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tronvillain · 04-10-2002, 12:58 PM

<a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020401" target="_blank">Skull and Crossing Over</a>
<a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020402" target="_blank">John Edward Tickets</a>
<a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020403" target="_blank">Waiting Outside</a>
<a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020404" target="_blank">Here We Go</a>
<a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020405" target="_blank">Keep an Open Mind</a>

And it keeps going.

[ April 10, 2002: Message edited by: tronvillain ]

Mageth · 04-10-2002, 01:10 PM

Yuk. I hate John Edward. What a charlatan.

(You might want to put a carriage return between "Go" and "Keep.")

tronvillain · 04-10-2002, 01:34 PM

It's funny. I've heard that as cold readers go he's not even very good.

Mageth · 04-10-2002, 01:37 PM

I flip him on every once in a while just so I can flip him off. The only thing more amazing than his blatant charlatanism (and you're right, I've seen better cold readers) is the gullibility of his audience. They sit there gazing like deer in headlights, soaking up and believing everything he says.

Watching a show like that makes me fear that it's going to be a long time before skepticism and rational thinking makes a serious dent in superstition and ignorance.

Coragyps · 04-10-2002, 01:43 PM

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makes me fear that it's going to be a long time before skepticism and rational thinking makes a serious dent in superstition and ignorance.

no shit. like never.

Mecha_Dude · 04-10-2002, 02:04 PM

humas are the only animals that are individually smart and collectively stupid...

YHWH666 · 04-11-2002, 06:31 PM

methinks i should become a medium. or perhaps a televangalist.anyone stupic enough to give money to these people deserves to get ripped off. although i'm not sure i could keep from cracking up long enough to do it.

Writer@Large · 04-12-2002, 05:41 AM

<a href="http://www.pvponline.com/newspro/archives/arc3-2002.html" target="_blank">Read the PVP News Archive for April for the story behind the strips</a>. He advocates Sagan, points everyone to Randi, *and* lambasts the nuttier fruitcakes of the world. I wonder if Kurtz is of atheist leanings?

--W@L

Echo · 04-15-2002, 05:03 AM

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Originally posted by Writer@Large:
<a href="http://www.pvponline.com/newspro/archives/arc3-2002.html" target="_blank">Read the PVP News Archive for April for the story behind the strips</a>. He advocates Sagan, points everyone to Randi, *and* lambasts the nuttier fruitcakes of the world. I wonder if Kurtz is of atheist leanings?

--W@L

If it's Paul Kurtz, he is a secular humanist and is - was?- the editor of Free Inquiry magazine, if memory serves.

Writer@Large · 04-15-2002, 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by Echo:
If it's Paul Kurtz, he is a secular humanist and is - was?- the editor of Free Inquiry magazine, if memory serves.

Nope, it's Scott Kurtz.

--W@L

04-10-2002, 12:58 PM	#1
tronvillain Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,658	John Edward and PVP <a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020401" target="_blank">Skull and Crossing Over</a> <a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020402" target="_blank">John Edward Tickets</a> <a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020403" target="_blank">Waiting Outside</a> <a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020404" target="_blank">Here We Go</a> <a href="http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020405" target="_blank">Keep an Open Mind</a> And it keeps going. [ April 10, 2002: Message edited by: tronvillain ]</p>

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04-10-2002, 01:10 PM	#2
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Yuk. I hate John Edward. What a charlatan. (You might want to put a carriage return between "Go" and "Keep.")

04-10-2002, 01:34 PM	#3
tronvillain Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,658	It's funny. I've heard that as cold readers go he's not even very good.

04-10-2002, 01:37 PM	#4
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	I flip him on every once in a while just so I can flip him off. The only thing more amazing than his blatant charlatanism (and you're right, I've seen better cold readers) is the gullibility of his audience. They sit there gazing like deer in headlights, soaking up and believing everything he says. Watching a show like that makes me fear that it's going to be a long time before skepticism and rational thinking makes a serious dent in superstition and ignorance.

04-10-2002, 02:04 PM	#6
Mecha_Dude Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Everywhere... I'm Watching you... Posts: 1,019	humas are the only animals that are individually smart and collectively stupid...

04-11-2002, 06:31 PM	#7
YHWH666 Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North America Posts: 457	methinks i should become a medium. or perhaps a televangalist.anyone stupic enough to give money to these people deserves to get ripped off. although i'm not sure i could keep from cracking up long enough to do it.

04-12-2002, 05:41 AM	#8
Writer@Large Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 7,198	<a href="http://www.pvponline.com/newspro/archives/arc3-2002.html" target="_blank">Read the PVP News Archive for April for the story behind the strips</a>. He advocates Sagan, points everyone to Randi, and lambasts the nuttier fruitcakes of the world. I wonder if Kurtz is of atheist leanings? --W@L

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