Ouija boards?

Question

what do you think of them ive been thinking of useing one do they work or is it a load of piffle

Answer 1

Well, I'm proud to admit that I was always the one moving the cursor around to spell out names and words that would freak out my friends. Although- I sometimes had to push pretty hard, as everyone else was trying to do that as well.

it's a piece of plastic and cardboard... what do you think?

Answer 2

I'm inclined to think of them as a load of piffle. In his book, Tricks of the Mind, Derren Brown explains a perfectly good naturalistic explaination of what occurs. Read up on ideomotor effect (someone making unconcious physical movements in response to an idea)

Answer 3

Parker Brothers did not invent the Ouija Board. It had already been around for awhile when it was bought by Parker Brothers in 1966 and turned into a commercial success as a board game. Its beginnings lie in the distant past when an earlier version (a tripod device) was used in the ancient ways of Babylon and Greece to contact departed spirits. The tripod became the pointer now used with the Board, which is printed with the alphabet, the numbers 1-9, a 0 (zero), and the words 'Goodbye', 'Yes', and 'No'. There are other boards like this with different names, but with the same history and purpose. The modern version of this game was developed by a man named Planchette, a spiritualist (someone who contacts the dead as part of their religion). The Board was further transformed around the turn of the century under the direction and ownership of two men, Elijah J. Bond and William Fuld. Fuld’s name can be seen on the Ouija Board today. The name Ouija is a combination of the French and German words for 'yes': Oui and Ja. According to Bond and Fuld, the Board suggested its own name. The primary purpose of the board is and always has been to contact disembodied spirits. Contacting the dead is called necromancy, and contacting spirits is spiritism, both strongly condemned by God (Deut. 18:9-12; Lev. 19:31, 20:6; I Sam 28, II Kings 21:6; Is. 8:19, 19:3-4). The Board’s translated name, 'yes, yes', is an ingenious and subtle way to invite spirit contact. Dead people cannot hang around after death; you cannot communicate with a dead person. The practices and techniques of contacting the dead and contacting spirits are used widely in the occult. Although the pointer is often moved intentionally or subconsciously by the players, you are putting yourself in a vulnerable position when using the Board. By 'playing' this 'game', you are showing an interest in spirit contact. If contact is made, it is demons (evil spirits, fallen angels), not the dead, who are responding. If Satan can disguise himself as "an angel of light" (2 Cor. 11:14), then it is not improbable that fallen angels can disguise themselves as the dead. The Ouija Board is not harmless just because it is marketed as a game. Satan, the master of deception and seduction, is good at twisting the truth into lies (Gen. 3:1-6; Jn. 8:44). Satan likes disguises and his lies are often disguised as games. The next time you are tempted to play the Ouija Board as a game, look beyond its disguise and see it for what it really is. Think about this: Just what or who are you trying to contact? God tells us to seek Him instead of the dead (Is. 8:19), and Christ "lives forever to plead with God" on behalf of those who believe Him (Heb. 7:25b). Who wants the Ouija Board when you can know the One Who has "complete authority in heaven and on earth!" (Matt.28:18). If you are wondering about Christ, think on His words in John 5:23b-24, "He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father , who sent him. I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."

Answer 4

My dad caught our housekeepers and my uncle playing with (what we call here locally as the) Spirit of the glass - it's similar to Ouija board. He was a skeptic. He tried to put his palm over the glass, but not touching the glass. He called on the the spirit of a dead politician and began asking questions. The glass did move and answered but Dad didn't believe it was the dead politicians spirit. He thinks it was just another evil spirit becuase there was a mispelled word in one of the answers. If the spirit was a politician he would have known how to spell that word right.

I suggest that you don't try it. I heard that everytime these crafts are used, hell's door opens.

Answer 5

I'm not sure what "piffle" is... but it's a load of something, alright. It's just a game, influenced only by the players.

Answer 6

It's a load of piffle.

Answer 7

They work off of you subconsciously moving the pointer where you want it. If you try it blindfolded, you'll see that it doesn't work - especially if the board is randomly reversed.

Answer 8

Just like the above said a hunk of junk..wood. The occult on the other had is nothing to play around with. There is a God and his opponent is evil but his days are numbered. He is a loser.

Answer 9

I've had eratic experiences with them. They just don't work for me.

Answer 10

its a whole of s**t and it dont work man!!! tried it maself wit ma mates