Reddit mentions of Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions

>I firmly believe miracles happen all around us every day. Most of us, religious or not, may not even recognize it much of the time, instead we chalk them up to simple good fortune or a stroke of luck.

Could be fraud too, such as wafers becoming in essence the body of Christ. If miracles are so common, why don't they do better ones in church?

>Other miracles from the Catholic perspective (HERE) include incorruptible bodies of saints, ...

It's not surprising that that source doesn't allow comments. I suspect that the author of that article knew it couldn't stand up to that sort of attention.

In Flim Flam, James Randi did some experiments that concluded it was possible for chunks of raw chicken to dry out before they rot, so I'm not at all sure that incorruptible bodies of saints are miracles.

If you didn't already know about the experiment with the drying raw chicken, your belief in miracles hasn't been sufficiently examined. If you are going to base your religious belief on this sort of thing, it is the most important thing, so you should take the trouble to become incredibly well informed about it.

>... stigmata, and one of my favorites -- The Miracle of the Sun at Fatima.

Sorry, only one miracle per customer. Otherwise I would be on the losing side of a Gish Gallop.

Let me help you.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W0I00Q

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004X6U5DY

I know you did not say it. It was the link you posted that said it.

What you did say was that if you did not have someone singing then were simply doing it wrong. Which sounds very much like a fact, but is in fact a statement which is very objective. But you forgot to mention that it was your personal opinion.

But I am certain a lot of people has had a very profound and pleasant experience drinking ayahuasca without any shaman songs or songs of any kind around.

What triggers me is this elitist bullshit "well you know.. that's not how the shamans do it..."

The proper way of doing it? What does that even mean? Proper according to who? If someone did it first, then they have the copyright on how do ingest something? That's a great way to never find a better way of doing something.

And they know exactly what they are doing? So in their mind all they do is set the mood with some songs? They don't call out the good spirits and keep the bad ones at bay? In my mind there might be some contradictions going on there, but what do I know? I am uneducated on the subject.

While we are on the topic of books, here are some great ones.