Ouija Board - Does It Really Work?

by Black Man 59 Replies latest jw friends

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  NewSense

  Luna,

  You write that you saw "things" running behing you. Could you be more specific, please? What "things" did you see? Animals? People? You mention a reflection. Were you looking in a mirror at the time? Could you give more detail about the house? Was it old? Did it have a history of such phenomena? Were you warned/informed about the situation when you first moved in? Did anyone else have strange experiences in this house? Did you call a so-called parapsychological investigator (a ghost hunter)? Did you try to have some member of the clergy (priest or rabbi) come over? Your story sounds interesting? If you have some time, could you please give more details? And where was this house located, in which place?
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  rem

  Luna,
  

  Exactly...i was taught to believe in Demons, not ghosts...and i see a DEFINATE difference between the two.

  It's a purely theoretical difference that has no bearing on what people who experience so-called paranormal phenomenon are actually experiencing. No matter whether you believe they are demons or ghosts responsible, the phenomenon is still the same - only the labels we attach to them are different. (possession vs. haunting)

  It's gone the other route...the more i research, the more I believe.

  Perhaps you should take a closer look at the other side of the issue, like Proverbs 18:17 recommends. Here are some good books that are written by respected scientists and others in the academic community that painstakingly explain the research and show how it does not support a paranormal explanation:

  Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan
  Why People Believe Weird Things, Michael Shermer
  Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, Terrence Hines
  How to Think About Weird Things, Schick
  In Search of the Light, Susan Blackmore

  There are, of course, many many more, but these are a good start. Also, be very wary of what you see on the Discovery Channel - it seems the producers of those shows are more interested in profits than in presenting accurate scientific information many times (especially the late night programming). I can not fathom how someone can become more convinced of the paranormal by doing more research. What that tells me is the person is reading only that which conforms to their current world-view because there is a ton of science out there that provides convincing alternate explanations to paranormal phenomenon.

  I'm curious, have you ever lived in a situation where you've witnessed paranormal stuff on a day to day basis? Not just a once or twice thing that you can talk yourself into believing it was something else...but, an actual daily occurance..For over 2 years?

  Yep, almost every night. My brother and I were convinced that there were demon shadow-men that were in our house. We both saw them. I also experienced night terrors quite often as a child.

  rem
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  Xena

  I am still to scared of them to try....

  lol and I don't watch scary movies either

  Xena of the chicken class
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  luna

  Thanks rem...I'll look into those books.
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  luna

  Newsense-

  In answer to your questions...

  It was an old house, probably around 100 years old, in a old mining town. I don't know the history of the house, as it was empty for a couple years before we moved in.

  Never had anyone come in and investigate, or had anyone try and "bless" the house, etc.

  As far as things running behind me...yeah, in reflections, either mirrors, tv sets that were turned off, but catching sunlight, etc....not animals, definately human forms, but FAST....

  Other people have witnessed this stuff, yes....anyone who ever stayed overnight, my roommates at the time, and now my friend lives there, and he says his deaf dog wakes up for no reason from deep sleeps, and barks at one spot in the room....also, he's seen human forms run across the ceiling.

  Just weird stuff that goes on.
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  SpunkyChick

  I don't think I will be adventerous and try one. My friend who was never a JW, played with one when she was 12 with a bunch of friends. It ended up moving, and the all of her friends ended up having horrible bloody nightmares, and seeing black blobs float around their homes. Things got so bad, they called in a priest who "exercised" the house...which helped things return to normal.
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  dolphman

  Many folks who have never had a supernatural experience or course would be skeptical. And the fact that Parker Brothers makes the board game for mass distribution makes it seem even more ridiculous that such a thing would work. Growing up a JW screwed up my sense of what was real and unreal when it came to the supernatural. But after years of de-dubbing i've gotten a better perspective on the supernatural.

  I witnessed two girls in junior high bring a Quiji board to school. During lunch, they tried playing with it. I saw the pointer thing flip up and over by itself. It didn't spell out anything, it just flipped around on the ground whenever someone asked it a question. I was scared shitless. The rest of the kids were laughing.

  I don't think the wind could've caused it, so I'm assuming something on a supernatural level was occuring. After years of hearing about smurfs invading kingdom halls and shit like that, I was probably more suceptable to such a line of reasoning than i would be otherwise. But still, as a 29 year old male looking back, nothing in the laws of physics as we know it would allow for such an event to happen on the everyday natural level.

  Also, I tried meditating for a while. I got to the point where i would get into a real deep trance state. After a while, my hands started moving around by themselves and I could feel myself trying to say something. I thought i was being choked when all of the sudden i began chanting something. "Sah Man" "Sah Man".

  I felt really sick aftewards. My girlfriend witnessed this and typed those words into a search engine. It turns out "Sah Man" means "Shamen" in Sanskrit. I don't speak Sanskrit.

  I stopped meditating shortly after that. I have no intention of screwing around with the supernatural.

  --Rich
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  drwtsn32

  it just flipped around on the ground whenever someone asked it a question

  Easy to do with magnets!
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  ikhandi

  And the fact that Parker Brothers makes the board game for mass distribution makes it seem even more ridiculous that such a thing would work

  Good point Dolphman
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  Mackin

  A few more skeptic links for your perusal:
  
  http://www.skepticnews.com/topics.shtml
  
  http://www.skeptic.com/
  
  http://www.quackwatch.org/