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40. Spiritualist Church

Tue Aug 27, 2019, 03:22 PM

Aug 2019

Went there a few times with my daughter. At the end they had a group reading. Male psychic medium said he was getting a Sally coming through. Close relative of someone here. Wait a minute. Sally is a MAN, not a woman.

Stunned me. The family always called my Uncle Sally, not SAL. Nobody in the family ever called him Sal, including Grandma and Mom. You tell me how this psychic could come up with something as unusual as this.

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A "psychic medium" was at a local church recently to do a group reading. [View all] raccoon Aug 2019 OP

How is what she does meaningfully different than the typical priest, minister, or preacher? RockRaven Aug 2019 #1

The IRS treats them differently jberryhill Aug 2019 #8

Not in my church wryter2000 Aug 2019 #2

"My god is stronger. He is the everlasting sky! Your god lives underneath him." jayfish Aug 2019 #4

We often say the same of politics... LanternWaste Aug 2019 #80

Must be quite something when she takes the pulpit. Anon-C Aug 2019 #3

Atheists have been psychically predicting Brainstormy Aug 2019 #5

I used to watch Sylvia Browne. I could tell she was a fake. Also 'seers' demigoddess Aug 2019 #6

For $50, she'll talk to your cockatoo.... jberryhill Aug 2019 #7

Would the OP share the denomination of the church? Funtatlaguy Aug 2019 #9

Unity church nt raccoon Aug 2019 #10

Thanks. I've been to several Unity Churches. Good people. Funtatlaguy Aug 2019 #24

Interesting post. phylny Aug 2019 #11

There are two groups of "psychics" Archae Aug 2019 #12

I Don't Believe In "Psychics" per-se but... jayfish Aug 2019 #15

I've heard some say Turin_C3PO Aug 2019 #17

Definitely fleeting and random Cartoonist Aug 2019 #29

Reminds me of the time a friend was telling me about his brother's wedding. trackfan Aug 2019 #38

You should have asked for 50 bucks Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #53

a.k.a. the slow movement to Haydn's "Emperor" Quartet. fierywoman Aug 2019 #58

I did something ike to a friend TlalocW Aug 2019 #78

Interesting. phylny Aug 2019 #18

Headlines you don't see::: Psychic wins big lottery - AGAIN and AGAIN! keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #73

LOL, so true, ghosts, esp, etc 100% bullshit. Nt USALiberal Aug 2019 #86

My grandmother and her mother had precognitive or prescient dreams. Call it ESP if you will... Hekate Aug 2019 #42

I have felt ghosts since I was eight, I do not see, I just feel. But mainly demigoddess Aug 2019 #65

No they are not. Please link to your best example. Nt USALiberal Aug 2019 #85

Read above in this thread and I gave an example. n/t phylny Aug 2019 #91

Not scientific. Nt USALiberal Aug 2019 #93

I never said it was. phylny Aug 2019 #94

"burn the witch!" brooklynite Aug 2019 #13

A Christian church? Leith Aug 2019 #14

ITA. Nt raccoon Aug 2019 #20

In 60s Catholic girl refused to play 'fortune-teller'at camp. Said church taught 'play' opened path- bobbieinok Aug 2019 #27

My uber-xtian grandmother 2naSalit Aug 2019 #32

SoBapt churches were v anti cards. Yet at our church girls group sleepovers always a game of 'hearts bobbieinok Aug 2019 #36

The card that game my Baptist relatives COULD play was called Rook FiveGoodMen Aug 2019 #55

Deut. is not in the New Testament Hekate Aug 2019 #39

Why should that matter? Leith Aug 2019 #52

Most Christians are simply not that literal-minded.I know the Evengelicals are noisy & selfrighteous Hekate Aug 2019 #71

