Crossing Over

[Namuna]

Anyone ever watched this show on Sci-Fi?

Crossing Over with John Edward

John Edward is the Host, and also a Medium for channeling the dead. The show claims to be Authentic. My favorite part of the show is at the end, during the rolling of the credits, when he answers questions from the audience.

You a believer? This guy could convince you!...No kidding!


Linc.

 

[Total Refected Power]

Phooey. Where's Houidini when we needed him.

 

[Robert01]

Maybe he can talk to Captain Howdy.

 

[Isla]

Actually, I have had similar experiences but I'm not keen to have them on a regular basis. I believe love survives death, but it is such a personal thing... it is too intimate for me to imagine sharing it with the public.

My Experience


Frankly, I prefer hanging out with the living.

edit: Hey, weird things happen. Y'all don't go freaking out on me!!!! And like I said, I'm not keen to make this a habit.

:Q

 

[kranky]

My wife is very skeptical of stuff like this but she's wavering after watching that guy a few times.

 

[Isla]

kranky...

I just wonder why he wants to do this on such a wide scale and in such a public way....

What if someone came back and said, "I know you where cheating on me!' or " I never liked you anyway~!"

On one hand, I can see the message that love survives death is a good one....

On the other hand.... it's just so, so personal to me!

Frankly, I would just counsel people to continue expressing their love for those who have passed on in their hearts, and to listen with their hearts for the voices of their loved ones.

Love and death are such intimate things...

 

[BoberFett]

From what I've seen of that show, it's a total crock.

 

[thebestMAX]

I am not afraid of "crossing over" myself.

Boy, Ive had some good times in my dreams too.

 

[Namuna]

Boberfett, that's a rather skeptical comment. Care to be a bit more specific to what makes you think it's a 'crock'?

I personally have always had vague feelings about the topic of communication with the dead, but this guy really makes you re-evaluate your beliefs.

Here is an excerpt from his Bio on the webpage...

This 30-year-old native of Long Island, NY is meticulous in his attempt to be true to the messages he is given. One of four internationally-known mediums to collaborate in a recent study on psychic phenomena, John's talent provided data to suggest that highly skilled mediums are, in fact, able to obtain accurate and replicable information about departed loved ones. During experimental readings of six deceased individuals, two sitters took notes and rated the responses for accuracy against preset information. The mediums' average accuracy was 83% for sitter one and 77% for sitter two; thus, performing well above guessing rates. (Control subjects who attempted to guess the information averaged 36% accuracy for all categories of information combined.) Since factors of fraud, error, and statistical coincidence can not explain the present findings, other possible mechanisms should be considered, such as super psi and survival of consciousness after death. "In order to disprove the law that all crows are black, it is enough to find one white crow" ? William James, MD. *

The study was done in June 2000 at the University of Arizona.

 

[BoberFett]

If it's the show that I'm thinking of, from what I've seen of it the guy just guesses crap until something sticks.

I see a man, is it your brother
I don't have a brother
OK, your father, and something about a pipe, is he a plumber?
No
Maybe it's a baseball bat, did he like baseball?
Well, I guess he did
Oh yeah, it's a baseball bat, and he feels guilty for not taking you to games
He did take me to baseball games
Wait, he feels bad for not buying you hot dogs


Seriously, I haven't watched it much, because the first couple of times I flipped past it and watched a few minutes, that's how insightful this guy was.

 

[Isla]

LOL, Bober and Namuna...

I see both points.

Like I said, I think strange things happen... but I wouldn't want to count on it to make a living or to do it for an audience. At some point, you end up 'performing'.

I did read in the newspaper once that a man, upon winning the lottery, said his recently deceased daughter had told him the winning numbers in a dream. I thought it was amazingly cool that he told the reporters that.

Hey thebest, if you cross over before me, will you share the numbers with me in a dream? I'll share the winnings with whoever you ask me to. I promise! Seriously, I know what you mean about dreams. Sometimes they rock.

 

[Namuna]

I could see why you'd be unimpressed after seeing him do the hit-n-miss bit.

But if you were to have stopped and watched it more, the hit-n-miss is to 'tune-in'.

