[muawiyah]

"End of the world. Film at 11."

[FReepaholic]

ooooooWEEEEEEoooooooo!!!

[Richard Kimball]

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.

[CzarNicky]

who brought the popcorn?

[NYer]

The planchette, seemingly under its own power, zigged and zagged slowly across the board, moving from one letter to another, spelling out the word “B-E-E-L-Z-E-B-U-L.".

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.

[Ken522]

Good article - thanks for posting it !

[FJ290]

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.

[Zeroisanumber]

Here's a little experiment for you: Have two people put on blindfolds before you sit them down to use a ouiji board. Then, before they start turn the board upside down. If something from the spirit world is guiding the planchette, inverting the board shouldn't matter.

Thanks to Penn Gilette and Teller.

[muir_redwoods]

"....spelling out the word “B-E-E-L-Z-E-B-U-L.”

So, in addition to all of his other faults, the devil can't spell?

[Ozone34]

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.

[Rodney King]

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.

[Defiant]

So I guess this would be prohibited, too?

[Nihil Obstat]

'The Exorcist': The Story Behind the Movie

FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS

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I was watching the movie "The Exorcist" with some of my friends. Can the devil really possess someone? Does the Church really do exorcisms? I heard that the movie is based on a real story. Is that true?

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Last week, Straight Answers addressed the issues of diabolical possession and exorcism. Concerning both the book and the movie versions, The Exorcist was based on a true account of diabolical possession. One must remember that the book and especially the movie have certain sensational, "hollywoodesque" elements which are purely fictional.

The true story began in January 1949 and involved a 13-year-old boy named Robbie who lived with his parents and grandmother in Mt. Rainier, Maryland. Robbie was very close to his aunt who visited the family frequently from St. Louis, Missouri. She was a medium and attempted to communicate with the spirit world. Not only did she spark Robbie’s interest in this practice, she also taught him how to use the Ouija board.

Strange phenomena began happening on Jan. 10, 1949. The family heard scratching on the walls; however, exterminators found no evidence of pests of any kind. Objects moved by themselves: a table would turn over, a chair would move across the room, a vase would fly through the air, and a picture of Christ would shake. At night, Robbie felt scratching in his bed, and he suffered nightmares frequently.

After the aunt died suddenly on Jan. 26, Robbie continued to use the Ouija board to communicate with her and others. The strange phenomena also continued. Moreover, Robbie’s disposition changed — he become unsettled, agitated, and angry.

rest of article here -

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0137.html

[Dog Gone]

We can begin answering that by looking at the four types of pure spirit beings who we know inhabit the spiritual world: God, angels, disembodied human souls and demons.

We know that?

[PandaRosaMishima]

I taught my children that a Ouija board was basically used for one thing only: teenage girls asking which boys liked them, or would cheat on them. It seems to have taken any interest they ever had out of the thing.
Is it wrong to use a lie to thwart another lie?

[labette]

I figured the secular freepers would be over a hundred replies by now.

It was good to post this.
Maybe someone somewhere will heed this warning.

[Piers-the-Ploughman]

One more very strong NO! to this "game".

It opens the door to Satan and the occult.

[Larry Lucido]

Basically, a waste of time.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

H I L L A R Y C L I N T O N
W I L L B E P R E S I D E N T

MU-HAHA, MUHAHAHAHA!!!

[lastchance]

From personal experience I can tell you that the OUI JA board is dangerous, it is a way to open doors which had best remain closed. I thank God that He warned me away from the board. He did this through a dream after I had asked for and received the ouija board for a b'day present. I used it maybe 2 times before I had the dream.
The next morning I broket that thing in 1/2 and tossed it in the garbage.

The spirit world is not alway benign.