If you use a Ouija board does that make you Evil?
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if used innocently it is a fun teen thing to do to expand your mind to create your own view of the world (instead of being told what to think).  But if used to inspire dark magic like hatred, then watch out for skeletons in your closet. who knows what you'll conjure.\n\nthere maybe a taboo attached to ouija board cuz maybe in ancient times only royalty were allowed to use magic like this, but now in our times without royal traditions (hoorah!!) all can be free to explore.
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A "oujia" (sic) board is a child's toy, and the only "power" it has is the power of your imagination.\n\nIf you think you're communicating with the other side, please obtain rock-hard, verifiable, credible, scrutable, empirical, objective proof of this and present your findings for review.\n\nI'm sure we shall all love to hear from you when you do.\n\n'til then,  tootles love.  Oh, and if a ouija (correct sp.) board "takes your life" -- please find a way to contact us from beyond and inform us.  Tanx oodles.
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Don't mess with it. You are not ready to handle what happens after you mess with. burn it if i was you. Bad stuff will happen to you if you continue to use it.\n\nOuija: How Does It Work?  \n \nIs the Ouija a fascinating game for harmless fun... or a dangerous gateway to the unknown? \nYour fingertips lightly touch the edge of the planchette. Your friend does the same on the opposite side. You consciously move the planchette in circles around the board to get it “warmed up.” Then you ask your question. No response at first. Then slowly the planchette begins to move, seemingly on its own – at least you’re not trying to move it. Sliding from one letter to the next, the planchette spells out its answer. And it seems to fit. More questions are asked, and with increasing speed the Ouija provides its responses, letter by letter. Seemingly with significance. Sometimes with dark significance.\n\nWhat’s behind the Ouija? How does it work? Is it, as the manufacturer suggests, a harmless game? Or is something more sinister involved? In a recent poll of readers conducted at this site, 65 percent believed the Ouija to be a dangerous tool. While a majority of respondents (41 percent) believed that the board was controlled by the users’ subconscious, 37 percent believed it was controlled by spirits, and 14 percent feared that it was under the influence of demonic spirits.\n\nThe Ouija board as we know it dates back to the late 1800s when at the height of the spiritualist movement it was a popular parlor game. Over the years, many manufacturers have marketed Ouijas and other “talking boards.” At The Museum of Talking Boards – one of the best websites about the Ouija – you can see and read about the many incarnations of the board. Currently, apart from the familiar Ouija board marketed by Parker Brothers (now part of Hasbro), there are about eight other styles of talking boards that all work in pretty much the same way – with a pair of hands resting on a planchette that points to words or spells out answers to questions asked.\n\nThe Ideomotor Effect\n\nThe ideomotor effect refers to involuntary and unconscious motor behavior. The term “ideomotor action” was coined by William Carpenter in 1882 in his explanation for the movements of dowsing rods and pendulums by dowsers, and table turning by spirit mediums. The movement of pointers on Ouija boards is also due to the ideomotor effect.\n\nCarpenter argued that muscular movement can be initiated by the mind independently of volition or emotions. We may not be aware of it, but suggestions can be made to the mind by others or by observations. Those suggestions can influence the mind and affect motor behavior. What is purely physiological, however,  appears to some to be paranormal.\n\n– from The Skeptic’s Dictionary\n \nWhy to many people believe that spirits make the Ouija’s plastic planchette move? For one, because they cannot understand how their subconscious might be doing it. For another, the Ouija itself often tells them so. It’s not uncommon for users to ask during a session, “Who is controlling this board?” And very often the Ouija will oblige the users, spelling out a name unknown to the users. Further inquiries sometimes reveal that the controlling spirit died recently, or some other such drama, and can provide cryptic messages and even warnings to the users. Too often, however, users take these messages at face value, never considering that they could be coming from their own imaginations.\n\nSo which is it? Are we controlling the Ouija or not? The Museum of Talking Boards articulates the two prevailing theories on how the Ouija works – the automatism theory and the spiritualist theory:\n\nThe Automatism Theory – The clinical term is “ideomotor response.” You may not know that you are moving the message indicator, but you are. This is similar to automatic writing, also know as automatism, a well-understood phenomenon. Mediums in years pas
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When I was a teenager I had a Ouija board. At first I did believe that spirits were controlling it. But after a while I realized that it's really the subconscious mind that moves the piece. I figured this out because the "spirits" wouldn't answer any questions correctly that I didn't already know the answer to. Plus it was the way the piece moved sometimes, it didn't seem like an actual spirit was controlling it.
