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	<title>Comments on: James Randi shows how to fake psychic powers</title>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Daniel,

thanks for the vid - great! And interesting site too - so interesting in fact a comment sprang forth from these fingers ;)
Two things, one ironically hilarious, the other where I&#039;m personally at in the &#039;god&#039; stakes which you might find interesting for a minute or two...

1. American evangelicals prayed for rain for the Obama/Democratic convention in Denver - hurricane Gustav broke the GOP convention - heh heh (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/31/122844/103/530/581188)

2. I came across the word &#039;Maltheist&#039; the other day and it best explains &#039;god&#039; to me - I&#039;ve spent a lifetime &#039;wondering&#039; then wandering and investigating religion and &#039;god&#039; - lucky I guess that I grew with the protestant and catholic troubles in Scotland.
Through my travels I&#039;ve found the religious fundamentalists of all flavours (normally ill-educated) are either off balance or easily lead with no critical thinking switch in their heads - oh, and incredibly irritating :)
Through experience, I&#039;d say there is a &#039;power&#039; of some sort  - the Shamans (American Indian/Siberian/Celt et al) call it the &#039;spirit, but they have no illusion that it&#039;s a predatory force as well as a forgiving one, especially when luck is involved, however they &#039;live&#039; it probably a bit more than most.

The Buddhists, Ba&#039;Hai and loads of others on the whole are good too, with a great deal in common. I found it hilarious in my youth that Christians are Horus worshipers, same stories just different names (and agendas........) - but the thing that interests me the most right now is quantum physics and how everything is affected by everything else in ways that can&#039;t currently be explained - experiments prove there is &#039;weird stuff&#039; but they don&#039;t know what &#039;it&#039; is, doesn&#039;t mean you can&#039;t drive the car if you don&#039;t understand the engine though does it?

Good luck and enjoy the journey!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Daniel,</p>
<p>thanks for the vid &#8211; great! And interesting site too &#8211; so interesting in fact a comment sprang forth from these fingers ;)<br />
Two things, one ironically hilarious, the other where I&#8217;m personally at in the &#8216;god&#8217; stakes which you might find interesting for a minute or two&#8230;</p>
<p>1. American evangelicals prayed for rain for the Obama/Democratic convention in Denver &#8211; hurricane Gustav broke the GOP convention &#8211; heh heh (<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/31/122844/103/530/581188" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/31/122844/103/530/581188</a>)</p>
<p>2. I came across the word &#8216;Maltheist&#8217; the other day and it best explains &#8216;god&#8217; to me &#8211; I&#8217;ve spent a lifetime &#8216;wondering&#8217; then wandering and investigating religion and &#8216;god&#8217; &#8211; lucky I guess that I grew with the protestant and catholic troubles in Scotland.<br />
Through my travels I&#8217;ve found the religious fundamentalists of all flavours (normally ill-educated) are either off balance or easily lead with no critical thinking switch in their heads &#8211; oh, and incredibly irritating :)<br />
Through experience, I&#8217;d say there is a &#8216;power&#8217; of some sort  &#8211; the Shamans (American Indian/Siberian/Celt et al) call it the &#8217;spirit, but they have no illusion that it&#8217;s a predatory force as well as a forgiving one, especially when luck is involved, however they &#8216;live&#8217; it probably a bit more than most.</p>
<p>The Buddhists, Ba&#8217;Hai and loads of others on the whole are good too, with a great deal in common. I found it hilarious in my youth that Christians are Horus worshipers, same stories just different names (and agendas&#8230;&#8230;..) &#8211; but the thing that interests me the most right now is quantum physics and how everything is affected by everything else in ways that can&#8217;t currently be explained &#8211; experiments prove there is &#8216;weird stuff&#8217; but they don&#8217;t know what &#8216;it&#8217; is, doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t drive the car if you don&#8217;t understand the engine though does it?</p>
<p>Good luck and enjoy the journey!</p>
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		<title>By: Digital Dame</title>
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		<dc:creator>Digital Dame</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, the Amazing Randi! I wonder who will take up the standard and run with it when he retires? His organization still has a cool $1M up for grabs to anyone who can demonstrate (under controlled conditions) actual psychic powers. I&#039;m not sure how long they&#039;ve been offering it, but apparently no one has even passed the preliminary test yet. It&#039;s pretty amusing to read through the log of applicants, though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, the Amazing Randi! I wonder who will take up the standard and run with it when he retires? His organization still has a cool $1M up for grabs to anyone who can demonstrate (under controlled conditions) actual psychic powers. I&#8217;m not sure how long they&#8217;ve been offering it, but apparently no one has even passed the preliminary test yet. It&#8217;s pretty amusing to read through the log of applicants, though.</p>
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