FYI - John Edward/Crossing Over marathon on the WE channel til 12pm

[Digit]

That is tonight, 9/22

[Cleita]

1. Digit, so happy to see you back!

:pals:

[hippiechick]

2. Something about him I just don't trust.

If one listens to him and applies common logic, he's pretty transparent.

I mean, c'mon, whats the likelihood that his audience has lost 1 or both parents, or a spouse? Pretty high, otherwise why would they be there?

And what are the leading causes of death, given the age range of the typical audience, per demographic? For men, heart attack for women, cancer. It's no 'miracle. that he can guess correctly most of the time.

He's a master at playing off common scientific and readily available medical data, as well as cues he's able to coax from the person he's "reading".

Mr. Edward gives true clairvoyants a bad name, IMO.

[MissWaverly]

3. He also said Terri Schiavo was conscious and aware

when she was unconscious with significant brain damage

[BlueIris]

4. Yikes. I missed that.

I loathe John Edwards the "Psycic." LOATHE him. He's a corrupt, fraudulent, opportunistic hack. And arrogant about it, too.

[MissWaverly]

11. well, he wrote of a case where

the person was dead and he thought he was alive. Anybody can make a mistake but when someone
asks me a question, I see a quick image, about what you would see on a subway going through a
station. Now I can't tell if this applies to the present, the past or the future or when.
It's like finding a pine cone and knowing that there's a tree somewhere near. I don't see
how you could "read" 30 or 40 people at a time.

[BluePatriot]

8. Every time someone brings up John Edward

...I recall this South Park episode.

(courtesy Wikipedia)

"A 2002 episode of the animated series South Park, entitled "The Biggest Douche in the Universe", focused partly on Edward, portraying him as a cynical and exploitative fraud who knowingly manipulates the bereaved, but at the same time gets extremely upset if anyone questions his abilities. Stan works to expose him by mastering cold reading and repeatedly argues that Edward's actions are fraudulent, and more importantly, immoral, as they deceive the bereaved and vulnerable. At the end of the episode, aliens abduct Edward and bring him to an intergalactic awards ceremony where he is honored with the Biggest Douche in the Universe Award, defeating an actual giant douche for the award."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Douche_in_the_Universe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward

I'll admit that while tacky, I thought it was pretty funny.

[Digit]

5. It was an FYI for anyone interested, pls drop your weapons!

There was a thread a long time ago where some in this group liked watching his show.

While checking out the lineup for the evening, I found the CC marathon.

....backing away from the keyboard now.

:scared:

[Metta]

6. Self-delete. Accidentally posted here. n/t

[BluePatriot]

9. Hey, don't flee!

^_^ we are just having fun at Edward's expense

[hippiechick]

10. Don't take it as an attack ! Please !

... I think discussions of this nature are actually good for this group to have, because whole-hearted, unquestioning belief of anyone and everyone that comes along claming to 'see dead people' is what would get us (and possibly deservedly so) the "woo woo" label.

That there is critical review of 'celebrity psychics' shows that we're serious about what we believe/experience and we're not just :tinfoilhat: silly.


:hug:

[I Have A Dream]

7. Thanks for the information, Digit. As with everything, there's...

going to be some people who like him and some who won't. As Tanyev said so well in a prior thread, we're a noble herd of cats! :)

:hug: