Anti-Semitic Leprechaun?
(please stick with this one–its long, but real good!)
Since The Radio Happy Hour aired this past Tuesday on BlogTalkRadio, I’ve been getting a lot feedback regarding what happened approximately 53 minutes into the show. (Click here and scroll over until the player reads 53:00)
At that point in the show, our guest, Psychic Boy, a self-professed medium who can communicate with the dead, is discussing what the spirit world says about Adolf Hitler. He begins his thought by asking the question: “Adolf Hitler: a jerk or an evolved soul?“
Psychic Boy then goes onto explain that if Hitler had been “given the task of shaking up the planet at that particular time” that “only an evolved soul would have signed up for that.” He backs that theory up by siting “old biblical teachings” that claim there was a curse upon the Jewish people that states that after the “mass exodus” (which I assume he refers to the exodus from the desert which we ironically commemorate during Passover starting tomorrow) that there would have to be a “mass sacrifice.”
I called the theory “horrible” and his spirit guide “anti-semitic” and Witchy Woman (Psychic Boy’s wife who was also on the show) disagreed with the assertion as well. Psychic Boy made it clear the he does not believe the theory either, though he claims his “spirit-guide” can not an anti-Semite but also not a liar, only that the spirit guide says that the above mentioned “old biblical teaching” claiming that the bible says that God will leave the Jews from exodus but the price they’d have to pay later on for that was to have, as Psychic Boy put it, “six-million, or whatever, number it was, leave the planet at the same time” was the reasoning behind the Holocaust “on this planet.”
I dismissed that statement with a joke (a funny one, but still an avoidance of the issue.) Many claim that I should have held Psychic Boy to task for mentioning and even entertaining that theory. At this point, I agree with that feedback.
At the time, what he was saying sounded suspect to me but I didn’t have the knowledge of the Old or New Testament to discredit him. That shouldn’t have stopped me from challenging him.
After my research into the matter, I wish I had. According to what I’ve been able to conclude, through online investigation and direct questioning of clergy and theologians, there is no passage in Scripture, either Old or New Testament, that asserts any such thing.
One pastor who followed up with me through email said the following:
“In my theological opinion, your psychic may communicate with spirits. The New Agers call it channeling. (Contrary to many people’s opinion, New Agers may or may not be Christian. Many New Agers are simply the latest version of Gnosticism mixed with the occult) Most theologians would term it some type of demon possession, or obsession, and there are passages in the N.T. that speak of ‘doctrines of demons.’ The psychic, in my opinion (and I am not an expert in demonology), is being misled, misguided and used as a pawn — if he really is communicating with spirits. Or he’s a charlatan.
The available literature on the subject is voluminous.
My estimation of his statements: arrantly anti-semitic, fascist and racist. He may not subscribe to anti-semitism himself, but his words certainly foment it.“
I will not go as far as to call Psychic-Boy an anti-Semite. At worst, he’s been grossly misinformed by whatever church or branch of Christianity he believes in. But I will say that the theory he proposes is anti-Semitic and dangerous.
Assigning a Biblical reason behind the genocide of six-million Jews and hypothesizing that Hitler may have been “an evolved soul” is insulting to not only my grandparents who suffered first hand in concentration camps and everyone else who was personally touched by the Holocaust but also to everyone who believes in the Old and New Testament that was irresponsibly misquoted.
By clearing this up, I hope to do my tiny part in keeping the memory alive for all that lived through the Holocaust in hopes that nothing like that ever happens again.
I invite Psychic-Boy to stop by and apologize or retract his comments.
UPDATE: 4/5/06 Psychic Boy and Witchy Woman discussed this controversy last night on their show Laughing Through the Veil (click link to hear.)
If you ask me, they made matters worse. Much worse.
But then again, none of us are as enlightened as they are so there is no way we could ever understand.
April 1st, 2007 at 2:15 pm
sickening!
April 1st, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Hey Dr. Blogstein
Thank you for inviting me to comment on this. It is long, and i hope it doesn’t create more controversy.
The basis of change and evolution are the theories that are not in the “main stream.” I am also from a background of extreme Catholicism, and their take on the Bible is different that the mainstream Christian outlook. I studied to be a priest, but decided to look for truth in everything I study. This has lead me into areas that would be deemed a “battle-zone.”
At no point in my interview did I state that I believed the theory, I was putting forward a theory that is out there, and at no point did I say I agreed with it. I am not anti-Semitic, but I do realize that the “statement” I made could have been taken as such. I am from Northern Ireland and have my own reasons for dealing with what one nation can do to another nation. I understand the reasoning behind the frustration here, but I am not one to belittle another peoples struggle.
That being said, I am apologizing to everyone that thought the statement was anti-Semitic, but that was not my intention. I was forwarding the theory because it does exist. I agree that the theory is horrible, but I base my knowledge on what is going on in the world by what I have learned. My statement, regarding the mass exodus, did not go well. I did not say that this was in the bible, but the theory holders where basing it in biblical teachings or writings. I received the continuation of the theory from Spirit. They do not say it is fact, nor do they condone it. It was very badly put and I apologize for that. The piece does go on to say that I don’t believe this theory, and that my guide was explaining to me why the theory exists. It goes on to explain the reasoning behind why people actually believe in it.