Once he's more 'locked-in', hold on for the ride! I remember an episode recently where he 'tuned-in' on this Black Woman, MAN you could see she didn't want NOTHING to do with what he was doing. But he couldn't help it, once he get's started he HAS TO finish. It starts off with the I see a male to this side or above and so on...Next thing you know he's asking her if she's had a Brother who was shot and killed and a friend by so-and-so name who commited suicide by jumping off a bridge. She weren't too happy to answer, but the answers were YES.

If I come off as defending him, I'm not really trying to, but those aren't vague questions some con-man would guess at.

 

[thebestMAX]

Isla,

Ill do better than the numbers, Ill give you the stock quotes. By statistics I probably will go first but since I think I was born too soon anyway, maybe Ill be re incarnated. I hope its as a cat, they have got it made! Better yet, maybe I can be a female next time
Either could be a reward.
Guess I just opened myself up for some sh!t here

 

[kranky]

Isla, after reading the articles on his web site (two transcripts of Larry King shows and a Newsday article), it seems like he sees &quot;symbols&quot; which he tries to interpret for the person getting the reading. If I could do this, I know I wouldn't pass on (free pun!) any negative messages like &quot;I know you were cheating on me.&quot; Maybe that wouldn't be fair, but I'd only discuss positive things that came from it. But that's just me <shrug>.

I'm sure that the money is a primary motivation for doing it, but if the guy can really do it, I guess he has a right to earn a living.

BoberFett, I'm not taking sides, but you might want to read the article from Newsday. I was a journalism student myself, and I know how skeptical I would be with a guy like that. The reporter took great precautions to bring in a person that could not have been known by Edward and you might be surprised at how it went. It's towards the end of the article in the link.

 

[Namuna]

Hey Kranky,

Thanks for the goosebumps man! That article is an EYEBULGER!

&quot;Given all the evidence, I'm left with the strange conclusion that it makes more sense to believe he's communicating with the dead.&quot;

That's a mighty strong statement for a Newsday Reporter to make!

 

[The Stigenator]

a few years ago (could be 10 years back) we used to call the &quot;Sprits of the Dead&quot; or the &quot;Souls of the dead&quot;. We called known people. Anyway one night our family and another family's kids came back from a party. We decided to call the sprits of a close family friend who had recently passed away. We called to enquire how she was doing? Anyway we asked her about the evening we had. She spelled it as &quot;BIRTH&quot; which was infact a birthday. The two mediums, my brother and a friend both had know idea of the second question's answer. We asked what the baby girls name was. It came out at &quot;NEHA&quot;. Accuracy of characters depends on teh medium however.

The &quot;Spirits&quot; can be fun too.. however it can be dangerous. I remember whispering to my sister that the spirit we were calling (my mom's father, my grandfather) was fake. It got sooo.. angry.. you could see the coin was just circling.. with a strong pull.. it took a while of calming from my mom and to get me out of the room for it to calm down. After which we didnt call him ever. The funny thing is that when they took their hands off the coin it still moved to a certian extent before stopping.

All this was done in my room.. hell I slept there for years too.. my haunted room.

Anyway if you do this, better do it with people who have patience, and who will not screw up. I remember trying it at school.. and there were people who basiclly butted in screaming and basically thru our concentration off. Better do it with a believer or somene who can behave right.. and not do an out right protest during a session that this is &quot;FAKE&quot;.

You are warned.

 

[Namuna]

Almost time for the show!

 

[Namuna]

You know, I was downloading porn movies last night and I got to thinkin...

If all this is absolutely true, then I've got friends/family watching me and I'm watching some guy with a Louisville slugger for an appendage going to work on some chick that's pretending to enjoy it.

Oh well, I hope they enjoy the show.

 

[azazyel]

Bober:

Sorry to interject this but the quote, Bruce Lee correct?

&quot;Running water never grows stale so yoy gotta just keep on flowing.&quot;

 

[BoberFett]

Yep, I'm a big Lee fan.

 

[Namuna]

Well, Johnny told a woman tonight that a dog that was missing is actually dead. Ain't that a bitch.

And the only REAL man in Martial Arts is Jackie Chan!

 

[BoberFett]

I'll pretend you didn't say that.