# Ouija Boards - I used to think it was bull until...... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 19, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528 "2009-02-19T09:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/361 "2009-02-23T14:34:08Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > You’re not making much sense. And water is wet. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/362 "2009-02-23T14:34:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Have you seen [HellBoy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hellboy_Shot_2.jpg)? Are there any demons like that? And, do they smoke cigars? Not to my knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/363 "2009-02-23T15:37:25Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > They do have names, they tried to get me to go deeper into the occult, which lead to astral projection, I stopped at using it to a/effect other people, actually I believe God prevented me, as I remember I was about to touch a person I knew and I just stopped and knew I should not. I don’t know what would have happened if I did. So you were about to hex somebody and God stopped you. Did you not know what the hex would do? How did the demons entice you to use a procedure with unknown outcomes? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/364 "2009-02-23T15:46:35Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > And on another personal note, I can’t believe we’ve had an eight-page discussion about _Ouija boards_ on the _SDMB_. We haven’t. We’ve had a 2 page discussion about Ouija boards, at most. We’ve had a 6 page whack-a-mole session with **kanicbird** and **lekatt**. No matter how hard you smack em down, they just pop right back up with more new age gibberish and empty assertions. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/365 "2009-02-23T15:57:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > So you were about to hex somebody and God stopped you. Did you not know what the hex would do? How did the demons entice you to use a procedure with unknown outcomes? Much is trial and error learning, having a nature that likes to explore is easy for them to exploit, they set up the circumstances to exploit your nature (again they are ‘guides to human destiny’). I believe it may have created a soul tie between me and this person more then a hex, though I really don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/366 "2009-02-23T16:00:38Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > We haven’t. We’ve had a 2 page discussion about Ouija boards, at most. We’ve had a 6 page whack-a-mole session with **kanicbird** and **lekatt**. No matter how hard you smack em down, they just pop right back up with more new age gibberish and empty assertions. If you wanted a scientific explanation you could do that in a few sentences, not 2 pages, and not able to explain how it works anyway. It can be explained spiritually however that takes a bit longer as many people don’t know about the spiritual at all. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/367 "2009-02-23T16:19:25Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > If you wanted a scientific explanation you could do that in a few sentences, not 2 pages, and not able to explain how it works anyway. Actually how it works was explained, quite simply. Nothing we’ve been given has gone against any of the simple explanations offered. The only time it became complicated and long was when you decided that you needed to disrupt the discussion with empty assertions about spirits and demons and other crap. This 8 page train wreck just one more thread ruined by intrusive witnessing. > [@](#): > > It can be explained spiritually however that takes a bit longer as many people don’t know about the spiritual at all. You really have no idea how true this is. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/368 "2009-02-23T16:27:32Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Not to my knowledge. But you can’t rule it out? It is possible that somewhere on the otherside is a cigar-smoking demon? ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/369 "2009-02-23T16:34:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And water is wet. Yesterday I walked on top of a lake and didn’t get wet at all. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/370 "2009-02-23T17:19:26Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Yesterday I walked on top of a lake and didn’t get wet at all. Was her name Veronica? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/371 "2009-02-23T17:25:15Z")
I’m betting it was named “Hockey Rink.” ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/372 "2009-02-23T17:59:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’m betting it was named “Hockey Rink.” Closer, but looking at those around me ice fishing lake would more accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/373 "2009-02-23T19:15:57Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Much is trial and error learning, having a nature that likes to explore is easy for them to exploit, they set up the circumstances to exploit your nature (again they are ‘guides to human destiny’). I believe it may have created a soul tie between me and this person more then a hex, though I really don’t know. So they exploit your curious nature by being interesting? How did you learn about them in the first place? And what is a soul tie? Is it something Soul Trains ride on? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/374 "2009-02-23T19:20:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > And what is a soul tie? Is it something Soul Trains ride on? No no no. You see, the afterlife’s gotten much more formal in recent years. Used to be, everybody up there wore flowing robes. But with the advent of the cell phone camera this became very inconvenient and the temptation to take uprobe photos was just too great. So eventually the robes and togas went the way of the dodo (by which I mean they went away, not that they went to heaven) and the afterlife is now business attire only. Saints can go with Hawaiian shirts once a century, but everybody else has to wear soul jacket and tie. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/375 "2009-02-23T19:23:58Z")
I’ve seen demons aplenty…on **Supernatural**. Heck, if it weren’t for Sam and Dean, we’d be up to our eyeballs in 'em. Clearly, Buffy and her pals were pretty sloppy. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/376 "2009-02-23T19:24:34Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > No no no. You see, the afterlife’s gotten much more formal in recent years. Used to be, everybody up there wore flowing robes. But with the advent of the cell phone camera this became very inconvenient and the temptation to take uprobe photos was just too great. So eventually the robes and togas went the way of the dodo (by which I mean they went away, not that they went to heaven) and the afterlife is now business attire only. Saints can go with Hawaiian shirts once a century, but everybody else has to wear soul jacket and tie. So what do they wear on the bottom of their feet? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/377 "2009-02-23T19:25:44Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > So what do they wear on the bottom of their feet? The barefoot look was found wanting, so they have shoes with diamonds on the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/378 "2009-02-23T19:28:51Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The barefoot look was found wanting, so they have shoes with diamonds on the bottom. Wreaks absolute havoc on the streets of gold. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/379 "2009-02-23T20:36:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The barefoot look was found wanting, so they have shoes with diamonds on the bottom. I prefer changing my clothes and putting on aftershave. That’s one way to lose these walking blues, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528/380 "2009-02-23T22:08:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > So they exploit your curious nature by being interesting? How did you learn about them in the first place? And what is a soul tie? Is it something Soul Trains ride on? They exploit our weaknesses, I like to explore, they offered a whole new, but dark, world to explore. I also believe the ‘gay gene’ is just a marker for them to guide some people into homosexuality. I believe I always knew they existed, and believe I was visited very early in life by them, pre-birth and many times after. A soul tie is the uniting of 2 souls into one, physically sex does this as the 2 souls become (now are in) one flesh. In a Loving scriptural marriage this is a great blessing, in the demonic realms this is how much of voodoo works, even putting anothers soul with a animal’s soul and tormenting/killing that animal to hurt the person. No 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouija-boards-i-used-to-think-it-was-bull-until/486528.md?page=20)