Barnum Statements, the Foyer Effect, Cold Reading, Linguistic Tricks, Subjective Validation, some more words that describe what is going on when mediums do their thing.
This CAN be proven. Because this is how they work.
It CAN NOT be proven that they are speaking to the dead or lucifer. Does this not tell you something? They may as well be saying they are communicating with Aneka on planet Zordith, why would people believe the first but not the latter?
It's Russell's Tea Pot.. What more can I say.
The difference is I'm a rationalist where as religious people I guess are not. It's not rational to believe in mediums communicating with the dead or with the devil. For one, dead peope are dead. Two, the language tricks these peole use are easily identifiable. 3. Mediums have only been around since Victorian times, if dead people visited living people don't you think they would have visited them before the invention of this parlour game, which is where the whole sordid nonsense of mediums originated. 4. O man..
I could write a list of facts and a list of fantasy.
Fact: Satan is a lot like Set (Setan) from egyptian mythology. Fantasy: Satan wants your soul and people will burn in eternal hell if they don't obay God.
Fact: Mediums use tricks.
Fantasy: Mediums communicate with dead people and channel Satans voice.
Fact: Religion distorts reality.
Fantasy: Religion will comfort you.
Fact: Religion causes physical pain and cruely (female circumcision for example) to people.
Fantasy: It's not cruel because God said so and God is good.
I was brought up in the west, I went to a C of E school, a friend I grew up with is a Rector (in Manchester). I have visited mediums and been to church. The only diffrence is I was willing to explore that what contradicted what I'd been conditioned to believe.
Religion only makes sense to control people, what's outside of that is real knowledge that is just breathtaking. I can only explain it like this: When you see a painting or a picture that is an optical illusion then suddenly you see another picture emerge, it's a revelation. Salvador Dali paintings for examples, or when metaphors in literature are realised. It's quite something.
When studdying Egyptian Mythology it's just the same, as piece by piece things reveal themselves:
Set for example is Satan, Sun-Set..
Winter Solstice (Christmas) when the sun is at it's lowest point in the sky, seems to die, then is resurected as it appears.
The 3 kings are a star constellation that follow the bright star Serius (note; stars not real people)
Worship not on a Monday but on a SUNday..
The sun disk above the head of Horus, is now the sun disk behind the head of Jesus..
Just search it's quite incredible.
In the Vatican the Sun & Phalic symbols are in abundance..
Is the Pope pagan.. I would certainly say so.. They worship the Sun.. Not the son as they would have you believe. It's just an optical illusion. What's revealed is far more amazing.
The Monstronce is a Sun.. The Popes hat is the same as Nimrod.. It is clearly Sun Worship.
See here or just search '
Sun worship in Catholasism' or Pagan rituals in Christianity.
http://www.hol.com/~mikesch/monstr.htm http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/sapient/atheist_vs_theist/8180