The time now is Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:42 pm | Log in to check your private messages View unanswered posts  Ghost forum archive Worldofghosts 24 hour chat room                           Register Life After Death and Sceptics        World of Ghosts - Paranormal Forums Forum Index » General chat View previous topic | View next topic   Author Message thecactus Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:02 am    Post subject: D B Sweeney, Quote: If I visited a medium who relayed various 'facts' that only I knew then I'd seek independent verification of his or her powers - I wouldn't just accept that they were genuine because they got certain things about me correct. But how would you seek independant verification of their powers? Why would you not accept that they are genuine if they proved it to you? ... Back to top D B Sweeney Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:14 am    Post subject: But how would you seek independant verification of their powers? Submit them to testing under controlled conditions. Why would you not accept that they are genuine if they proved it to you? Because I require others, more professional and more scientifically trained to verify that they're demonstrating real powers and not scamming me. DB ... Back to top thecactus Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:20 am    Post subject: Is a little 'faith' beyond you? I wouldn't need that much verification, and it would never happen - when the scientists couldn't explain how the medium obtained the information, it would just become another anamoly, like people who have been dead for 10 minutes and then come back to life, which is scientifically and medically impossible, but has happened. ... Back to top D B Sweeney Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:35 am    Post subject: like people who have been dead for 10 minutes and then come back to life, which is scientifically and medically impossible, No it's not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bagenholm DB ... Back to top D B Sweeney Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:39 am    Post subject: I wouldn't need that much verification Different people have different levels of what they accept before they 'believe' something. I don't work on faith when it comes to the paranormal. DB ... Back to top thecactus Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:45 am    Post subject: Either way; when the scientists can't explain how the medium obtained the information, it would just become another anamoly. ... Back to top D B Sweeney Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:46 am    Post subject: thecactus wrote: Either way; when the scientists can't explain how the medium obtained the information, it would just become another anamoly. I don't think they'll just shrug their shoulders, say "Well, that's got us baffled" and leave it at that - the scientific method doesn't work that way. DB ... Back to top thecactus Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:07 am    Post subject: Damn you DB - you made me look up death which led to premature burial which led to me reading all about the Nanking Massacre were civilians were buried alive; it was really brutal, but I can't believe I had never heard of this before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre#Japanese_war_crimes_on_the_march_to_Nanking ... Back to top Agentscott Joined: 08 Feb 2011 Posts: 1042 Location: Essex Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:12 am    Post subject: Thats what you call....cold reading! Sorry Cactus bad time for a joke. Don't read into it all. ... Back to top thecactus Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:16 am    Post subject: you're right lol ... Back to top thecactus Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:18 am    Post subject: btw - it shows pictures of civilians getting buried alive and a decapitated mans head on a barricade - I didn't think they would show that on wiki ... Back to top D B Sweeney Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:36 am    Post subject: thecactus wrote: btw - it shows pictures of civilians getting buried alive and a decapitated mans head on a barricade - I didn't think they would show that on wiki Lovely, that's put me right of me Pot Noodle DB ... Back to top Agentscott Joined: 08 Feb 2011 Posts: 1042 Location: Essex Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:36 am    Post subject: sounds pretty nasty. To much for me. ... Back to top Agentscott Joined: 08 Feb 2011 Posts: 1042 Location: Essex Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:37 am    Post subject: Not the pot noodle. ... Back to top D B Sweeney Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:39 am    Post subject: Noodles = chinese = massacre. I can't eat it now DB ... 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