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Illuminator
Join Date: May 2002
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Browne confirms alien abductions
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1) Browne, as Montel put it, "does aliens." 2) Jamie L. Feldman (Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy) is a "professor" at American Pacific University (an unaccredited online school). 3) His CV proudly promotes his been on Montel, but neglects to mention where he got his "doctorate" in. 4) There are no degrees for Clinical Hypnotherapy in accredited schools. 5) The poor credentials, unverified claims, and hogwash in this segment are enigmatic of Montel's show. |
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Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: USA
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel. -- Homer Simpson |
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Muse
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Denmark, yo
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Sylvia Browne is bat **** crazy!
There, I said it. |
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Anti-WM Jihadist
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Having a cup of tea.
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"Oh sure, I'll confirm anything anyone says so long as it brings me more people to fleece."
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"There is also a likelihood that the settlement will fall between two biomes, potentially hazardous if the player expects a peaceful oceanside meadow, without realizing the ocean is full of amphibious zombie whales." - Dwarf Fortress Wik |
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If it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1918-2008
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Wuse
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tralfamadore
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I've yet to really find anything she doesn't claim to believe in. In the book I read she mentioned, rather off-handedly, something like Earth was seeded by aliens or that life evolved elsewhere and not here... I forget exactly, it was supremely bizarre and she didn't go into details. I'm very curious what this was all about.. Seems a bit Scientological.
Here's a stray thought... P1) There is a universe where Sylvia Browne and L. Ron Hubbard married. P2) A universe in which P1 happened would be supremely evil. P3) This universe is not P1. Therefore, there is a God. (Kidding! But P1 is a rather horrifying thought...) |
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“I don't even know how to count.” -- Sylvia BrowneThis is invisible.“We're playing for blood, the stake is EARTH.” -- L. Ron HubbardThis is invisible.“I don't feel strong.” -- Uri Geller
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Master Poster
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Well, that settles it then.
Somebody call SETI and tell them they can pack it up. |
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You're not the boss of me. |
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"There is also a likelihood that the settlement will fall between two biomes, potentially hazardous if the player expects a peaceful oceanside meadow, without realizing the ocean is full of amphibious zombie whales." - Dwarf Fortress Wik |
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Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: USA
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It occurs to me that it is just possible that the aliens found the body of the Hornbeck kid, resurected him and planted him with that pervert...thus making sylvia's initial reading correct.
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel. -- Homer Simpson |
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Illuminator
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Anti-WM Jihadist
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No, she doesn't deny their existence, she just denies their presence down here.
'Course that's prob'ly just to cover her ass when she says that they'll meet a tall, dark stranger (hopefully that dark stranger won't kidnap/kill them) and it turns out that person that's "meant" for them is a total jerkwad. |
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"There is also a likelihood that the settlement will fall between two biomes, potentially hazardous if the player expects a peaceful oceanside meadow, without realizing the ocean is full of amphibious zombie whales." - Dwarf Fortress Wik |
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Is there anything this woman won't say yes too?! I could ask her if anything is real and she'd say yes. Say anything. She'll confirm it.
"Sylvia, is it true that Marie Antoinette is still alive?" "Yeah, she's here in America. It was a conspiracy. Don'tcha see?" She told a handful of people who their soulmates were on the show when I was on and she's told a bazillion people over the years. She talks about it in her books too so I think she officially believes in it. |
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Ardent Formulist
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Location: Austin, TX
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To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion. Woo's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by aliens. |
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Happy-go-lucky Heretic
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Casa del Whacko
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How about...
