Have you ever played around with a ouija board? If so, did anything ever happen?

[_19disnA]

Never used one but think they are nonsense.

 

[Mysterian]

^Includes Faraday's experiment, which you can easily reproduce.

And for the folks getting antsy about certain hot topics like religion, it's entirely possible to discuss, dismiss, and dismantle Ouija boards without even touching on the subject of That Which Shall Not Be Named.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

I don't think they're much different than a magic 8 ball, just slightly more elaborate. IDK though, maybe some see the magic 8 ball as being sinister too.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I don't think they're much different than a magic 8 ball, just slightly more elaborate. IDK though, maybe some see the magic 8 ball as being sinister too.

Magic 8 balls aren’t historically associated with evil.

 

[Mysterian]

Magic 8 balls aren’t historically associated with evil.

Some people think even those are occult, right up there with Harry Potter books.

PS- they are forbidden with the TSA, however.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Some people think even those are occult, right up there with Harry Potter books.

PS- they are forbidden with the TSA, however.

Many deeply religious people enjoy HP and find nothing wrong with it because it is clearly fantasy based. People feel different ouija boards because it’s active participation in something evil.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Might just be one of those 'it is what you make of it' kind of things.

 

[Mysterian]

Many deeply religious people enjoy HP and find nothing wrong with it because it is clearly fantasy based. People feel different ouija boards because it’s active participation in something evil.

It's not hard to find news about bans/protests regarding Potter.

The books have even been banned in this Nashville school. "Potter books conjure evil spirits"...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-...by-a-human-being-risk-conjuring-evil-spirits/

Potter and the corruption of kids:
Opening line "Could we be raising a generation of young witches? Should we be burning all the Harry Potter books?"
https://medium.com/@hallamroffey/obscenity-harry-potter-and-the-corruption-of-kids-20a04c5ce270

History of banning and anti-Potter events:
https://theharrypotterwitchhunt.weebly.com/places-of-censorship-and-challenging.html
"According to the American Library Association, Harry Potter is now the most challenged and banned book in recent history."

And of course the films get hit too. "In 2000, the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral refused to allow his church to be filmed as part of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter film series, saying that it was unfitting for a Christian church to be used to promote pagan imagery."

And there's much more if you wish to dig further.

 

[Buzz Rules]

It's not hard to find news about bans/protests regarding Potter.

The books have even been banned in this Nashville school. "Potter books conjure evil spirits"...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-...by-a-human-being-risk-conjuring-evil-spirits/

Potter and the corruption of kids:
Opening line "Could we be raising a generation of young witches? Should we be burning all the Harry Potter books?"
https://medium.com/@hallamroffey/obscenity-harry-potter-and-the-corruption-of-kids-20a04c5ce270

History of banning and anti-Potter events:
https://theharrypotterwitchhunt.weebly.com/places-of-censorship-and-challenging.html
"According to the American Library Association, Harry Potter is now the most challenged and banned book in recent history."

And of course the films get hit too. "In 2000, the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral refused to allow his church to be filmed as part of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter film series, saying that it was unfitting for a Christian church to be used to promote pagan imagery."

And there's much more if you wish to dig further.

I’m aware.

 

[Lilsia]

Many deeply religious people enjoy HP and find nothing wrong with it because it is clearly fantasy based. People feel different ouija boards because it’s active participation in something evil.

I have met several very religious people who refused to let their kids read the books or watch the movies because "witchcraft is the devil's work". Their words, not mine. Even though HP is work of fiction, some believe that evil will touch them if they watch the movies.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

I know some that think yoga is evil too.

 

[prairie_girl]

I was wondering if you got a new dog.

nope, but if/when we do, it will be a dog that is as chill as that one lol

 

[Buzz Rules]

I have met several very religious people who refused to let their kids read the books or watch the movies because "witchcraft is the devil's work". Their words, not mine. Even though HP is work of fiction, some believe that evil will touch them if they watch the movies.

I guess it depends on where people live. My friends who went to Catholic school could find HP books in the school library.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

This whole thread has made me think, really the only evil I believe in is the kind that humans perpetrate on one another and the world around them.

 

[easyas123]

This whole thread has made me think, really the only evil I believe in is the kind that humans perpetrate on one another and the world around them.

Well said.

 

[Mysterian]

I know some that think yoga is evil too.

It can probably feel evil on the joints in certain positions.

 

[Mysterian]

This whole thread has made me think, really the only evil I believe in is the kind that humans perpetrate on one another and the world around them.

Jalapeño dropping spicy pepper truth bombs!

 

[Mysterian]

Oh, and in the 80’s, some declared even Care Bears as evil, because they had some cuddly bear magic or something. Those folks must have ran when they first saw a Furby.

 

[BayouQueen]

When I was in ninth grade, me and a couple other girls did Ouija and asked it stuff like “What page is this book turned to” as we blindly opened the book face down. It told us correct answers to a bunch of stuff like that and let me tell you, we were scared - - - - less. Also about same age, my sister and I did Ouija and kept getting a spirit that said his name was Aka Aka or something like that. At that time, we didn’t know we were largely Finnish. Years later, I saw that there is a major spirit in Finnish legend named just that. My skin crawled.
They say adolescent girls are very susceptible to spirits. I believe them.

I had a Ouija board in our house for years, but when my sister died, I got it out of the house. We’re just too medium’ish. No thanks. Too scary.

 

[LSUmiss]

I was like 12-14 when I was messing around with it so definitely no alcohol involved.

I get what you’re saying but (having to be careful with my choice of words here) couldn’t that also be said about why a specific building? Why a specific day of the week?

Well, yes, that’s exactly what I say, but that’s a whole other discussion that can’t be had.