: I have, of late, been fascinated in John Edward. Fascinated…but at the same time confused. Questions fly around in my mind about this whole “medium” business.
After reading Vince’s Essay I began thinking myself (and that can be pretty scary sometimes ).
First let me say that I have no opinion whether or not Mediums are Real or Fakes. I would have to be there and get a hidden message myself to ever make that determination. And then being the skeptic that I am I would always suspect that a “friend” got to him first with clues. (He mentions this in his first book and deigns that he has ever gotten any before hand clues, but then again he would say that wouldn’t he?).
A comment was made that those who do not believe in Mediums, think that what they do is Cruel to the people they “read”. My thought is “Why”? We are here such a short time and then we die. We will all soon enough find out who is right and who is wrong. What is the harm in making someone here, feel good for the duration of his or her short life?
If we are Christian than we are taught that if we give our lives to Christ and live a good life that we will reap the benefit of Heaven. If not, we run the risk of spending eternity in Hell. (Personally I rely heavily on “Grace” and “Forgiveness” myself).
It seems that so far, as long as I have been watching him, all of John Edward’s messages are coming from the equivalent of Heaven, because none of his messages ever seem to talk about doom and gloom. So from that, we can deduce one of 2 things, Either there is no Hell…or those in Hell are not allowed to communicate with John.
I tend to believe the Bible that there is indeed a Hell What and where it is I have no idea, but… so I assume I am stuck with the second assumption, and as a Christian I would think twice about being read. Having a message from the other side would be wonderful and just what I would have expected knowing that there is a better place that we all go to. But if I got no message, would that mean that my loved one was just not interested in contacting me or did they not go to the better place? Then I would always wonder and grieve.
Back to my comments about it being right or wrong, maybe Vince was referring to the ones who did not get a message leaving them wondering and worried. Then I suppose he is right and it would be cruel.
I read John’s book “One Last Time”, and he is like a sales man who wants to be believed and seems to be hurt when people question him. I believe that he truly believes that he is legitimate. A lot of his experiments and messages seem to be legitimate. All in all I thought it was fascinating. Up until reading the book, the only experience I had of John Edward was his TV show and the question always arose in my mind, why is he not able to talk back to these entities? Why is it that he seems to only listen, and why does he never get anyone’s name right???? “I have a “D” sounding name here from somewhere on this side, Duh!” Now chances are that this may be legitimate, but it sure makes it sound phony. Then I wonder why all there is, is verification that someone is there…if these entities are taking away from their time in Heaven to communicate with John Edward, does it not seem like they might have something more to say besides “here I am?”
And it doesn’t appear that the recipient of the reading is ever allowed to ask the person coming through anything, and John Edward never seems to ask them anything…Why not? If they are truly there, and they can truly communicate with John Edward then why is it only a one-way conversation?
Many of these questions were answered by him in his book, not necessarily to my satisfaction, but it is a good read.
I believe in a life after Death. I am happy for those who receive messages and are comforted by them. I feel sorry for those who do not get answers and really feel the burning need for them. These are people who are not sure about the hereafter and are seriously looking for validation. But as for myself, I think I would rather not know. My mother always said of her visions of Heaven, “that you would see and know your loved ones in Heaven, but for those who did not make it, their memory would be washed from your mind. Because how Happy could Heaven be, if you knew that someone you loved was not there?”
To end I want to say that these are my own musings and not intended to change or form anyone else’s ideas. I read once in the Bible that the most unforgivable sin is to “mess with someone else’s faith”, so that is the last thing I want to do.