Actually no, I don't get it. Why would you have no right to use Tarot, just because it might be wrong in some single casss? I mean, if you were a doctor and had to decide wether to do a surgery or not, a decision like this would be surely based on some diagnosis that is uncertain too. And you can't just not decide, you will decide anyway, and be it by just doing nothing. The best thing you can do is to include as much information as possible to base your decision on. And if you believe at least partly in divination, why should you leave out this source of information just because it is uncertain? I do have faith in doctors although I am perfectly aware that they might kill me during an operation that goes wrong. And I would be already dead if I hadn't in the past.
Here's the way I see it... that doctors (for example) don't generally have to impress people by saying that this many felt this way about their services, and back it up with statistics (as online readers do). So comparing a doctor to what online readers face as far as faith from readers is like comparing apples and oranges.
Comparing doctors and public perception to offline readers, well our society idolizes those in the medical profession. They like to scrutinize and dissect the services of those involved in divination services. That's just talking about the perception, by the people who the services are in theory to be exchanged with. People in our field deserve more faith and respect than what is issued by society as a whole; I feel that if I had ever seen anything that shook my faith considerably, no I would prefer to keep it to myself. With one exception, if for some reason I lost faith in Tarot divination altogether. Then why should I? All shams should be exposed.
As for me, personally I believe that the information had better be right all the time. I do believe it is (that which is held within the cards). I do believe that it's my responsibility as a reader to learn how to apply it. I do also, as stated believe that if I didn't, I would be a sham artist, encouraging people to gamble on issues of concern. I couldn't convince myself it was right to talk people into utilizing a service which is fundamentally flawed.
IMO it's exactely the other way round. If you blindly believe in diviniation by denying that it might go wrong then you will automatically rule out other sources of information if they conflict with your divinational message.
Taken out of context. I said that there is much room for error on the part of the reader. I have never claimed to have an accuracy level of anything close to perfection. I truly don't believe anyone can have a 100% accuracy rating or close to it.
And THIS can be indeed irresponsible. If your sitter told you about a pain in his or her chest (physically, not metaphorically), would you seriously lay a spread to find out if this might be a heart attack coming or would you rather call an ambulance or at least a doctor? You will always weigh up what to trust more in every single situation.
I wouldn't do a reading for health issues; don't believe it's my place and the risk is too high.
And why would you not tell anybody if you had doubt in divination being infallable? What do I have to read between the lines about about to "adopt a secret society hush up sort of a stance to this"?
No one has to do anything, not by me or anyone else. What works for me is not works for others in all cases. I threw that out there for those that agree. Those that agree may or may not be the minority, but I guarantee you they exist, because whether anyone likes it or not, they exist in most industries; these are the people that protect the reputation of these industries which allow them to thrive. If these people (along with their ways) did not exist, I believe many industries would face more chaotic 'public versus the industry' perceptions, much more often.
Well, something I learned here at AT is indeed, that looking critically into the details of how tarot works and how it doesn't, or reflecting too much about the mechanisms that make it work might for some people in some situations spoil the magic of the whole thing and maybe even have a negative effect on their reading abilities. I am sure I would honor myself too much thinking that my two cents I am adding here and there had more than virtually no influence at all. But still, as I don't want to spoil anybody's fun I only post my remarks in threads titled like "Could readings go wrong" or "How tarot works" or stuff like that. This should be enough of a "spoiler alert" to keep the more sensitive people away, since this is an open forum where all kinds of matters can be discussed. What a poor place would AT become if a "hush up" attitude would be given a chance to spread...
Your analysis on my comment to encourage those that prefer to, to 'hush up' (of course then, only if they found it necessary and favorable to do so), is based upon an assumption. The assumption is that the comment was directed at all. Yes, just everyone now just sweep all details of everything you ever saw that inspired doubt (regarding the information provided by the cards, I didn't say anything about hiding that we can make mistakes) under the carpet. And just because I said so. First of all I know that people aren't that feeble that their opinion would change due to anything I said.
But this is all paraphrasing, because I don't believe that all people should do this, as I said. This world requires balance. That wouldn't create a balanced field. We need those that choose to do that. You have your right to feel that we don't! You still have the right to your opinion, but you haven't changed mine.
