# Hastur, what do you have against James Randi? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402 "2001-04-26T14:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/141 "2001-04-29T16:32:08Z")
I don’t think **Hastur** will ever answer that question, but I’ll bet I can guess what he means. Randi has been around many people who claim supernatural abilities, yet he remains a diehard skeptic. There are only two possiblities. One is that all of that magic is a load of bunk. The other is that Randi isn’t “open to the experience.” So Randi is only spiritually dead in so far as he disagrees with **Hastur**. Spiritually dead is just a clever insult for someone who disagrees with **Hastur**. By that standard we are all probably spiritually dead. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/142 "2001-04-29T16:44:43Z")
I hereby nominate Dr.Lao as president of the newly established _Society Of Zombies_. Anybody want to second it? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/143 "2001-04-29T17:22:24Z")
I’ll second! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/144 "2001-04-29T17:35:16Z")
Wait a minute! I came up with the idea of zombies! I nominate ME! If elected, I promise brains in every pot and two graveyards filled with your native soil in your backyard! 😃 Zombie-Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/145 "2001-04-29T17:37:07Z")
I’ll also work for legislation that will help all Zombies care for their mummies. (This advert. has been paid for by the Zombies and Undead for Fenris committee (ZUF!) ) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/146 "2001-04-29T20:06:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Lao \* > Spiritually dead is just a clever insult for someone who disagrees with **Hastur**. It’s not clever. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/147 "2001-04-29T21:15:22Z")
> [@](#): > > If elected, I promise brains in every pot and two graveyards filled with your native soil in your backyard! [Simpsons] Brains… Bra-a-a-ains… ::finds Hastur:: ::taps on his head… peeks in his ear:: ::shoves him away:: \*\*Brains!!! _Bra-a-a-ains!!!_/b] [/Simpsons] ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/148 "2001-04-30T13:29:56Z")
I will now use my magik powers to make Hastur come back here and prove magick works. Hmmm, okay, I guess magic Doesn’t work, after all… ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402/149 "2001-05-01T01:00:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > I like him and agree with him, but sometimes I wonder if he is the best public representative of skepticism - he does come across as rather abrasive and aggressive…He’s got a lot of fans among people who already don’t believe in psychics and the supernatural because he’s expressing what they are feeling, but how many converts to rationality has he brought over? Persuation tends to be an incremental process, but I suspect he’s edged quite a few over to the side of rationality. I saw the Amazing Randi at a local magic show when I was around 12 and can still recall his attack on 'ol Geller as well as his demonstration of spoon bending. From the looks of this thread, it appears that Randi has touched many others in similar ways. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hastur-what-do-you-have-against-james-randi/63402.md?page=7)