Several children in my local middle school were found playing with ouiji boards during their lunch period, and some of the girls have been carrying around books about how to do love spells so that they can get boyfriends before the upcoming dance. Most of the kids thought it was "no big deal". How can we teach our children the difference between what is harmless fun and what is dabbling in the tools of the devil, especially when society makes the two so ambiguous?
2007-03-15 05:26:14 · 17 answers · asked by fairy*chick~ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tell me...what danger will befall these children who are dabbling in the occult?
How much do you actually know about the occult personally?
2007-03-15 05:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 6⤊ 4⤋
If you give your children a standard of conduct that you follow and you make sure they understand that it is the same standard that you hold to.
Here's the thing, YOU have to know what you are talking about when you talk to them about things like Ouija boards and spells. These days children will not only question you, they will fact check you, this is the age of information. Have enough respect for your kids to know what you are talking about.
If you truly do not know what are "tools of the devil" and which are just an alternative religious view, how can you teach them?
2007-03-15 05:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You do realise that more than half the world's population thinks your religion is wrong, right? To most people, Christianity is just as 'occult' as any love spell. So where the hell do you get off trying to push your religion on children?
Ouija boards and love spells are bullshit, but they're certainly not dangerous. Ouija boards are applications of the ideomotor effect, and love spells are applications of wishful thinking. Neither are tools of your imaginary devil.
2007-03-16 02:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-02 04:16:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first instinct was to say: Give them the Word of God, but let me tell ya this;
When I was a teenager, we went to Woodstock (the real one) and parents had a fit. We went to Black Sabbath concerts and parents had a fit. We had ozzie pictures hanging in our bedrooms, and our parents thought we were satan worshippers.
And, the more our parents freaked out, the better it was.
All kids want to defy and even shock their parents. Every generation has its own story to tell.
Just tell your kids the facts: explain to them whats real and whats not.
Explain to them that there are some things that are dangerous and others that are just
nothing more than marketing gimicks, like the ouiji board.
Whatever you do, though, DO NOT LIE TO KIDS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT STUPID. Tell them that the most powerful source is God Himself. Tell them that there are negative energies, or spirits, in the world as well, but that it is dangerous to tap into those, and why.
You have to tell them the truth, because don't forget that theres a whole world out there ready to sway them another way, and to prove you wrong, so if you don't give them the correct information, they will never listen to another word you say for the rest of your life.
An open communication with your children is your only defense against the hundreds of dangers in the world just waiting to take a bite out of your kid.
2007-03-15 05:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Through education in science, mathematics, logic.
They will be able to see the diference between fairy tales and reality.
2007-03-15 06:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are limited in our power to change other. Our prayers and words of wisdom given when required is the only tools we have sometimes.
2007-03-15 05:31:33 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Give them a good reality based education in mathematics and science. Then they'll come to see that anything with supernatural claims is just baloney.
2007-03-15 05:30:37 · answer #8 · answered by Dendronbat Crocoduck 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
ouija boards are nonsense..... they are merely an exploition of the ignorant.... what people think is satan or the dead is actually caused by an involuntary muscle movement often refered to as the ideomotor effect
once again science and common sense to the rescue.... sheesh
2007-03-15 05:39:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Statistically speaking, I think you'll find that the death rate resulting from being a Christian has historically been much higher than that for being an occultist
2007-03-15 05:33:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