Well done Tel, that's hit the nail right on the head. James Randi once exposed a psychic/faith healer who was telling people things about them that couldn't possibly be known and curing people of incurable illnesses. He couldn't figure out how he did it until he noticed that the 'psychic' was wearing a hearing aid. If he was that good at curing people why didn't he cure himself? So he set up a receiver in the hall where he was working and discovered that his wife was passing on the information to the 'medium' through the earpiece. Randi recorded these conversations and video taped the act and replayed it on the Letterman show the following night thereby exposing him as a fraud. The following week, despite being exposed, his meetings pulled double the attendance and shows continued to be booked out. People will believe what they WANT to believe and that's it.
Take the famous "Devil Spirit" on the bed of a patient in a hospital captured on a CCTV Camera - couldn't possibly be photo-shopped: please log in to view this image Look again, what appears to be the 'devils' legs is actually the patient's left leg with the knee up. The body is a cylinder in the background whilst the head is someone's coat hung on a rack.
Some interesting responses so far on this thread. My mum once told me she used to leave a glass of red wine down in the cellar, every Friday and by the Saturday morning it was always gone so she believed she was being visited by a ghost. My step dad told me, my mum would make him stop drinking at 9pm so he was ok to drive them to town on the Saturday morning, but he always used to have a bonus glass of wine at 10pm just before bed in the cellar, if he told my mum he was drinking it, then she'd stop putting it there
When it comes to 'deception' you won't beat this: A slow day in a North East village. It's a slow day in a little North East village. The rain is tipping down., and the streets are deserted. On this particular day a rich tourist is driving through. He stops at the local inn and lays £100 on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night. As soon as the man walks upstairs, the owner grabs the cash and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher. The butcher takes the £100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the sheep farmer. The sheep farmer takes the £100 and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel. The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the £100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit. The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays her room bill with the hotel owner. The hotel proprietor then places the £100 back on the counter so the rich traveler will not suspect anything. At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, picks up the £100, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves. No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole village is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the UK Government is conducting business today. Hope you enjoyed the story.
wandered over here by misake, really interesting read in the main, even though the ignorance of some is astounding being muslim, it make me laugh when i hear the whole 72 virgins etc.
It's a running joke on here, very few of us take religion seriously, there'd be no reason to now would there?
I take my religion very seriously tbh mate, added to that though is i dont just blind follow. The 72 virgins and terrorists is just media bullshit I would happily discuss religion with any man, and most religions not just mine (as i find it interesting) but often i find people just want to sling insults TBH i take atheists the way you take religion, ie not seriously, a) because its a fad and they know jack all (in the main) just repeating ad hock stuff off youtube etc and b) how they are like religious extremist type folk
I'm always amazed by how devout atheists I know believe they can influence the outcome of a Sunderland match by wearing their lucky underpants. God, no. Lucky Y-fronts, perfectly sensible
You carry on then mate, I don't want to debate religion with you, I'd rather debate fairy tales with a crack head.
are you the sid with the dog of old? atheists are funny folk tbh. They love to ask questions but hate answering, love to tell you how religion is cause for arguments whilst starting an argument Best is the fairy tales and unicorns and magical things in the sky one whilst arguing the big band or evolution etc funny folk
Nope, that was Syd with a "Y" He has his own forum now, as he got pissed off being a supermod on here.
You don't know me, if you pretend you do, then I'll pretend I know you and that'll end up ruining this thread. ****off with your high and mighty ****, I've not denied you of your right to believe what you want, just don't ever try and talk to me about it.
