of it.
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    Organized religion: Is it all bad?

    For those who think it is possible, I accept that this account is true as I have spoken to witnesses who were there. It was reported in Psychic News at the time. "Two days before her father passed, at about 1am in the morning, Jo was called to her father’s bedside. Her younger sister and two...
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    why science is wrong… about almost everything — review by Society for Psychical Research

    Science is good at observing and collecting facts, but often will only interpret them as fitting pre-existing theories. However, there is always the chance that science will self-correct, as it is the methodology which I subscribe to, not the mainstream scientists themselves.
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    why science is wrong… about almost everything — review by Society for Psychical Research

    Although I agree with almost all your post, Fontana did not say that science excludes psi, as I read it, rather that mainstream science can offer no explanation of macro paranormal phenomena in it's own scientific terms of reference at the present time. Fontana was a great proponent of all...
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    why science is wrong… about almost everything — review by Society for Psychical Research

    Fair enough Jim. I'm influenced by knowing a physical medium who has experienced poltergeist events caused by spirits she 'knew' or sensed were there. Also by Fontana's Cardiff case, where stone -throwing by 'Pete' took place, and persuaded Fontana that the most likely explanation was that...
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    why science is wrong… about almost everything — review by Society for Psychical Research

    Thanks Jim. I'm aware of the authenticity of poltergeist events, but I still question the interpretation of what's really going on. Just because some of these are centred on an individual does not mean that he or she 'causes' the events in my opinion. It could equally well be caused by...
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    why science is wrong… about almost everything — review by Society for Psychical Research

    I would like to ask a question, as I have read this thread back, and realised that members have a greater knowledge of philosophy and advanced physics than me. I need simplification please. What is the true role of the brain during the production of what is usually called paranormal...
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    What Particular Book Had The Most Impact On You ? :

    It was by means of all the survival evidence I received from mediums, and trying things out for myself, over the last 30 years. When I had eliminated 'normal' explanations for this evidence, I concluded that the most likely explanation was that there was a spirit world, spirit people can...
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    What Particular Book Had The Most Impact On You ? :

    The book that really inspired me to investigate physical mediumship was 'On the edge of the etheric', by Arthur Findlay', which had a huge effect on my later life as a passionate interest. If it was one book I would take for a desert island, it would be 'Is there an afterlife? ', by the late...
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    What do you think of this experience at a physical medium's workshop?

    Thanks, I realised that, and there was no blue colour as I said.
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    What do you think of this experience at a physical medium's workshop?

    That's fine Max B, I appreciate you taking the trouble to help me with your suggestions for alternative views. :)
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    What do you think of this experience at a physical medium's workshop?

    Another interesting point is that I watched the other 11 attendees sitting in the cabinet under the same conditions, but I saw no movement of the cabinet, nor did anyone else. I filmed them all with my video camera but no movements were shown on playback. I regret not asking someone to video me...
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