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paleotn

(22,711 posts)
111. What? That's silly.
Sun May 17, 2026, 07:10 PM
13 hrs ago

Almost as silly as believing things without a single shred of evidence. As I stated, they're free to believe whatever they want. No harm, no foul. And when that belief veers off into bizarro world, I'm equally free to point and laugh. That's how free discourse works and that's not about "winning" anything. Why you think there's something to be "won" I don't know.

So tell me....how do these unsubstantiated claims differ from the similarly evidence free claims spouted by Evangelicals? You know, talking snakes, God speaking through burning shrubbery, global floods, zombies, or that humans and dinosaurs existed together. Some are quick to discount those beliefs, yet hold others that are equally rooted in the air, i.e. no evidence. They have no problem with me pointing and laughing at Evangelicals, but goring their ox is off limits somehow? Really?

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Edgar Cayce. Yes I'm familiar with him raccoon 22 hrs ago #1
Ironically, I was thinking about him a few months back and was going to research a bit more... hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #2
He was quite a fascinating fellow bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #3
The Association for Research and Enlightenment The Blue Flower 22 hrs ago #9
Not sure how it could be secure from climate change? hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #10
I cant's answer that The Blue Flower 21 hrs ago #11
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Hey, welcome to DU! The Blue Flower 15 hrs ago #93
............ paleotn 20 hrs ago #32
Lucid dreaming is realizing you are dreaming, while you are dreaming jimmy the one 15 hrs ago #91
Yes, I am familiar with him. it's been years since I have tried to read anything by him. mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #4
He supposedly knew where Atlantis was -- somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle? -- which displacedvermoter 22 hrs ago #5
Cayce died in 1945, during WWII, so unless it was an old movie reel, I don't see how he was on Nimoy's show (1976-1982). Celerity 21 hrs ago #13
A couple of episodes of "In Search Of" went into Cayce's theories. Beartracks 20 hrs ago #25
Ok. Makes sense. Celerity 20 hrs ago #31
He wasn't on the show himself, unless, perhaps in another astral dimension.. displacedvermoter 20 hrs ago #45
Yes, another poster above already explained it. Celerity 19 hrs ago #60
Probably??? paleotn 21 hrs ago #23
The clock isn't broken. mr715 19 hrs ago #69
......... paleotn 14 hrs ago #99
displacedvermoter...... Upthevibe 18 hrs ago #73
Yes, I read quite a few books about Edgar Cayce PatSeg 22 hrs ago #6
When facing problems or tasks I need help with... MiHale 22 hrs ago #7
I understand that technique has been quite successful. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #33
There's a lot of recent research into "lucid dreaming" which mirrors some of what you talk about. erronis 20 hrs ago #47
I also lucid dream...not always... MiHale 18 hrs ago #75
Quite an effective method! SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #51
I've used some of his remedies. Here is one. Maraya1969 22 hrs ago #8
Yes! I was in a study group in the 80's discussing his writings hauckeye 21 hrs ago #12
I think his writings about this time... kentuck 21 hrs ago #14
I'm reading one of his books now and find it very interesting. MLAA 21 hrs ago #15
When I was a sophomore in college... ananda 21 hrs ago #16
;-{)..... Goonch 21 hrs ago #17
Crazy shit. paleotn 20 hrs ago #34
Barnum and Bailey meets Carter's Pills nt Maru Kitteh 16 hrs ago #81
I have many books about him karin_sj 21 hrs ago #18
I e heard of both of them and read about both of them. AllaN01Bear 21 hrs ago #19
George Carlin said Cayce was not a medium, Sneederbunk 21 hrs ago #20
Ah, don't we all miss George Carlin? hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #28
George Carlin was always right. Srkdqltr 11 hrs ago #127
He predicted that San Francisco would be destroyed SCantiGOP 21 hrs ago #21
After it was destroyed in 1906. By an earthquake. paleotn 20 hrs ago #35
This is insane Wifes husband 21 hrs ago #22
I would venture that some on DU have never heard of him... hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #26
So there's value delving into the works of a con and nut? paleotn 20 hrs ago #30
One has to read and understand a figure in history before determining that he is a "con" hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #44
I'm not precluding a goddamn thing. I'm merely pointing and laughing. paleotn 14 hrs ago #106
Your cursing at me doesn't help your argument, paleotn. Not one bit... hlthe2b 14 hrs ago #107
What? That's silly. paleotn 13 hrs ago #111
Since I have argued the exact opposite, you show that you are just posting to see your own words hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #113
Oh please. To some degree? i.e., you want it both ways. paleotn 13 hrs ago #115
Desperation and ridicule for sure hithe2b Clouds Passing 13 hrs ago #112
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Hmmm. Wonder about Jesus, Moses, etc., etc. erronis 20 hrs ago #49
I'm sure many shared this thought stopdiggin 19 hrs ago #68
