Ouija is a bad game and misterious, do you believe or know something about it?

Answer 1

Then there is a “game” that may seem such an innocent pastime. It is played with what is called a Ouija board. While there are variations of the board, generally it is a rectangle 24 by 18 inches (61 by 46 cm) and a quarter of an inch (0.6 cm) thick. On it are the letters of the alphabet, a row of numbers from 1 to 9 and 0, the word “Yes,” and the word “No.” The most important part is the small, heart-shaped indicator that points to each letter to spell out a message.

Players put the board on their laps and lightly place their fingers on the heart-shaped indicator. Then they ask a question and wait for an answer. Does it really work? Those who say it does are legion. “Sometimes the answers are amazingly accurate,” wrote columnist George R. Plagenz. “The Ouija board has even been known to foretell events which later have taken place.”

The game fascinates millions. In fact, a few years ago it was called “the most popular game in the U.S.—more popular than Monopoly.” (1986)

The Ouija Board—How Can It Affect You?

“THE year 1967 was a historic mile stone for the United States toy industry,’’ writes John Godwin in Occult America. “In that year Americans ditched their longest-standing favorite among board games, Monopoly, and elevated Ouija boards to its place.” During the following six years Americans purchased some ten million Ouija boards, which, in turn, lured an estimated twenty million persons to try them out. They are also popular in other countries.

What is the Ouija board? Why does it attract so many people? If you were to use it, how could the Ouija board affect you?

What Is the Ouija Board?

The Ouija board, about two feet long, a foot and a half wide and a quarter of an inch thick, contains on its surface the letters of the alphabet in two arcs, one under the other. Below these in a straight line from left to right are the numbers 1 to 9 and 0. Underneath the numerals is the phrase “Good Bye.” In the top left corner is the word “Yes,” and in the top right corner “No.”
Upon the polished surface of this board rests a small heart-shaped indicator mounted on three felt-tipped pegs with a transparent disk toward its pointed end. Usually two persons place their hands lightly on the indicator and ask questions of the board. In many cases the indicator moves from letter to letter spelling out words and sentences in answer to the questions. Sometimes the answers are amazingly accurate, even foretelling events that actually take place.

A Result of the “Subconscious”?

What makes the indicator on a Ouija board scurry back and forth spelling out messages? Is it due to the “subconscious” of the person (or persons) working the board, as some have suggested? Evidence indicates otherwise, for information received through the Ouija board often is not and could not be known or produced by the person operating it. Russell Chandler, religion writer for the Los Angeles Times, explains: “A reporter tried unsuccessfully to get any of three physicists queried at Caltech in Pasadena to offer a scientific explanation for Ouija power.”

What Makes It Work?

The Bible, however, sheds light on what makes the mysterious Ouija board work. How so? As a way of probing into the unknown, the Ouija board is a form of divination. The Bible, at 1 Samuel 15:23, places divination parallel with the use of “uncanny power.” Many who use the Ouija board attest to acquiring “psychic” ability, a truly uncanny, mysterious power that enables them to know things about other persons and events without using normal means of communication. What could be behind that power?

The Bible book of Acts of the Apostles pinpoints the source of a certain servant girl’s ability to predict the future as being “a spirit, a demon of divination.” When the apostle Paul ordered the spirit to “come out of her,” she lost her power of prediction. (Acts 16:16-19) Could the Ouija board, too, involve wicked spirits, or demons? Consider some effects of its use.

“Some researchers warn,” observes Russell Chandler, “that the game can lure the susceptible into the weird world of spirit communication—even demonic possession.” Harold Sherman, president of the ESP Research Associates Foundation in Little Rock, Arkansas, observes: “The majority who have become involved with possessive and other spirit entities came by this experience through the Ouija board.” Writer Alan Vaughan, who never had a psychic experience until the age of twenty-eight and had been skeptical about such things, relates what happened to him:

“It began on November 7, 1965, when I was trying out a newly purchased Ouija board to amuse a friend convalescing from an operation. . . . ‘Spirits’ began to appear on the board. One, who called himself ‘Z,’ answered our questions accurately and with a peculiarly old-fashioned vocabulary.

“Later, I began to experiment alone with the Ouija and soon found myself ‘possessed’ by a rather neurotic personality who called herself ‘Nada.’ . . . But then, both to my fascination and fear, ‘Nada’ got inside my head. I could hear her voice repeating the same phrases over and over again. . . . I took my Ouija to visit a friend to investigate further what was happening. I felt the presence of ‘Z’ and across the room my friend announced that the pointer was starting to move. It went to ‘Z’ and then spelled out a message: ‘Awful consequences—possession.’ At that point I became alarmed, for it had not occurred to me that having a strange voice in one’s head was tantamount to possession.”

