# Has the Magic 8 Ball toy been under fire for being "satanic"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 31, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740 "2002-07-31T18:38:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740/21 "2002-08-02T00:31:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Khadro \*  
> \*\*as a slight hijack, is there anything that has NOT at some point been deeemed Satanic? \*\*

The pope? No go.

Reading the bible? Nope.

Reading the bible forwards? Still no. (“The devil can quote scripture”, etc)

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**Author:** ![psychomonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@psychomonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychomonkey)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740/22 "2002-08-02T05:44:33Z")

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The pope has been re: Jack Chick.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740/23 "2002-08-02T10:49:50Z")

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I meant ‘no’ as in ‘not an example of something that has never been called satanic.’ The pope has been called the _antichrist_.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740/24 "2002-08-02T11:11:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shade \*  
> \*\*Well, the 8 ball pretends to tell the future (please please please please please tell me no-one believes in it) \*\*

Well, that annoying **DiTech** guy used it in one of his last commercials, and he hasn’t been seen since. Maybe his contract with **Ol’ Scratch** was finally called in.

😃

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740/25 "2002-08-02T11:51:56Z")

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Is the magic 8 ball for real?

[shake] [shake] [shake]

NO.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740/26 "2002-08-02T14:05:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shade \*  
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> But DICE? DICE?? OK gambling I can sort of understand, but how are dice more evil than any other random number generator? DO these people avoid 666s, 66s, and 6s or something? I know, I know, preaching to the choir… \*\*

IIRC my Catholic schooling Sister Denise explained that the Romans ‘cast lots’ or played dice to see who got big J’s robe as he was dying on the cross. That is why dice are evil.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740/27 "2002-08-02T14:19:44Z")

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Oh, ok. Fair enough. We’re allowed crosses, though.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-magic-8-ball-toy-been-under-fire-for-being-satanic/121740/28 "2002-08-02T14:26:54Z")

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Yeah Crosses are good.  
I’m just glad he wasn’t drawn and quartered.

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