Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Edgar Cayce and the Skeptic

Johnson did a great job looking into the case of Edgar Cayce. He looked into if Cayce's predictions were fact or fiction, then even when Cayce made mistakes historically, what types of spiritual truths could be found. His study looks more toward what truths can be found in all of it, rather than the errors. We as humans should know that there should always be room for human error, and I think Johnson took this into account with Cayce's study. Whenever there is someone of Cayce's importance and apparent spiritual insight, there should be more study done into the truths they claim and find. In cases like Cayce, his importance to people was more than just if he was historically accurate, he helped people in their lives, which is where religion is most important to everyone.
Dr. Lane makes the right assumption, or hunch, that Cayce's experiences are paranormal. He make sure to make it a hunch, because even though there is no other answer for them there also isn't any hard proof that they are paranormal. This allows future research and researchers to look into finding the source with facts, whether the source be paranormal or some other material form.
Whatever it comes to be, the truth is that Cayce impacted many lives in a positive way and that cannot be proven any other way. This truth makes the source of Cayce's abilities not as important to finding out, because whether they be paranormal or not, for the people who lived them with him, they were all they needed.

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