Has anyone here ever played the Ouija board? Any experiences?

Question

Has anyone here ever played the Ouija board? Any experiences?

Answer 1

Parker Brothers did not invent the Ouija Board. It had already been around for awhile when it was bought by Parker Brothers in 1966 and turned into a commercial success as a board game. Its beginnings lie in the distant past when an earlier version (a tripod device) was used in the ancient ways of Babylon and Greece to contact departed spirits. The tripod became the pointer now used with the Board, which is printed with the alphabet, the numbers 1-9, a 0 (zero), and the words 'Goodbye', 'Yes', and 'No'. There are other boards like this with different names, but with the same history and purpose. The modern version of this game was developed by a man named Planchette, a spiritualist (someone who contacts the dead as part of their religion). The Board was further transformed around the turn of the century under the direction and ownership of two men, Elijah J. Bond and William Fuld. Fuld’s name can be seen on the Ouija Board today. The name Ouija is a combination of the French and German words for 'yes': Oui and Ja. According to Bond and Fuld, the Board suggested its own name. The primary purpose of the board is and always has been to contact disembodied spirits. Contacting the dead is called necromancy, and contacting spirits is spiritism, both strongly condemned by God (Deut. 18:9-12; Lev. 19:31, 20:6; I Sam 28, II Kings 21:6; Is. 8:19, 19:3-4). The Board’s translated name, 'yes, yes', is an ingenious and subtle way to invite spirit contact. Dead people cannot hang around after death; you cannot communicate with a dead person. The practices and techniques of contacting the dead and contacting spirits are used widely in the occult. Although the pointer is often moved intentionally or subconsciously by the players, you are putting yourself in a vulnerable position when using the Board. By 'playing' this 'game', you are showing an interest in spirit contact. If contact is made, it is demons (evil spirits, fallen angels), not the dead, who are responding. If Satan can disguise himself as "an angel of light" (2 Cor. 11:14), then it is not improbable that fallen angels can disguise themselves as the dead. The Ouija Board is not harmless just because it is marketed as a game. Satan, the master of deception and seduction, is good at twisting the truth into lies (Gen. 3:1-6; Jn. 8:44). Satan likes disguises and his lies are often disguised as games. The next time you are tempted to play the Ouija Board as a game, look beyond its disguise and see it for what it really is. Think about this: Just what or who are you trying to contact? God tells us to seek Him instead of the dead (Is. 8:19), and Christ "lives forever to plead with God" on behalf of those who believe Him (Heb. 7:25b). Who wants the Ouija Board when you can know the One Who has "complete authority in heaven and on earth!" (Matt.28:18). If you are wondering about Christ, think on His words in John 5:23b-24, "He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father , who sent him. I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."

Answer 2

I have only played it a couple of times but, the first time that I played it nothing really happened and I figured that it didn;t work. The second time that I played it with my friend it seemed to of worked becasue I asked a question that I knew know one would know the answer to. But I'm not really sure that demons come and stuff becasue that never happened to me and my friend, but some people say it happens.

Answer 3

I played it a lot when in H.S. It was really creepy, there were four of us and I always did it with my sister. I know I was not moving the pointer and she swore that neither was she.

It seemed like some outside force was moving the pointer..  ,, we would ask questions, sometimes it would ans. yes or no,,or it would spell out words to ans.. (for example I'd ask who am I going to marry?).

Sometimes it would just say goodbye (it would move to the top of the board where the word goodbye is).  It would not ans any more questions for us.

Answer 4

My friends and I played it a lot back in the school days. We had a very evil person come through. He was not nice! He cussed out my friend and told her that her house was going to burn down.. the following week, their house burnt to the ground!! No Lie!!

We stopped messing with it when the spirit told my best friend that she was going to die. She was killed 2 days later. The board was tossed over a bridge along the Mississippi River the next day!!!

These things are dangerous and I would suggest staying away from them. What seems like fun can end in tragedy!!!

Answer 5

I played with it as a child.  Once I asked it how old would I be when I died.  It told me 41 years old.

I thew away the board after I became a Christian in my mid 20's.

I always remembered this question/answer and it always spooked me.  I shared it with my husband, and he poo poo'd the concern I had.

Nevertheless, I had a huge 42nd birthday party as this one incident back when I was 8 or 9 had such an impact on me.