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Mind Games

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Andre has teamed with another magician to present the facts, from a Biblically true standpoint, about the false beliefs that are constantly attributed to psychics, or to Satanic powers. From a Christian standpoint, Andre deals with the fact that (1)nothing pertaining to psychic "power" has ever been shown true, and (2)that many Christians falsely attribute supposed phenomena to Satan and his minions, when in fact Biblically it is not possible for Satan to HAVE these abilities, nor give these abilities to people, so-called psychics. Read this book. It hits the entire realm of psychic power right on the head. I highlighted the important lines and the book literally glows in the dark.

The book is excellent in revealing frauds and pscychics.

What spoils the whole book, however, is when the author goes into hypocritical ramblings about Christianity, the bible and devils. He explains that the phenomena of people supposedly being cured by magic being mere selective memory compared to the overwhelming number of people who aren't cured. Than, less than a 100 pages later he tells a story that a woman was cured by cancer because she prayed to god! He says that outrageous stories of magic are caused by exageration that occurs when told by word of mouth. Then he uses the story that "Jesus fed 5000 people with five loaves and two fish, healed the sick, raised people from the dead..." as PROOF that god exists.

The book is excellent at what it promises on the cover: "Exposing Today's Psychics, Frauds, and False Spritual Phenomena" However, Kole's hypocritical attitude for Christianity just spoils the book. That's what knocked my rating down from 5 stars to 3.

This book is a fantastic read, once you skip over the writing of Christianity and bible.

The problem with this book, and other books of this type, is that it cherry-picks its targets. The authors select the frauds and holds them up as typical examples of the practitioners of the fields they wish to debunk, while conveniently ignoring the snake-oil salesmen and fake faith-healers amongst their own brotherhood. This is Ideological bigotry and zealotry.

This book doesn't present a fair or unbiased picture of the New Age movement, or of its practitioners, who, for the most part, are well-meaning and good-hearted people--not ravenous con-artists eagerly canvassing the countryside for gullible marks to fleece. Nor are the underlying theories accurately presented. If you want to obtain an understanding of New Age ideologies, this is the last place to look.

When you attack another's faith, you kill your own. A logical disagreement between ideologies is to be expected and reasonable debate is healthy. A hysterical attack to bolster your own shaky faith, however, is disingenuous.