Posted on 06/17/2006 4:15:31 PM PDT by NYer
"End of the world. Film at 11."
ooooooWEEEEEEoooooooo!!!
I believe in demons and angels. Whether the boards work or not, using them is an attempt to contact spiritual beings, and not beings that are aligned with Christ. It's like "Bloody Mary" or the magic 8 Ball. It has no power itself, but the act of using it in an attempt to contact the supernatural is a sin for a believer.
who brought the popcorn?
Lest anyone doubt, on a hot summer day several decades ago, a group of young catholic high school girls gathered in the home of one girl and had an identical experience. I was the one responsible for writing down the letters and deciphering the phrases. Like the boys in this story, we too met Satan. We also doubted and continued to play along. The house turned cold (the family did not have air conditioning). The family cat sauntered into the house, arched its back, screeched and immediately bolted back outside.
Recognizing what was happening, I asked my friend's little sister to get her mom's Rosary Beads. We placed these on the planchette and watched in horror as it levitated and shot forward into the fireplace (which was not burning).
Throughout the ages, the Ouija Board has held its place as an 'innocent' game, sold at the local Toys R Us. For those with children, be alert and counsel your children. Whatever you do, don't let this 'game' into your homes.
I have related this story to several groups of Rel Ed students over the years. If you are involved in teaching the faith, PLEASE make inquiries about divination and counsel them against this evil device.
Good article - thanks for posting it !
When our children were little, my wife and I use to shop at Toys R Us for their Christmas presents. One year we were looking for a game one of our daughters wanted(who wasn't with us at the time) and one of our other kids wanted to help find her sister this game.
She comes running up to us with a game in her hands asking us if this is what her sister wanted. She had a Quija board in her hands! What a thing to sell in a children's toy store. A tool of Satan.
You're on your own, popcorn could be seen as gluttony and I won't be tempted with those demon seeds.
I've been wanting to market a Ouija mouse pad for a long
time. Talk about Spooks!
B-E-E-L-Z-E-B-U-B-B-A !!!
Thanks to Penn Gilette and Teller.
Here in the United States, we're spiritually pretty flabby. In some third world countries, you become very aware of the spiritual warfare that's going on.
So, in addition to all of his other faults, the devil can't spell?
Well Someone needs to get the popcorn. I'm concentrating on sloth.
My brother and I had this game when we were kids. Played it for hours.
Neither of us became "possessed" or had any unusual experiences.
The only thing I remember from those sessions was it predicted that Romania would win World War 3.
In the preface to an updated edition of "Hostage to the Devil" before he died, Fr. Malachy Martin specifically warned against such occult activities. He attributed increased interest in Ouiji boards and Enneagrams as contributing to the rise in cases of demonic possession.
We could play cards while we wait for someone to show up with popcorn.
My personal favorite is lust.
Already out there. Too little, too late.
Look. Someone is always pushing the ouija thing. I know, I was the one who always did it. I can't tell you how many times girls I was playing with (between when I was 13 and 16) went home crying because the board told them that their older boyfriends were cheating on them, or if they were people I didn't like that they were going to die in a fiery car wreck.
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