St. Paul confronts a psychic Drahthaardogs Aug 2019 #62

Very few, if any, Christian churches Mariana Aug 2019 #49

Fortune tellers and "Psychics" know all sorts of tricks MineralMan Aug 2019 #16

Commonly referred to as Disaffected Aug 2019 #37

Yes. Plus there are some things that almost everyone has in common, MineralMan Aug 2019 #45

Your discussion does not take into consideration distance readings, a reading where the in2herbs Aug 2019 #70

My discussion takes into consideration my experience and the fact MineralMan Aug 2019 #79

Do you have to see it to believe it, or do you have to believe it to see it? in2herbs Aug 2019 #83

I don't believe it. I see no reason to. MineralMan Aug 2019 #84

Pure BS, send me a link to your best proof. Nt USALiberal Aug 2019 #87

Absolutely not. MicaelS Aug 2019 #19

Wouldn't that be against Christians' beliefs? Psychic reading should fall under the tblue37 Aug 2019 #21

You'd think so. I knew this church was weird but raccoon Aug 2019 #23

American Christianity has drifted over the centuries. Also, Unity does not pretend to be orthodox. Hekate Aug 2019 #35

With 1000's of denominations, countless "nondenominational" churches, and so on Mariana Aug 2019 #51

Don't know about group readings, PRETZEL Aug 2019 #22

She should be charged with fraud...nt SidDithers Aug 2019 #25

Psychics use a variety of tricks. They're another form of magician. Sophia_Of_PlanetX Aug 2019 #26

James Randi does great cold readings. Nt USALiberal Aug 2019 #31

I hear she actually is not a medium but an extra-large. Sneederbunk Aug 2019 #28

Fuck mediums. Seriously. Initech Aug 2019 #30

Scammers! Dread Pirate Roberts Aug 2019 #33

I rather enjoyed my encounter with the local Unity Church 40 years ago but didn't join... Hekate Aug 2019 #34

Spiritualist Church HockeyMom Aug 2019 #40

I grew up in Spiritualist Church.. HipChick Aug 2019 #46

"This stuff" has been carefully researched at the U. Arizona. The psychics' agility to discover Karadeniz Aug 2019 #41

CIA has many studies on it also.. HipChick Aug 2019 #47

So have the Soviets. fierywoman Aug 2019 #59

Nope. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #82

Please send link to your best example! Nt USALiberal Aug 2019 #88

Wait. You're serious?... SidDithers Aug 2019 #95

You'ld have as much luck seeing Oda Mae Brown....and it would be sdfernando Aug 2019 #43

Hahahaha blugbox Aug 2019 #92

Why would anyone believe or trust ... Whiskeytide Aug 2019 #44

I'm psychic. Can't control it at all. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2019 #48

Do you do readings? tman Aug 2019 #54

Good God No. nt leftyladyfrommo Aug 2019 #60

I was born this way... HipChick Aug 2019 #57

It can kind of disturbing sometimes.i can pick up on leftyladyfrommo Aug 2019 #61

I think people are just born that way. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2019 #64

Your election prediction? ecstatic Aug 2019 #76

I Have A Friend RobinA Aug 2019 #50

I talk to the dead pretty often. They rarely answer . leftyladyfrommo Aug 2019 #63

I can't afford a therapist.. HipChick Aug 2019 #67

Therapists don't know what to do with that stuff anyway. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2019 #69

OK, I Worded RobinA Aug 2019 #72

Seems harmless enough. Actually way less harmful than what is preached at evangelical places GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #56

Magic. lindysalsagal Aug 2019 #66

I met with an Indian guru in Varanasi who knew stuff about me. I think some people have Glimmer of Hope Aug 2019 #68

Yeah. A talent for cold reading. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #81

No they don't! Nt USALiberal Aug 2019 #89

You know why they are called "Mediums?" Archae Aug 2019 #74

Hmm. Here's my own personal opinion - institution of unscientific griftorship hosts unscientific Maru Kitteh Aug 2019 #75

Not in church, but I went to a psychic fair once TlalocW Aug 2019 #77

+1000 nt USALiberal Aug 2019 #90