Would you dare mess around with a ouija board and have you any tales about them?

Answer 1

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 2

I will not touch them. I simply do not feel that I have the powers to prevent spirits from using one as a gateway.

When I was little, we grew up in an extremely haunted house. After 4 years of this, my mother was cleaning out the attic and found an old Ouija board. She threw it out and we had no problems after that. Could have been a coincidence, but who knows?

Answer 3

I did a long time ago when I was in high school. My friend and I were asking it all kinds of questions, it told us that it was a spirit that lived on the land that my parents house is built on a long time ago. It said that it lives in my parents house but would not hurt us, and I have seen alot of strange things in my parents house since then. Even my mom and dad believe that something is there besides us. My dog will just perk her ears up and stare into another room, as if she was transfixed on something. Then we got a hold of another spirit that was evil. It told my friend that there was no hope for her, that she was going to hell. It started moving in figure 8's over the board, faster and faster. We let go at the same time, and the moving part flew into the wall and broke. It freaked me out so bad that i will never ever touch one again!!

Answer 4

i think they are bull but at the same time I wouldnt like to take the chance. In my school, an irish convent school, rumours about some girls using a ouija board got out to teachers and they brought in the local bishop to bless every classroom. Honestly

Answer 5

I did it and got the crap scared out of me....we were all downstairs and told the spirit we contacted to make something move and precisely at that time a glass flew across the room upstairs and broke.....we all had seen it in our friends bedroom and there was no other way for it to get across the room unless it was thrown.

Needless to say I never played with the ouija board again:O

Answer 6

i would never miss with the dark side. my mom's step mother messed around with the dark side & died a horrible death.

one story i heard was these guyz trying it out for the first N last time. someone got hit by the spirit or something wild like that. the guy is too terrified to even talk about the incident.

my dad's 1st wife used to use it to find out EVERYTHING. she knew all my dad's dirty little secrets.

i'd never do it. yikes!

Answer 7

Ha ha ha i love it! Yet another man made invention like the bible that people seem to think has connections with god and the devil.What man could create that board knowing that you can contact spirits by using letters and numbers? Its a load of **** and its a trick of the mind.

Answer 8

I've used a Ouija Board in a ''haunted'' house, and it did absolutely nothing.

Answer 9

I have answered this question many times. I played with it years ago a home made board, letters, numbers etc outside in daylight. I asked what age I was going to die and it told me 32 so now that I am well past my 32nd birthday it is now on my mind 2032. Watch this space.

Answer 10

I would; i'd like to know what all the hype's about. As for stories, I've got a couple but I'm guessing none of them are true. The people who told me sounded very convinved though :)