A Pennsylvania woman tells of an experience in her family as a result of using a Ouija board:

“It told us many lies but it also told us many things which were true. . . . Then one night when we were all in bed, my mother was having her usual bedtime snack before turning in. All of a sudden we heard a crash, a yell and a cat hissing and spitting and running like mad around the kitchen. When we got up to see what was wrong, we found my mother on the floor, tea spilled all over her and the cat half out of its mind.

“Immediately we got out the Ouija board . . . We asked, ‘What happened?’ Answer: ‘I broke your mother’s chair and I scared the cat.’ ‘Why?’ ‘For fun.’ ‘Who are you?’ Then this thing slowly spelled out ‘D-e-v-i-l.’ . . .

“It also (previously) made many indecent proposals to my sister, spelled out filthy words, and scared her half to death!”

“Psychological Russian Roulette”

Some object that most people do not have such unusual experiences with the Ouija board. But should that make any difference? Should you explore something that both the Bible and real-life experiences show can be related to “wicked spirit forces”? (Eph. 6:12) Surely the Scriptures are reasonable when asking: “Can a man rake together fire into his bosom and yet his very garments not be burned?”—Prov. 6:27.

Many indeed have been “burned,” adversely affected, by experimenting with the Ouija board or in other ways trying to develop psychic powers. Says Dr. Harmon H. Bro, social scientist and specialist in psychology: “Psychic development is like playing psychological Russian roulette—like being hypnotized by a stranger of unknown training and intent.”

The connection of the Ouija board with divination, spiritism and “uncanny power,” all of which God disapproves, along with the frightening experiences that many have had, makes it plain that experimenting with the Ouija board could have only a detrimental effect on you.—Deut. 18:10-12.

Answer 2

It depends on who's using it. If you believe that its only a game and that you or your friends are really moving it then its harmless.
If you are skeptical its likely you'll just sit there. Nothing will happen.

But I have read and heard things (not by Christians by the way, but Witches, other Pagans, etc. (fluffy and very much NON-fluffy) that warn very strongly against using them. The board acts as a sort of "doorway" through which spirits can communicate and interact with the participants. Some are friendly, helpful, some are bored or annoyed, some are angry and vengeful. And without knowing how to protect yourself it is really not a good idea to use them. And if you do know how to protect yourself adequately you probably don't need the board, either way, why use it? There are many other safer forms of divination.

Answer 3

Ouija = the belief one can receive messages during a séance by the Ouija board (also called talking board, spirit board) and planchette. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette which then moves about a board covered with numbers, letters and symbols so as to spell out messages.

Ouija is a trademark for a talking board currently sold by Parker Brothers. While the word is not a genericized trademark, it has become a trademark which is often used generically to refer to any talking board.

Answer 4

I've had some very freaky experiences using it with people that had a lot of knowledge about those.

All I know for certain, is that I came away with a feeling that it isn't something to be treated as a toy.

At best nothing will happen. At worst you'll have an experience that will not be enjoyable. One thing for sure about them, there IS NO TRUTH to be found in it.

Answer 5

All humans have telepathic and empathic ability due to the "spirit" within. And that higher lifeform, (our spirit), can communicate with other higher lifeforms.
No Mystery.
The thing about Oiuja boards, is that it makes it look like a game. Which it is not. As there are pleasant, and
unpleasant lifeforms out there. Just as there are in our
world.

Answer 6

Ouija is witchcraft through a medium in the form of a game that is no different than reading a horoscope, getting a reading from a "psychic", etc..

Those who say it is just a game don't realize that it is a gateway to demon possession when they play it.

Satan deceives the "intelligent" with logic. His objective is to possess and control those who possesses and controls what is his.

Answer 7

I believe that it really depends on the person using it. I think that it is- to me- just a game, nothing evil or supernatural about it. However if it really is possible to open a "portal" to other dimensions or somehow capable of inviting an evil entity into the users life, then it really depends on the mindset of the person. If it is possible to be possessed then I think that would be a good gateway for that to happen, but I think the majority of its pull is a hyped up reputation

Answer 8

I wouldn't call Ouija a bad game, but it is dangerous. I'm certainly not willing to risk a malicious spirit setting my curtains on fire. NEVER EVER USE AN OLD OUIJA BOARD! Old Ouija boards seem to attract more ghosts, or at least that's what I'm told.

Answer 9

I agree with Christoph... C , I too played with one and the consequences were very bad. Perhaps it was just coincidence but that's a risk I'm not willing to take again.

Answer 10

well i've played it a few times i find it interesting i don't believe that it's a bad game so i guess i do believe a little i've seen some pretty weird things happen with a ouiija board

Answer 11

Sold at Wal-Marts across America.