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Atheists & Agnostics

Cartoonist

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5. Psychic privilege

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 10:24 PM

Mar 2016

Why is it ok to ridicule psychics but not religion? Why must religion be accorded respect when it's just a variation of the same scam?

Christianity predicts life after death without any proof.

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No offense... [View all] progressoid Mar 2016 OP

Dr. Cooper knows of what he speaks. Capt.Rocky300 Mar 2016 #1

Sheldon and his brain, yeah! progressoid Mar 2016 #7

conjure an image (see what I did there) of someone dressed in robes AlbertCat Mar 2016 #2

Sylvia Browne. progressoid Mar 2016 #8

My wife had a coworker who used to get personal readings...... Capt.Rocky300 Mar 2016 #10

And you mean that in frogmarch Mar 2016 #3

Substitute preachers for psychics and the meaning is the same Major Nikon Mar 2016 #4

Psychic privilege Cartoonist Mar 2016 #5

Just do what I say and you get an eternity in paradise, conveniently unverifiable Major Nikon Mar 2016 #6

The difference? awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #9

"I Was One of America's Top Psychics - And Like All of Them, A Complete Fraud" onager Mar 2016 #11

Oh man, I need some disposable income. progressoid Mar 2016 #12