Comments for THE IDIOT'S TALE at http://www.randi.org/site , comment 1 to 126 out of 20 comments http://www.randi.org/site Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:01:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15344 [quote] An atheist or agnostic will never convince a fundy to change their mind.[/quote] I don't recall anyone attempting to Atheize anyone else. We may point out how silly their beliefs are, but those are just observations. What atheists really want, I think, is less religion forced down our throats. - Steel Rat Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:54:32 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15341 "I consider myself Christian, and enlightened as well." What is an "enlightened Christian"? Do you believe that God required the horrific sacrifice of his son in order to save you from your sins? "Skeptisism can be as strong a belief system as Fundamentalists have." I believe that skepticism is a process that helps us to find the truth in any given topic or situation. Often it's knowing the right questions to ask. 'Belief' within the context that you used has nothing to do with the method of skepticism IMHO. "Skepticism: A methodology that starts from doubt and aims to acquire certainty" http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skepticism" - CasaRojo Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:21:49 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15306 This is my first time posting here, although I have lurked and read quite a while, and I'm always somewhat perturbed by how some skeptics have their own set of biases that won't go away. If I may, this is a quote from another article: "But your audience for this article is largely unbelievers. For those who do believe in a deity, it's not likely any of them are fundies here on the JREF enjoying all this reason and elightenment." Agreed. I consider myself Christian, and enlightened as well. The skeptics here REALLY need to start befriending more and more of the enlightened Christians and those of other faiths, instead of alienating them. An atheist or agnostic will never convince a fundy to change their mind. Those of their same faith, but different beliefs might. Anecdotal evidence has led me to that conclusion (though indeed, anecdotal). Skeptisism can be as strong a belief system as Fundamentalists have. Make sure you're not pounding your beliefs into other's heads using the exact same methods others are accused of (which I see SO very often) On the other side, every single Christian/Religious person here and around the world has a duty as well, to make sure that we remain in enlightenment, and don't slip into the Dark Ages. This isn't particularly related to this exact article, or any other article, but I needed to express these thoughts. It's usually more productive at parties and meetings as a whole if, instead of throwing someone out, you nudge your friend who is their friend and say "hey, can you ask him to calm down?" - syphyre Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:01:34 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15133 Why do people riding roller-coasters and attending fundamentalist church meetings raise their hands up in the air with fingers extended? - vino Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:49:45 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15109 Steel Rat, wasn't your first argument to me that Hussain Bolt could have been referring to a steel bolt? Don't be so naive. Herc - Herc Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:16:32 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15106 I'm 38. Apes >> Homo Sapien >> Homo Sapien 2 The final phase of human evolution is quantum evolution of telepaths I've already made a billion. I own Camgirls.com, the biggest camgirl site makes over $100,000,000 per year. Herc - Herc Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:25:20 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15105 Again people, just let this troll die. - Steel Rat Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:23:41 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15103 If you are [i]the[/i] Adam what the hell have you been doing for the past 6000 years...slacking off? You would think someone with your temporal advantage would be exceedingly wealthy by now, and have no need for a measly million anyway. Couldn't you just sell your fig leaf on eBay or something? I mean come on! Bill Gates has only been around for like 54 years and he's the richest man on Earth! And what the hell would the Father of Mankind need with money anyway? Clearly you don't need it to survive. So earn some paranormal credibility here and now: who is going to win the Super Bowl, and what's the final score gonna be? Bonus points if you answer before we know who's even going to the Super Bowl. - Son of Rea Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:48:17 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15101 ....little green man at this stage, thanks to Randi. >:( Herc - Herc Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:44:16 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15100 I bet you didn't guess Xfiles was about little green men? Herc - Herc Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:41:47 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15093 Seen the movie 10? If I could prove I was Adam then she should believe she's Eve. Here's an excerpt from my novel. [quote]Chapter 2 Eve At high school all my friends used to talk about our perfect wives. Mine had long blonde hair, green eyes, was an Olympic gold medal gymnast and had a PhD in mathematics. Now you have to think, figure it out, the bible says to search for God and nobody did. I was waving my arms doing supernatural tricks on the internet for 10 years and about three people said I might have some powers. Eve is a 10, that’s easy, it’s a given, any religious researcher worth his salt should be able to make that assumption. What’s her name? Where does she live? Look for clues. Her name rhymes with ten, her initial is the 10th letter, it’s easy, Jen. Jennifer Brooks, gender water, the woman. It’s funny God named her “wet pussy” and I’m “wife finder”, Graham Cooper the groom computer, sex machine! I wonder what names the Adam’s and Eve’s on other planets take on in their different languages. Where does she live, you know Adam would be born in Melbourne Australia, look at the states there. Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Queensland. See it’s easy, straight out of Eddy Murphy‘s Coming To America where they visit Queens to find their Queen. OK pick a city in Queensland, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Townsville, Mackay, Gold Coast, Caloundra. World media isn’t centered in California, the stories are all based on events in Caloundra. Of course I lived in Townsville for a while too, what other town would suit Adam? Where would Eve work? The main industry is real estate. Guess where I met her, Ray White Real Estate, LJ Hooker Real Estate, Henzells Real Estate. Where do you pick up chicks, hen-sells. This real estate agency hen-sells is in the middle of a town called Caloundra, in Queensland, the shop, city and state all spell “here she is”, a perfect woman worked there for years, and no one caught on. I walk around wondering at the people here “What state are you in?” Where do you think Eden is, where do you think Eve lives? Crackton? Eve’s name contains another clue that she is Eve. When I was watching the Xfiles I saw Laurie Holden and said “I’m going to marry her” and followed her on the show for several months. Then I was watching Logan’s Run and fell for the character Jessica 6. When Jennifer handed me her business card “Jennifer Brooks” I thought this must be some kind of sign, she looked exactly like Laurie Holden with one exception, bright green eyes. Jen stands out from the crowd so easily it serves a purpose, after only seeing her for 3 minutes 11 years ago, she’s easy to recognise, you only need a glimpse. It’s odd after telling her she’s Eve she doesn’t believe it, it’s obvious on sight, truly stunning. [/quote] Herc - Herc Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:10:18 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15092 So who is this Eve and why/how is it Mr. Randi's fault that you lost her and Eden? you also said 6 years after when it was at most 5 if we are to take your word for it (which right now is slightly hard to trust). You believe in your own supposed powers to such an extreme that you are blind to any evidence to the contrary. Everything you experience becomes twisted to your delusional state, and feeds it further. I am only trying to help you see the truth. - JohnRatti Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:00:51 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15091 Now THIS is a contradiciton. [quote]A true skeptic would never turn away someone who TRULY could do the things they claim. We would love to discover some new branch of science involving some form of psychic power. If someone TRULY had these powers it would open a wide range of possibilities and help advance science in great strides. However, the things you are saying (beyond your claims of paranormal abilities) are textbook delusional paranoia.[/quote] Firstly, you don't know if a claimant can truly do anything paranormal, his claim is exactly the same as any frauds. Secondly, ANY claim of psychic powers is text book delusional, so you have made yourself a guaranteed cop out. Keep investigating those sane scientifically accepted claims! Herc - Herc Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:00:34 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15090 I said I applied in 2000 and Kramer wrote it was 2001. That's your contradiction? You're that desperate to refute me to stoop and point out something that trivial. You are truly pathetic. I saw Eve for 3 minutes 11 years ago, GOT IT? Herc - Herc Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:51:18 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15089 what the hell does that prove? apart that you misinterpret most of what you read. - Herc Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:47:25 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15088 You said that you first sent the application in, in 2000 and you didn't hear back in 6 years. When in actuality it was in 2001 and you heard back from the JREF again in 2005 thats 4 years later. You start out saying 1,000 people have witnessed your talents, then 10,000, then 100,000. You claim a young woman named Eve aged 11 years in 3 minutes and that this is somehow Mr. Randi's fault. You are either purposely made statistics and happenings up, or you truly have lost all touch with reality. I hope you have family or friends that will intervene on your behalf and get you the help you desperately need. - JohnRatti Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:35:15 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15087 [quote]Wow. Adam. Father of mankind. So sad to see that you've been reduced to incoherent whining in the comments section of a dead post on a relatively obscure website. It's rather beneath you, don't you think? BTW, how did you survive the flood?[/quote] If you know another forum that offers to INVESTIGATE PARANORMAL CLAIMS and isn't full of shit then let me know. Herc - Herc Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:29:36 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15086 I followed the guidelines to the letter. I raised my right hand and swore in front of a judge that my application was the truth. Read the challenge rules, you write a couple of paragraphs about what you can do, then work together on the test protocol. NASA has done experiments taping a microphone to people's throats and can listen and recognise different words that they think. Your voice box never stops, there's no ON OFF switch between thinking and talking. Reading minds from a distance is not that far fetched given it can be done directly. Herc - Herc Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:23:04 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15085 Your illness is blatantly obvious. There was no breach of contract, because there was NO contract. I read the forum link YOU posted. You never followed any of the guidelines. You never filed a formal request, or negotiated the exact terms, time, place etc of the test. You just rambled on and became incoherent. Your actions made it seem apparent that your were mentally unstable. You talked about people recording, and rebroadcasting your thoughts. Which would either require technology no one has yet to invent, or some form of magic, which would just add to your delusions. I assure you, to the best of my knowledge you need to seek psychiatric intervention. For your own sake. - JohnRatti Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:14:38 +0100 http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/843-the-idiots-tale.html#comment-15081 Wow. Adam. Father of mankind. So sad to see that you've been reduced to incoherent whining in the comments section of a dead post on a relatively obscure website. It's rather beneath you, don't you think? BTW, how did you survive the flood? - Son of Rea Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:14:51 +0100