1) Integrity. 2) Honesty. 3) Truth. 4) Scruples. 5) Compassion. 6) Empathy. 7) Hygiene. 8) Self-esteem. 9) Accountability. 10) Responsibility. 11) Scientific Methodology. 12) Continuity. 13) Reliability. 14) Plausibility. 15) Philanthropy. 16) James Randi. |
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Stupidity is a condition. Ignorance is a choice. - Wiley All great truths begin as blasphemies. - George Bernard Shaw God is evil. As soon as you accept that, it all makes sense. - Sledge |
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Anti-WM Jihadist
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17) Common Human Decency
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"There is also a likelihood that the settlement will fall between two biomes, potentially hazardous if the player expects a peaceful oceanside meadow, without realizing the ocean is full of amphibious zombie whales." - Dwarf Fortress Wik |
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The Jester
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of resolving approaches zero. -Vaarsuvius It's a rum state of affairs when you feel like punching a jar of mayonnaise in the face. -Charlie Brooker |
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Philosopher
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18) verifiable facts
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Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I notice "Dr." FELDMAN asks some very leading questions. Good thing for DEBBIE's dad that he was not in another field of woodumb!
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"Reality is what's left when you cease to believe." Philip K. Dick |
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"There is also a likelihood that the settlement will fall between two biomes, potentially hazardous if the player expects a peaceful oceanside meadow, without realizing the ocean is full of amphibious zombie whales." - Dwarf Fortress Wik |
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Wuse
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Okokok you got me! How about: She believes in everything that has been featured, or even mentioned parenthetically, on an episode of In Search Of?
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“I don't even know how to count.” -- Sylvia BrowneThis is invisible.“We're playing for blood, the stake is EARTH.” -- L. Ron HubbardThis is invisible.“I don't feel strong.” -- Uri Geller
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Critical Thinker
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Location: Indiana
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Come on!
Do tell, PastBrowneFan.Kiss and tell!
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Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
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Continually pushing the boundaries of mediocrity. Everything is possible, but not everything is probable. For if a man pretend to me that God hath spoken to him supernaturally, and immediately, and I make doubt of it, I cannot easily perceive what argument he can produce to oblige me to believe it. Hobbes |
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Ergh. I'm thinking toilet paper and someone else's hands...
Oof - there goes my lunch... |
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Ping Jockey
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Honshu, Japan
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No! No! Noooooooo! Please, no stories about Sylvia's hygiene habits! I don't want to know!
<goes to hide, looking for a chopstick to stick up her nose and wiggle around so that she can erase the images brought up by the very idea...> |
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>> "An optimist tells you the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The cynic tells you that someone has been drinking out of your glass." -- Boo I don't like Sylvia Browne |
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Illuminator
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Critical Thinker
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fading orb
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fading orb
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But maybe this should be added to Robert's site; that Sylvia not only claims to be psychic, but that she "does aliens."
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Illuminator
Join Date: May 2002
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Who is "Kaz?" Read about her at www.StopKaz.com. Curious about Sylvia Browne? Read about her at www.StopSylvia.com. Ever wonder "What's the Harm?" with psychics, alternative medicine, etc? |
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fading orb
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Robert can give her "real" answer. My guess is that she says that aliens have the same type of "experiencing for god" that humans do. They have their own charts and their own "other side."
I'll bet that Azna appears different to them than she does to us. Am I right, Robert?
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Hey, if they believe she's psychic, they're liable to believe anything. I don't see how alien encounters are any more outlandish then her claims to be able to predict the future or locate missing persons.
I doubt that many of her marks - oops, I mean fans - think of her solely or even predominately as a "spiritual teacher." That's nothing more than a screen she hides behind. |
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Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
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Continually pushing the boundaries of mediocrity. Everything is possible, but not everything is probable. For if a man pretend to me that God hath spoken to him supernaturally, and immediately, and I make doubt of it, I cannot easily perceive what argument he can produce to oblige me to believe it. Hobbes |
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Illuminator
Join Date: May 2002
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I don't think her bellievers really do that much research to know that. While the hardcore fans have all of her books or most of them, people in desparate need for answers with $750.00 are going to call her, not buy her book about mysteries.
I have all of Randi's books, but I doubt most people who visit JREF does. |
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