Powers of Kabbalists
Peace, Your Honor,
As you know, in your path, you always choose to examine claims in a scientific way, always seeking what science has to say in the context of the claims.
I have a question that really concerns me and I don’t know what science has to say about it.
What do you think about many and popular people who have “powers” and know how to say unexplained things?
For example, the X-ray – the radiologist who can diagnose and identify diseases and problems just by looking at the person.
Or the Rabbi in Rabbi – a rabbi who knows things about you without you telling him anything, and knows the names of people or family who are close to you and experiencing problems.
Of course, it’s all just stories, but I see no reason to deny stories from a reliable source, without an interest in telling a lie.
For example, I have a close friend, not religious, who went to one of the Kabbalists.
He says that even before he told the rabbi why he had come, the rabbi knew how to tell him the names of the people with whom the problem existed (after which he came to the rabbi).
The rabbi knew how to mention people’s names, described the problems, and all without any prior conversation or prior knowledge.
I would love to hear if you know of a sufficiently logical and rational explanation for this phenomenon.
First, I really don’t think that everything can or should be tested scientifically. There are questions that are not accessible to science (like the existence of God).
I am very skeptical about such phenomena, although of course I cannot categorically rule out their possibility. Usually it is nonsense and deception.
I don’t bother looking for explanations until I’ve examined the case and the evidence. I assume that these are nonsense until proven otherwise, as there are many possibilities to mislead people.
I think that in order to test the phenomenon, you have to experience it.
If you already assume that it is usually nonsense and deception, the only way is to verify it with him.
In such a meeting, there is no need to check testimonies and cases, because it will come from first-hand, face to face.
What do you think?
My opinion is negative. Even if you hold a meeting, it doesn't mean there's no need to check. You need to interview people and examine the situation to make sure there were no errors in understanding it or deception. It's also highly advisable to examine other cases. To reach a conclusion on such a question requires a very serious examination, and I have no motivation to conduct it.
Who is Rabbi Barbie? I would love to meet you. And in general, I am looking for people in our generation with such insight. Can you write to me? Giladstn@gmail.com
You can read in Niv Hadar's books (and briefly in ”A Lamp in the Middle of the Night”, which I think is a bit of a cold read), about the variety of professional ways to deceive those who ask.
“The Million Dollar Challenge to Prove Supernatural Powers” (quoted on Wikipedia) proves that no one can prove such powers.
And there were already enough of those who had convincing proof of such powers, and in the end they were also proven to be frauds (Uri Geller, William Roy (quoted on English Wikipedia)).
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