Have You Ever Been Tricked By Someone Claiming To Be Able To Contact The Dead?

[naomi24]

Driving home today I was listening to Jeremy Vine interviewing A J West about his new book, 'The Spirit Engineer', which examines, among other things, the reality or otherwise of the spirit world and the trickery used by charlatans to convince people that they are actually contacting the dearly departed. Mr West threw out a couple of 'cold' readings and asked listeners to phone in if they thought anything he said referred to them personally. I arrived home before anyone called so I've no idea of the outcome. Interesting nonetheless.

So … have you ever been tricked by a trickster - and when did you realise you had?

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-spirit-engineer/a-j-west/9780715654330

[pixie374]

Haven't read the thread yet, but no. That's just cruel. Of course there are unexplainable events. If we can't even understand or believe how powerful human brains can be- it's easier to contribute it to something else.
There is no rational reason, or proof, of how or why, anybody can communicate without any consciousness after death.
I'm sure we have all seen how "psychic" cold readings work, and their guesses and cold readings develop.
Some people might get comfort, fine. But it's all made up.

[pixie374]

Sparkly, have you seen Derren Brown's shows about it? Explains everything, makes sense, and- is provable.

[SparklyKid]

Hi Pixie, will check it out.

[SparklyKid]

If every person who has died since the dawn of time, how come we are not knee deep in spirits ?

[pixie374]

Very interesting, please do x

[naomi24]

If it’s all made up then millions of people the euros over are either deluded or liars.

[pixie374]

Well. Yes. Were you thinking otherwise?

[naomi24]

Yes, I was.

[pixie374]

Really? "Deluded" just means a belief in something that is wrong. "Deluded and liars" sounds unnecessarily insulting, if you don't take it as it means.
Millions across the world are religious. Even ignoring atheism, they can't all be "right". So, you already know that millions of humans are deluded. If not all, in some way.

[ToraToraTora]

Minty, I've been out with them, it's all bowlocks, ever heard of Canewdon Church? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canewdon
walk round at midnight etc, what a load of old pony, I have never seen owt.

[naomi24]

‘They can’t all be right’ but that doesn’t mean they’re all wrong.

[pixie374]

I didn't say they were, naomi. I was pointing out, that millions of humans across the world "are" technically deluded. Personally, I suspect all are.

[naomi24]

Haha! You personally suspect? That explains it then. :o)

[Ken4155]

Minty, you say spirits don't perform to order. How lucky for you then that on the day you have your fellow investigator visiting, a spirit (or spirits) dropped a white feather in your midst and started your cat-balls flashing. This sort of thing is why we 'sceptics' are indeed sceptic :-J

[pixie374]

Does it, naomi? Can you honestly name a single human, whose beliefs are always 100% accurate?

[naomi24]

Put your suspicions down to delusions, pixie. ;o)

[pixie374]

That's a no, I take it?

[Mamyalynne]

I see this has turned down a cul-de-sac.

There's a reason that many don't discuss our experiences.

[naomi24]

^that’s a delusion.

[naomi24]

^ that to pixie.