Cayce was a HEALER not a murderer. That could be the difference between the two Clouds Passing 18 hrs ago #71
Bwahahahaha! paleotn 14 hrs ago #105
Verify evidence that he didn't heal anyone. People have a right to question and explore. live love laugh 6 hrs ago #134
I was really into him in my younger years bif 21 hrs ago #24
Oh, please. He was equal parts con and nutter. paleotn 20 hrs ago #27
We heard you the first time. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #37
Plus several more MorbidButterflyTat 19 hrs ago #61
I get the inclincation to boil everything down to "woo" hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #40
Thank you. Well said. I tend to be very skeptical having been taught that the scientific methods are best. erronis 20 hrs ago #53
No one would call vaccines woo TxGuitar 15 hrs ago #92
Oh, REALLY?!!! Where have YOU been the past decades-- and especially the past five years hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #95
Did you just invoke Hitchens's razor!? mr715 14 hrs ago #101
This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn 14 hrs ago #102
" There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of niyad 19 hrs ago #65
Very true. SheltieLover 16 hrs ago #79
Yup. Fascinating person and his work was all documented. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #29
Documented as complete BS. paleotn 20 hrs ago #36
Back off. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #38
Or what? Wifes husband 20 hrs ago #46
My response was not directed at you. Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #54
I will not. paleotn 14 hrs ago #104
Why? Truth hurts?? paleotn 14 hrs ago #103
would you please provide NJCher 19 hrs ago #57
Where is Atlantis? mr715 19 hrs ago #67
post was directed to paleotn NJCher 18 hrs ago #72
Don't blame me, I was just astral projecting. mr715 18 hrs ago #74
... reACTIONary 16 hrs ago #83
Ahem, my post was directed to NJCher mr715 15 hrs ago #85
Unfortunately.... reACTIONary 11 hrs ago #125
I kant handle philosopher puns. mr715 11 hrs ago #126
Give me some documentation that his conman ramblings are actually true. paleotn 14 hrs ago #100
Did you go to college? NJCher 7 hrs ago #132
What does "Did you go to college?" have to do with anything. Abolishinist 6 hrs ago #133
And all bull shit Wifes husband 20 hrs ago #43
Nostradamus only "predicted" things in reverse. Gore1FL 20 hrs ago #39
That right. Nostradmus predictions are retrofitted Buckeyeblue 15 hrs ago #94
I visited his research center in Virginia Beach beveeheart 20 hrs ago #41
I think there is a relevance that is helpful to these times we are living in.... kentuck 20 hrs ago #42
Interesing subject kentuck. I do beleive that as we sleep, our unconscious does 'communiicate' c-rational 20 hrs ago #48
I wouldn't know. kentuck 20 hrs ago #52
"Little Death" JoseBalow 20 hrs ago #50
Being a cat person I know that Edgar Cayce had a lot of interesting things to say about cats. flashman13 20 hrs ago #55
Cats have a sixth sense, I am sure. kentuck 19 hrs ago #59
Cats most certainly have a sixth sense. Several years ago an elderly stray orange cat wandered in and came flashman13 16 hrs ago #80
Yes, he was a fraud. mr715 20 hrs ago #56
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Science is falsifiable mr715 15 hrs ago #87
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Pluto being a planet or not is a matter of definitions. mr715 15 hrs ago #90
"you're" ( contraction for "you are"), not "your" (possessive). niyad 14 hrs ago #96
Ooof, that is always embarrassing mr715 14 hrs ago #97
When I was in my twenties I read Cayce. 1WorldHope 19 hrs ago #58
Well said PatSeg 12 hrs ago #120
Too me he was Faux pas 19 hrs ago #62
just the name Kali 19 hrs ago #63
Thanks for this thread! MorbidButterflyTat 19 hrs ago #64
I'm more familiar with Carl Jung's similar work Brother Buzz 19 hrs ago #66
Although Jung was pretty woo too. mr715 19 hrs ago #70
kentuck........ Upthevibe 18 hrs ago #76
Yes, I've read some of his work and I agree. ms liberty 17 hrs ago #77
Did read some of his stuff when I was a teenager because it was allegorical oracle 17 hrs ago #78
He still has a following in Virginia Beach. GreenWave 16 hrs ago #84
me ma read his books duckworth969 15 hrs ago #88
Fraud, huxster and con man edhopper 14 hrs ago #98
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The sleeping profiteer? usonian 13 hrs ago #108
I believe there is much we do not know. kentuck 13 hrs ago #109
Quantum and consciousness get lumped together because of woo. mr715 13 hrs ago #110
That is what is being questioned. kentuck 13 hrs ago #114
It is a challenging question... mr715 13 hrs ago #116
In some unexplainable way... kentuck 13 hrs ago #117
These are not supernatural, though. mr715 13 hrs ago #118
That is how I tend to see it PatSeg 12 hrs ago #119
Poe "Up Through The Spiral" 1971 Concept Albums,Psych Omaha Steve 12 hrs ago #121
My great Aunt in Portsmouth, Va once saw him speak SomedayKindaLove 12 hrs ago #122
He cured my great aunt's TB jcboon 12 hrs ago #123
I heard an interview with one his followers on the Art Bell Radio Show years ago. Jacson6 12 hrs ago #124
I find him fascinating MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #128
Familiar with him but not aware of any 2026 RubyRose 10 hrs ago #129
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