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Even if a psychic or medium was empowered by Satan or a demon,
could he actually contact spirits of the dead and tell you what they wanted
to say to you?
Of course, if a supposed psychic could convince you that he had contact with
a dead relative, he could say that spirit was telling you something, and there
would be no way to verify it. But you could ask him to have the spirit describe
something only that person who has died (and you) would know.
Using that standard, no psychic has ever proved his
ability to talk to the dead. Usually, what he’ll say is, “Oh, it doesn’t
work that way.”
James Randi is a well-known magician and escape artist who has dedicated his
life to scientifically dismantling false claims about the supernatural world.
He is not friendly to Christianity, either, believing the Bible to be unsupportable.
However, his foundation has done a lot to expose psychics and those who claim
to talk to spirits.
For decades, his foundation has had a standing offer
to anyone who could demonstrate any supernatural power. If a psychic can
verifiably prove a paranormal event, Randi says he will give that person
$1 million. To date, no psychic has passed even the preliminary tests to
make a claim for the prize. If they really could talk to the dead, doesn’t
it make sense that someone could easily prove it and claim the prize?
Elsewhere in this book, we explore one biblical case
where a king of Israel used a psychic to call up the spirit of a dead prophet
(1 Samuel 28). As stated there, this was likely a supernatural act of God—not
any work of a psychic with supernatural power or a demon.
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