Psychics say they shouldn't have to prove they are genuine

Posted by Pariahjane

The 'spiritualists' are a little bent out of shape because of a change in laws that might actually force them to prove their gifts are real!

Fortune-tellers, mediums and spiritual healers marched on the home of
the British prime minister at Downing Street on Friday to protest against new
laws they fear will lead to them being "persecuted and prosecuted."
Organizers say that replacing the Fraudulent Mediums Act of 1951 with new
consumer protection rules will remove key legal protection for "genuine"
mediums.

These psychics are concerned that they will have to prove their abilities are genuine in a court of law and think that is unfair. Oh, boo hoo. These people charge money for their so called services. I would think, as a consumer, that someone would want to know whether the person they are paying can actually do what they claim to.

They think skeptics might bring malicious prosecutions to force
spiritualists to prove in court that they can heal people, see into the future
or talk to the dead.
Psychics also fear they will have to give disclaimers describing their services as entertainment or as scientific experiments with unpredictable results.

I think they absolutely should have to prove they can heal people or talk to the dead. I personally think the fakers who say they can talk to the dead are the worst ones. Not only are they manipulating people out of their money but they are also messing with their emotions. Shame on them!

Put your money where your mouth is, so to speak. If a person tells me that, for a fee, they can talk to a dead relative then they better damn well prove it to me! If I think they are full of it there is no reason why I should not be able to either a) get my money back or b) insist that they validate their claim.

The reason these people are up in arms is because they are full of it. And they know it.

"By repealing the Act, the onus will go round the other way and we will
have to prove we are genuine," McEntee-Taylor told Reuters. "No other religion
has to do that."

I think every religion should have to corroborate their claims but that's a whole different story. How is talking to do the dead a religion, exactly? I fail to see how a 'spiritualist' falls under the religion category. Religions don't charge for knowledge anyway. Well, Scientology makes it's members pay to gain information but Scientology is a cult, not a religion. Yes, I realize that many churches require tithing and the like but there is a huge difference between passing around a collection plate and charging some poor sap $100.00 or more to talk to her dead husband.

There are a lot of silly naive people in this world who have had their lives destroyed by so-called psychics (remember Cleo?) If you claim you have a 'gift' you better damn well back it up with some evidence.