This is my take on it.
They made the show ambiguous at best.
Why would they do this?
Right now, reality shows are tanking, and some of these new "supernatural" TV shows seem to be the new wave.
So the network puts out stories like this, to create some FASCINATION for the credulous unwashed masses. So its just cross-marketing for their supernatural TV shows.
Also, advertisers LOVE credulous audiences. They will believe anything.
So it seems pretty obvious to me that they have a positioning agenda, and are looking to create a fertile climate for supernatural type TV shows involving "life after death" subjects. After all, John of God, says he is "channelling" these dead guys, so that's the Life After Death angle.
Hey, if people will believe that crap, they will certainly believe that Tide makes your whites whiter, and Crest will help you find love.
Remember, TV is all about Money. (when its not about politics).
Also, they could have done a show about the possible effects of Belief on health, and psychosomatic effects.
Or, they could have showed people who have gone there and then died.
There are "spontaneous regressions" for tumours, but lots of people die too.
This is really sad.
Right now, mark my words, many people with grave illnesses are on a airplane to this John of God's compound in Brazil, and get scammed.
I wrote an email to ABC from the link to Randi's feature article on this.
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These networks will do anything for money and ratings.
Sometimes i think we are slipping into a New Dark Age of humanity. Seriously.
Coz