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Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead
- Lifetime Television
- Genre: Reality TV
Common Sense Media says
Quirky medium will entrance believers.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that in this reality show, a medium communicates with people who have died and passes along messages to their loved ones. Of course with all this talk about death -- including suicides -- it can get pretty intense, and younger or more sensitive kids may be confused and even freaked out by the idea.
What's the story?
In LISA WILLIAMS: LIFE AMONG THE DEAD, viewers follow a quirky English clairvoyant as she attempts to contact and speak to the dead. In each episode, Williams stops strangers on the street to get them to agree to an impromptu reading, a tactic that's often met with shock and surprise. Next come several segments in which Williams works with people who have traveled to her adopted hometown of Los Angeles for the express purpose of working with her to correspond with the dead.
Is it any good?
Williams is a quirky character, and viewers will either love her or hate her. She often gets agitated and emotional when speaking to the dead and can be so focused on her work that she takes on an almost haunted aura. In one episode, Williams relayed loving messages from an American serviceman killed in Iraq to his wife back home and helped a pair of sisters realize why their mother committed suicide. After a long day's work, Williams puts on her cap -- signaling to the spirits that she's off the clock -- and returns home to her husband, Kevin, and young son, Charlie.
Although things can get a little intense (and some kids might be freaked out by the idea of talking to spirits), there's nothing particularly harmful about the show, as long as parents are OK with the death- and psychic-centered content. Since some segments deal with potentially touchy subjects (suicide, for starters), save this one for older tweens and up.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about what happens to a person after they die. Is there such a thing as an afterlife? How do different faiths tackle the idea of the afterlife? What do you think happens? Is it possible for people to communicate from "beyond the grave"? Do you believe that Williams is really talking to spirits? Do you think her clients find peace after a reading?
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Any skeptic will be transformed. It's an incredible show!
This is truly my favorite program right now. She is amazing and I hope the show continues.
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Satanism. Pure Satanism.
Deuteronomy, Chapter 18, Verses 10 and 11: There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Ephesians, Chapter 5, Verse 11: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Translation: Don't be a Satan-worshiping necromancer. Don't have any connections to them.
This is pure evil. This is nothing more than an evil, Satanic plot to twist people's minds to thinking that necromancy is nothing more than an innocent game.
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Lisa Williams...Fun and Honest.
I think Lisa Williams is exceptional. She brings answers and closure to people who have lost their loved ones.
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goosebump central
This is quickly becoming one of our most favorite watched shows. Lisa seems to be right on, and the best thing about her is her genuine compassion for helping people, and the enjoyment she gets out of it.
As for kids watching this program, my daughter is 10, and she has the mentality to be able to understand this type of show. It is a judgement call on parents if their children can understand this.
Great show!!!
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Lisa Williams is in very dangerous territory
No one can communicate with the dead. Lisa Williams is channeling her answers through demonic sources, known as "familiar spirits". These spirits are familiar with people who have died, and transmit very accurate facts about that dead person to the channeler (Lisa). The dead themselves are not and cannot communicate. It is very dangerous to use such methods, since Lucifer himself is the source of such deceptions. I hope this explanation will help you avoid such people. Lisa herself likely believes that she is actually communicating with the dead. Hopefully she will soon understand her deception and refrain from such activities.
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| TV rating: | TV-PG |
| Network: | Lifetime Television |
| Cast: | Lisa Williams |
| Genre: | Reality TV |
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