XPost: sci.psychology.psychotherapy, alt.consciousness, talk.origins   
   From: KimbaWLionATaolDOTcom@127.0.0.1   
      
   Ken Shaw  wrote:   
      
   >Then why hasn't one or more of the attempted claimants ever sued him?   
      
   Because there's nothing to sue over. If someone offered a million dollars   
   for you to eat a hot dog while duct tape sealed your mouth shut, and you   
   failed, what grounds would you have to sue?   
      
   >Well you seem troubled that I am skeptical of your claims.   
      
   You mis-read me. Amused is closer to the truth.   
      
   >You seem to enjoy editing my comments out of context   
      
   Tell me where I've done that. I've no interest in mis-quoting you.   
      
   >If you are receiving communication from beyond or remembering   
   >events from past experiences it should be relatively easy to prove by   
   >either providing information about the past life or about something only   
   >the spirits could tell you.   
      
   I'm going to have to be content with the contention that the past life   
   memory helped me deal with problems I had had as long as I could remember,   
   in the same fashion that Carol Bowman noted in her book about past life   
   memories. I simply cannot provide traceable details about that life.   
      
   As for what only the spirits could tell me, did you see my post in this   
   thread about how I learned that someone I knew had died?   
      
   >You seem to be spending a lot of time looking for respect from people   
   >and trying to convince them of the validity of your claims. I wonder how   
   >long until you start holding seances for a fee or start trying to pull a   
   >John Stewart.   
      
   You seem to enjoy reading a lot into my words that isn't there. Or maybe   
   you missed my statement that these are not pay-per-view events. And Usenet   
   is hardly a good place to go if one is looking for respect. I'm simply   
   offering a voice in opposition to our society's stance that such things   
   are always symptomatic of mental illness. In fact, that was the first   
   conclusion I jumped to about myself. In the long run, logic dictated   
   otherwise.   
      
   >If you were actually having the experiences you describe the rational   
   >thing would have been to seek medical evaluation. The things you   
   >describe are classic symptoms of schizophrenia.   
      
   Actually I haven't described very much. And somewhere along the way I   
   missed your qualifications to diagnose.   
      
      
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