Wonders of the Ouija Board

Just because Ouija boards can open portals to other realms does not mean that they should be judged by it. The “talking board” really has a bad rap these days. When they first became popular back in the day, everyone wanted to play with one. Now if you even dare to speak of one, your mother would backhand you and ship you off to a private Catholic or Christian school. Here they would try ridding the demons that are trying to convince you to use the board so you can set them free to play in our world. This is an example of the false assumptions that surround the idea of Ouija boards. Despite that Ouija boards have a bad reputation, Ouija boards do work and can be used in a positive way. Taking a look at how they work, if they work, and understanding what they are could possibly make a skeptic change their point of view.

Even though Ouija boards are capable of being one of the most dangerous objects that man has created, it is all about how you use it. Just like any object that humans come in contact with, you have the option to either hunt with a gun or murder with a gun; you can easily use one of these boards for positive reasons. For those who do not know, a Ouija board, according to Google’s definition, is a board printed with letters, numbers, and other signs, to which a planchette or movable indicator points, supposedly in answer to questions from people at a séance. Oh but wait, you cannot talk to the dead, that is completely impossible, those things do not even work, it is just a conspiracy; says the common skeptic. Most people believe that the Ouija board is just a pointless piece of wood with some letters and numbers that little children play with in order to freak themselves out, plus it was sold as a board game by the ...

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