Quote This was not a trick.I haven't read the rat of your post, but yes, it was a trick. Memory is malleable. Every time replay that fragmented memory, you are enhancing it with what you believe happened. You are reselling the story, and it's extremely likely that the story never was.

Quote (t8 @ Nov. 20 2012,16:04)Actually if you look at the video before it is played, you can clearly see the man is looking for something in the water perhaps to stand on.Ya, I was going to mention that too.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Xswt8B8-UTM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXswt8B8-UTMRichard Dawkins asking Darren brown (a magician) to explain how psychics work.

WAKEUP, one of my hobbies for the past 3 decades has been figuring out how supposedly im possible things are actually done. If there are any specific tricks you want explained, this is your chance to ask someone who probably knows the answers.

Quote (Guncher @ Nov. 16 2012,20:55)I would value some help with an issue that I have no answer toA friend went to a party where she met a physchic ,who proceeded to reveal to her so much personal information that only my friend could have knownMy natural reaction was to blame evil spirits. I can understand that spirits can know the past, but can…[Read more]

Have no idea what you are trying to say.

Quote are they men or angels Or, are they perhaps angels that materialized human bodies. Mike, if you before say the earring is a proof that Jesus was not a spirit, then when these two eat, is it proof that they were not spirits?

Yes, “entertainment” is what it is. That is the use for it. But, many of the same principles can be used for “exploitive magic” frauding the gullible of their money, usually preying on people when they are their weakest and desperately wanting to believe.

No. I was right the first timeThe mateix suspension costs about $700 for the good one.forums.theory11.com/archive/index.php?t-11596.html(Magicians discussing it)

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 20 2012,11:45)Quote (Wakeup @ Nov. 18 2012,18:07)MIke B.Satan did not show himself to Jesus as a spirit,but he truly materialised.Wakeup,We're about to find out if any angel was said to have “materialized” a body in any scripture.  I'm waiting for David to post his first “proof text” so we can all analyze it.Ok. Jacob…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 20 2012,11:48)Quote (david @ Nov. 18 2012,20:03)Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 19 2012,09:52)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 19 2012,03:30)But remember that eating human food doesn't make an angel flesh and bone anymore than me eating dog food would make me a dog.agreed Mike but it would show that he is not an apparition or phantomYes…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ Nov. 20 2012,12:57)Quote (Wakeup @ Nov. 20 2012,11:17)These are all just magic tricks. He is a magician. The suspensions he does (like a levitation, but with some body part touching the ground or some structure) are nothing new. Robert houdin (from which Houdini took his name) invented the broom suspension. They are all just…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Nov. 20 2012,12:58)Quote (Wakeup @ Nov. 20 2012,10:34)Quote (david @ Nov. 19 2012,18:09)Quote (t8 @ Nov. 19 2012,09:25)david, I agree that there is much deception in these kinds of ministries.Even some preachers look at the attendance list before speaking and are able to say, “there is a person here called david and he has had a…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ Nov. 20 2012,10:34)Quote (david @ Nov. 19 2012,18:09)Quote (t8 @ Nov. 19 2012,09:25)david, I agree that there is much deception in these kinds of ministries.Even some preachers look at the attendance list before speaking and are able to say, “there is a person here called david and he has had a death in his extended family”. This…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 20 2012,11:36)Quote (david @ Nov. 19 2012,01:01)Houdini spent a great deal of his life exposing fraudulent psychics and those who claimed they could talk to the dead.  Magicians, as a group tend to hate those that take advantage of others this way.  Recently, the magician criss angel came close to beating up a guy b…[Read more]

Quote They can also predict something bad will happen, and then make it happen–WAKEUPWAKEUP, I predict you will read this sentence. (Is it really a prediction if I say your face is about to hurt and then I punch you?)

Quote (t8 @ Nov. 19 2012,09:25)david, I agree that there is much deception in these kinds of ministries.Even some preachers look at the attendance list before speaking and are able to say, “there is a person here called david and he has had a death in his extended family”. This is likely to have happened to that person and if not, then he would…[Read more]

Houdini spent a great deal of his life exposing fraudulent psychics and those who claimed they could talk to the dead. Magicians, as a group tend to hate those that take advantage of others this way. Recently, the magician criss angel came close to beating up a guy because he claimed to be able to talk to the dead. Magicians as a whole, know…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 19 2012,17:50)Quote (david @ Nov. 19 2012,08:09)Quote (t8 @ Nov. 19 2012,12:58)Yes belief is a powerful thing. I guess knowing that, belief in the truth must be all the more powerful because you are aligned with reality.The problem is:All people, every person on the planet, including those that succumb to fraudulent…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 18 2012,06:49)Quote (Guncher @ Nov. 16 2012,03:55)I can understand that spirits can know the past, but can they see the future?Acts 1616 Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by…[Read more]