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leftyladyfrommo

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48. I'm psychic. Can't control it at all.

Tue Aug 27, 2019, 04:27 PM

Aug 2019

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I just know things. I will just be sitting there and wham there it is.

I could never be a medium. Mine doesn't work like that. I pick up all kinds of stuff.

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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