http://cectic.com/164.html

I was thinking more about his behavior when people have differing opinions about certain “untouchable” subjects. But then, as one of those skeptics against whom Claus Larsen has a jihad going, maybe my experience on the receiving end of his petty, spiteful nastiness makes me biased in that regard.

@Bill:

Good point about reincarnation – and more importantly, a point believers should be able to accept, even if they keep believing in reincarnation.

One thing that struck me is Sylvia saying she is on her last life. I know a little something about reincarnation beliefs, and she doesn’t fit the paragon of someone on their last life. For that to be the case, one would have learned all they could in their life on this plane, they would have reached the state of enlightenment known as “Buddhahood” by following the seven fold path and have been “living right.” One aspect of this is to not take advantage of those less enlightened than you — and that is where she fails! Obviously she is in the business (and yes, at what she charges it is definitely Big Business) of preying on those who believe her — and by any definition (religious or not) this is NOT “living right.”

As to how security handled the situation, let’s be honest — they know which side of their bread is buttered on — and it is her side. However, they did handle it professionally and non-confrontationally, for which they did deserve Robert’s thanks — and I think the resolution of “how about I’m banned whenever Sylvia is here” is an excellent and reasonable compromise — let’s face it, what “right living” person would want to be in the same building as her anyway?

In my experience—personal opinion—Claus is not one bit interested in promoting skeptical thinking; he is interested in promoting Claus Larsen.

IMO, he does far more harm than good, by giving the rest of us a bad name.

Why exactly do you think so? I can guess (not the least because I am entertaining similar thoughts), but I´d like to hear it from you nonetheless.

That said, what Robert did was very impressive. It was too bad he was unable to record the entire show for posterity, since all she will be doing is claiming that his account of the entire encounter is slander and he’s somehow influenced all of the other witnesses that back him up. I am glad, though, that his presence helped crystallize some nascent skepticism on the part of some of the other audience members.

The near-miraculous part of all this is how Robert does all this while staying so calm and polite all along.

I’d be willing to bet that Browne is more nervous than ever before about the veracity of his website, and no psychic reading is required to understand that.

She is not only a fraud, but a clueless one as well.

JC

I’m a fan of that site. I Think the thing that deceives me the most in my mother is that she loves montel.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I need to be decontaminated and disinfected…. Pass the Hydrogen Peroxide, please

On a side and rather sad note, Houdini had it right. My mother-in-law had told my wife she would send butterflies to ease her mind about her crossing over. This having occured in May and to date not a single butterfly in our yard. I would have expected the odds of having butterflys in the yard as having been fairly high as I had seen them only a few days prior to her passing and none since. Sometimes reality is less beautiful than the imagination.

*doing a quick lookup*
Yup, Danmarks Statistisk claims that a maximum of 2 living Danish people is named Flodin.

Might be more common in Sweden or Norway though.