I have spent a long time listening to people that automatically dismiss things because these things are not culturally acceptable and not “main-stream.” A lot of the great teachers and philosophers are remembered, not for their great wisdom, but for their controversial take on things.
I don’t like to talk about the weather, or the price of gas, but I do like to find out what’s really going on in the world and discuss that. Things that affect our planet and the people that live on it. Sometimes this will cause me to bring things up that are not well accepted. I have been told that I need to work on my delivery, but I know I am going to be one of those old codgers that speak what’s on his mind.
As far as my Guides go, they do not put ideas into my head, we discuss various aspects of philosophy, and how it will affect the planet that we live on. I also re-listened to the show, and I can see again how the information could have been taken wrongly. My theory on what happens when we cross over is not an unusual one. There is only love on the other side. We are the only people that believe in hate, punishment, evil, and other things that keep negative vibrations around us. You only have to look at the controversy that “The Secret” is causing now to bear that theory out. It’s a documentary about positive things, yet it is causing so much negativity.
Sometimes it is necessary to have discussions that are not particularly “nice” in their nature. Again it is just a theory, not an “assertion”, as was pointed out in your blog. I look for reasons why certain things happen on this planet and always look at what people are doing and thinking about today. Why? Because their children will be affected by and the rest of the planet in turn will be affected by it.
I am glad the show has stirred up something though.I apologize for any uneasiness, this has caused you, because you are a great guy, and have a wonderful show. If you need me back on the show to “face the music” then I will come back on and set the record straight. It’s a good thing I didn’t mention any of the other theories out there. Some people are not ready to hear them.
Blessings Anam Chara
Psychic Boy
April 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
at least he apologized lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:30 am
“Sometimes it is necessary to have discussions that are not particularly “nice” in their nature.”
No kidding.
By the way, I’d fire your guides.
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:52 am
If you would read my post, and had listened to the show, you would see that it really had nothing to do with my guides. If there is a theory out there and I make mention of it, how is that wrong?
The theory wasn’t mine, I didn’t make it up, and the description from “My Guides” was a description of why the theory is followed by those who believe in it.
But if you don’t get it, you don’t get it, and I understand that. I have already apologized for how it came across. If you want to ask me questions on it, please feel free to do so, and i will answer to the best of my knowledge.
Blessings Anam Chara
PB
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:02 am
I don’t know if you really should be defending that particular guide…he did kinda get you into hot water this time!
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:19 am
I sure know that. But it was not how I received the message, that is the issue here, but how it was interpreted by everyone that heard it.
Does anyone get that the description of the exodus that I gave was a description given by those that adhere to the theory? No. Pity.
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:47 am
MJ, you need a publicist. Better yet, you need an attorney. Can I be your attorney? Technically speaking, and in every single other way of speaking, I am not an attorney but I think I can handle this situation to your satisfaction.
My client, Mr. MJ, has released a statement and has nothing else to add. There are those in the media, as well as some private individuals, who seek to mischaracterize my client’s statements and do harm to his good name. These people hate American and all she stands for. They seek to legitimize their sexual perversions while preying on the weakest of our loved ones, our children and the elderly. This smear campaign will be vigorously opposed and all attacks will be dealt with in our courts of law. In addition, information will be released in the coming days that will prove that my client was never interviewed on the Blogenstern Radio Slappy Tower and so therefore could not be guilty of the charges against him.
Hang on, I’m getting a message from my legal team…yes…yes…he said what?…about who?…ok, thank you. Hey MJ, sorry man, I just found out that I have to dog-sit for some friends who asked me last week if I could do it and I said yes, but I forgot until just now. I’ll check my schedule for next week but I have that thing with my urologist and I’ll talk to you later.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Hi Doc,
All I can say Doc is I would have to agree with Tisha.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Martin hello,
I have a question for you please.
You say But it was not how I received the message, that is the issue here, but how it was interpreted by everyone that heard it.
How else would you, not your guides, expect that such a disparaging and hateful statement be interpreted?
Secondly, it saddened me that you would even repeat such a statement, coming from your “guides” or not and rather than take responsibility for your action place the blame on others.
Do yourself a favor, DO NOT repeat everything you hear! Or even voice everything you feel.
Thank you for time and attention.
Tisha
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Okay everybody
Here is the deal. I am devoting half of my show to discussing this very issue on Wednesday, 4th April at 9 PM EST. You are more than welcome to come and hear what I have to say. You will also be able to voice your opinion in the chat room, or call in if we have the time.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dynamicduo
Blessings
PB
April 4th, 2007 at 6:29 am
Wish I could be there but it’s Dr. Blogstein’s Radio Happy Hour at the exact same time! :)))
April 6th, 2007 at 6:04 am
ok thought I’d settle this myself by listening back to the one I missed last week….
They sound weird (your guests). But I guess that’s why you had them on. I maybe misunderstood blogradio - and wish I hadn’t been nasty - I dreamt about you because I felt so bad…. or maybe it wasn’t that reason(?).
April 6th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Please, call into the next show and tell me about this dream!