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Ouija (pronounced wee-juh or wee-jee) refers to the belief that one can receive messages during a séance by the use of a Ouija board (also called a talking board or spirit board) and planchette. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette which then moves about a board covered with numbers, letters and symbols so as to spell out messages.
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A Ouija board can be made from anything.  I've made them using notebook paper and an old keyring.  Though I must say, the better the materials, the better the board will work.\n\nRemember, it'll only manifest what you bring with you.
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NEVER USE A OUIJA BOARD!!!! IT leaves your body valnurable to any spirit human or inhuman! then you can be possesed! and yes it is possible. (answer to your second question)
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They work, but often the spirits won't cooperate, and they will just spell out rubbish. Also, you need to be able to protect yourself psychicly before attempting to use one. They are great, but they can be dangerous.
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As a teenager, before I was a Christian, I had a personal experience with using a Ouija board and it actually worked!\nI agree with you about a fallen angel manipulated it, because it followed me home and tried  to bother me.\n\nOnce as a teen, I messed around in a haunted house and an evil spirit followed me home and actually tried to possess my body. So people out there, beware! Leave the Ouija boards and haunted houses alone!
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no.you should not believe in that,many people get offended but not me.u should believe god instead of that stuff.what i'm saying is some people just say they saw spirits just to get attention,if u see a video or a tv show that shows "Spirits"it's just a flashlight on the wall or a holographic projector.e-mail me sometime at surferchick@yahoo.com
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Dude, don't even THINK of using one of those things.  It is true, nothing may happen, but I've heard of demonic entities and their ilk wreaking havoc through those things.  Stay away!
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Yes, it is real. Yes, it can be dangerous. More people are better. 2 is the minimum. NEVER do it by yourself. There is no scientific explanation. \n\nThere are several websites which outline the correct method for using the "Talking Board." Many people consider it nothing but evil. This is not true. It DOES however, attract negative energy. So you must always ask for only those spirits of a positive nature to speak through the board. Here are some links that will be of help in deciding if you really want to do this. Best of luck.\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Boardwalk/5335/menu.html\n\nhttp://www.ghosts.org/ouija.html\n\nhttp://www.paganpath.com/cgi-bin/wit/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=28;t=335\n\nhttp://www.crystalinks.com/ouija.html\n\nhttp://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/barada/309/ouija.html#\n\nhttp://paranormal.about.com/cs/ouijaboards/ht/use_ouija.htm
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yes, my brother and i used to play ouija with our idiot cousin keith all the time.  my brother and i would always make it spell out "keith must die".  keith was so stupid he'd go running to his mom crying and my brother and i would about bust a gut laughing.  \n\ni don't think they are real.  i've talked with others who are creeped out by them.  my wife went to a seance once and they used a ouija board.  she got so freaked out that she won't even allow one in the house now.  according to her, (i wasn't there.  if i had been there the board would've spelled out 'Keith must die')  the room got real cold and the board spelled out 'please help me stay dead'.\n\nwhoa, that's a creepy enough message that i don't think anyone living would come up with it.  but then again, VERY FEW living people have had the board always spell out "KEITH MUST DIE".
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they are evil avoid them at all costs they are a door way to Satanic forces and evil spirits\nplaying with that "mess" will cause a hot mess in your life\nso very dangerous in my opinion and in my christian training and education
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get out your ouija board and light a candle and summons the web gods to let you in bwahahahahaha
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when i was younger i had one and i found that thing to be evil. have you ever tried to destroy one i tried burning it breaking it and it took for ever. i had nothing but bad luck the whole time i had it.
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It works on the ideo-motor effect in which the players unconsciously push the planchette in the direction their unconscious minds want to go. There is nothing supernatural or demonic about the Ouija board. Have fun with the ideo-motor effect.