Prophecy, Divination, and Faith Healing
Modern-day Swindlers and How They Deceive, Cheating Us Out of Billions Annually.
"Religious" services on cable TV and after-dark infomercials are stealing billions from the gullible in our society, including the elderly and those who are less fortunate, by promising healing, financial largesse, and advice on people's love lives and futures, through charismatic preachers, financial "gurus," and "900 number" psychics.
The record is dismal indeed: never has there been a proven case of faith healing; financial "gurus" have only proven that one way to get rich is to sell a "How To" kit on getting rich; and out of approximately 2400 psychics from the Psychic Network, not one predicted they were going belly-up.
Psychics and astrologers who offer us prophecies have been notably unable to predict their own futures, and have missed the most important events in history, while concentrating on who in Hollywood is seeing who. Surely, this is an aspect that gives us a clear indication of their credibility.
So, why are people so committed to embracing this nonsense? Judging from the fortunes of televangelists, infomercial "gurus," and spiritualists who speak with the dead, we apparently are easily deceived.
This really is no big deal, right? After all, many of us participate just for fun. So, what's the harm? James Randi outlines the harm, which is especially dangerous in today's world of computers, the Internet and wireless communications, revealing these charlatans for what they truly are by dramatically explaining and demonstrating their techniques for faith-healing, predicting the future, and speaking to the dead.
To book this lecture by James Randi, please contact Linda Shallenberger at (954) 467-1112, or email at linda@randi.org.
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