After we die, our soul ... ( Archived) (108)

Wonder if she could have duped the People from the James Randi Educational Foundation so easy?

Criticism

Skeptics such as Dr. Paul Kurtz and Dr. Ray Hyman say that DuBois does not have psychic powers. Ray Hyman of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), questions the scientific integrity of Schwartz's approach to such psychic phenomena, in papers written for the organization. Schwartz has responded by explaining that there were logical errors in Hyman's and other published criticisms of his work. Schwartz's experimental methodology is available for public analysis in papers uploaded to his web site.[dead link]

Skeptic James Randi says that people such as DuBois give the appearance of psychic powers through cold reading techniques. For example, DuBois, when doing her first reading of Schwartz, told him that his deceased friend was telling her, "I don't walk alone," which Schwartz understood to be a reference to his friend's confinement to a wheelchair, which DuBois could not have known about. Randi says that Schwartz leapt to an unsupportable conclusion, since the notion of "not walking alone" can mean any number of things, and "certainly does not describe being in a wheelchair." Randi also asserts that experiments that allegedly yield positive results of psychic powers, such as the ones done with DuBois, are not conducted using proper scientific controls. In light of Schwartz's assertion that "some" of his experiments with DuBois were performed under such conditions, Randi questions why the rest of them were not, and points to a report demonstrating that a few of Schwartz's experiments were not performed according to standard scientific protocol. Dr. Schwartz's point-by-point response to Randi's criticisms were published in 2005.

Randi has offered to have DuBois tested for his One Million Dollar Challenge. According to Randi, DuBois declined his invitation to the challenge.

Former FBI profiler, behavioral science expert and MSNBC analyst Clint Van Zandt challenges statements about psychics helping law enforcement arguing, "If psychics were truly successful and if their results were not simply the consequence of trickery (at worse ) or good interviewing skills (at best), then why don't law enforcement agencies have psychic detective squads, a real X-Files Unit, or other ways to integrate these paranormal investigative capabilities?"

I'd fill you guys in, but it's been so long I can't remember what happened.

what is a soul? seriously and not from English dictionary

Soul? What the hell is a soul? Yes I'm being serious. Only a silver tongue con artist could make someone believe something exists which,
Can't be seen
Can't be felt
Can't be touched
Can't be heard
Can't be smelled
has zero weight, doesn't reflect light, leaves no shadow, produces no heat, makes no sound, has no size or shape.

Religion, the most successful scam on earth. Gullible people will happily detonate high explosives packed on their bodies, so effective is this con job.

Whoa, Dude! I think the reindeer would disagree with you about Santa Claus having no weight.

Is it proven that soul exists??????

Do i have the option choosing the judge

What about folks who don't have any personality?

Cool air til it's a liquid and you can see it. you can smell it, stand in front of a fan and you can feel it and it most certainly has weight in fact a 1" square column of air the height of the atmosphere weighs a staggering 14.7 lbs.

Definition of RELIGION
the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
2: a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
3archaic : scrupulous conformity : conscientiousness
4: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith

The existence of a soul is a belief, a matter of faith, not a fact.
By the way in the case of the telephone you're not actually hearing the persons voice but a reasonable facsimile of it produced mechanically.