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The fascinating and troubling history behind the Ouija board; Is it just a simple and harmless game, or a diabolical window into the spirit world?
Christian Post ^ | 11/16/2020 | Billy Hallowell

Posted on 11/17/2020 7:06:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 11/17/2020 7:06:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, we know what happened to Linda Blair when she began playing with one.


2 posted on 11/17/2020 7:07:08 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: SeekAndFind

Like all kids I payed with one.

But I have seen videos that have scared the heebie jeebies out of me.


3 posted on 11/17/2020 7:08:21 AM PST by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh this silliness again. Really, anybody that believes a piece of mass produced plastic and pasteboard can contact the spirit world is just dumb.


4 posted on 11/17/2020 7:08:39 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: SeekAndFind

I have one on my book shelf that I swear glows in the dark.

I mean, it’s a “glow-in-the-dark” board, so it’s kinda supposed to...

Beyond that, not a single demon. I think mine may be broken.


5 posted on 11/17/2020 7:10:45 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: discostu

lol

Tell that to Linda Blair!! :)

I am glad to see sensible answers regarding a silly game.

Don’t need a toy invented only a little over 100 years ago to contact dark spirits or evil forces.

Just join the dem party :)


6 posted on 11/17/2020 7:12:45 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: discostu

So glad to see someone else say this.

What a load of rubbish this stuff is.


7 posted on 11/17/2020 7:14:28 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: SeekAndFind

Was primarily designed as a tool to open your mind and SOUL to outside influences, IMO Stupid, Evil.


8 posted on 11/17/2020 7:15:08 AM PST by gdc61 (LOL not.)
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To: discostu

So for clarification, you believe in spooks but just don’t think you can contact them through a game board? How about other childrens’ toys? How about through mechanical or electronic means?


9 posted on 11/17/2020 7:17:09 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: SeekAndFind

I played with the Ouija board when I was around 13 years old. It told me I would some day be a major league baseball player for the Detroit Tigers. I didn't believe it, because I was certain I'd be playing for my favorite team, the Cincinnati Reds.

Neither scenario has turned out to be true so far, but I'm fairly certain neither team would be interested in a 61 year old rookie.

10 posted on 11/17/2020 7:19:32 AM PST by Dan in Wichita
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To: Hatteras

For clarification I believe in the possibility but so have seen no evidence that’s is for sure or they (if there is a they) could be contacted. And certainly no mass produced product can accomplish it. I mean really if you could talk to the dead should contacting the Founders be part of every SCOTUS decision?


11 posted on 11/17/2020 7:19:39 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: SeekAndFind

Playing with a Ouija board is like walking up to a Democrat and asking who to vote for. You are basically openly admitting you want to reach the spirit world. If I am some dark Satanic force, you just invited me to play with you.


12 posted on 11/17/2020 7:20:27 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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...when America experienced ... an “obsession with spiritualism”...the Associated Press was reporting on the new emergence of so-called talking boards ... a group of businessmen...had come together to figure out a way to monetize the new tool.

...when America experienced ... an “obsession with racism”...the Associated Press was reporting on the new emergence of so-called systemic racism ... a group of marxist professors...had come together to figure out a way to monetize the new tool.

13 posted on 11/17/2020 7:20:41 AM PST by posterchild
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To: SeekAndFind

I know of a lady who painted an entire ouija board on her living room floor. I guess it’s about 12x18’. She says company hardly even notices it, and one day she might get herself a skirt-blowing machine, to “make it pop.”
Long-time friend of the family. Out there, but she certainly pegged the 2020 election as one for the ages. Something to do with Jupiter and Saturn, but I’ve forgotten the details. I do owe her a dinner for a bet I made with her on the election. Restaurant of her choice. Ha! She didn’t foresee covid lockdowns!


14 posted on 11/17/2020 7:21:44 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: discostu

Everyone knows that only the Magic 8 Ball can do that.


15 posted on 11/17/2020 7:22:49 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: SeekAndFind

Anything that takes one's focus of off God potentially invites evil. Typically this can include drugs, alcohol, money, sex power, etc. but could also include much more mundane and seemingly harmless diversions over which one develops an obsession. This is not to say that the object or preoccupation itself invites evil, but the individual's obsession with it creates a wide opening through which malign spirits can subtly or openly let themselves in.

The insidious aspect of the ouija board is that it is marketed and portrayed as harmless, mysterious fun coupled with the spiritual realm. It simultaneously intrigues and elicits curiosity while prompting one to lower one's guard.

16 posted on 11/17/2020 7:26:11 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s an invitation to the spirit world, and that open door can permit evil spirits in. I know that many antique dealers won’t touch them at any price. Scoffers are simply “unenlightened” and luckily so.


17 posted on 11/17/2020 7:29:01 AM PST by LateBoomer
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To: SeekAndFind

I used to play with one with my friends as a kid.

I steered the pointer around myself, so I know it's fake.

18 posted on 11/17/2020 7:29:41 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: freedumb2003

“But I have seen videos that have scared the heebie jeebies out of me”

My Camp Fire girls club played with one all the time. I remember laying in bed those nights when I got home, I was terrified, many times got in bed with my mom and dad.


19 posted on 11/17/2020 7:39:19 AM PST by Toespi
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I won’t allow one in my house.


20 posted on 11/17/2020 7:43:18 AM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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