OUIJA BOARDS - Do they work?
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Ive done a few the first lot i didnt beleive thought they were all pisstakes...then I did one in my house while my mum and dad where away...NEVER EVER EVER again will i do one.......
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I was foolish enough to dabble in this many years ago. I am naturally sceptical about anything that cannot be explained away by science.
But my experience was a very personal one, not one that I am going to go into in detail on a public access forum, suffice to say to those who pour scorn on this type of phenomenon are no more qualified than me to say whether its bollocks or not I am an intellegent level headed person but something is not right about such practices.
I will never do it again.
To those that say its all nonsense, I say dont take Derren Browns word for it have a go yourself.
But my experience was a very personal one, not one that I am going to go into in detail on a public access forum, suffice to say to those who pour scorn on this type of phenomenon are no more qualified than me to say whether its bollocks or not I am an intellegent level headed person but something is not right about such practices.
I will never do it again.
To those that say its all nonsense, I say dont take Derren Browns word for it have a go yourself.
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I can remember doing one at school, it was the last year and we were all skiving, decided to meet up in a room on the end of the main hall, nobody used it and the curtains were always drawn, ideal.
There must of been 35-40 of us watching and about 6-7 taking part, the main lad was doing the talking, it all looked pretty real until he made a fatal terrible error...............
Choosing someone who wasnt dead
I'd say 95% of the room didnt know who he was (ian huntley) the remaining 5% knew who he was and shit everybody up by telling them, until I piped up and said "yeah well done, shame he's still banged up in parkhurst or where ever"
Game over, everyone off to the pub
There must of been 35-40 of us watching and about 6-7 taking part, the main lad was doing the talking, it all looked pretty real until he made a fatal terrible error...............
Choosing someone who wasnt dead
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I'd say 95% of the room didnt know who he was (ian huntley) the remaining 5% knew who he was and shit everybody up by telling them, until I piped up and said "yeah well done, shame he's still banged up in parkhurst or where ever"
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Game over, everyone off to the pub
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whats wrong with being hypotised Mike
never knew you had to be a believer of that to make it work?
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i got an ebook on hypnotising if you fancy reading it
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Mates done one at uni in our halls kitchen whilst fuelled by loadsa booze.
I actually stayed in my room like a pussy as i didnt want anything to do with it![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/bigcry.gif)
I could hear em all laughing and accussing each other of making the glass move![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/bigcry.gif)
then the fookers pinned the board onto my room door
shit me right up that did
I actually stayed in my room like a pussy as i didnt want anything to do with it
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I could hear em all laughing and accussing each other of making the glass move
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then the fookers pinned the board onto my room door
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shit me right up that did
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i done one once right & the glass moved all around the table & it spelt something backwards & i still remember it now first it was a "t" then an "i",
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then that night a munster jumped from under my bed & acctualy pissed on it.. you can ask my mum cos she had to wash it the next day,
but i watched power rangers later on & i thaught to myself "good always beets evil" then my dad came home & slapped me for lying to my mum. then two weeks later i turned 27 & forgot all about it until now so thanx
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then that night a munster jumped from under my bed & acctualy pissed on it.. you can ask my mum cos she had to wash it the next day,
but i watched power rangers later on & i thaught to myself "good always beets evil" then my dad came home & slapped me for lying to my mum. then two weeks later i turned 27 & forgot all about it until now so thanx
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just because you dont believe in something doesnt mean its not real, people who have a belief in god and jesus for example..
whos to say religion is real or not? if its all a load of crap then all the churches, mosques etc etc are a waste of space, apart from a place to put our dead in graveyards.
some people belive in things so blindly, because of faith, they will go to war to protect what they believe.. wierdos.. lol
I dont goto church, or pray or anything, but its nice to believe there is something else beyond this life, and a belief in something supernatural is just another bit of faith
whos to say religion is real or not? if its all a load of crap then all the churches, mosques etc etc are a waste of space, apart from a place to put our dead in graveyards.
some people belive in things so blindly, because of faith, they will go to war to protect what they believe.. wierdos.. lol
I dont goto church, or pray or anything, but its nice to believe there is something else beyond this life, and a belief in something supernatural is just another bit of faith
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just because you dont believe in something doesnt mean its not real, people who have a belief in god and jesus for example..
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I dont goto church, or pray or anything, but its nice to believe there is something else beyond this life, and a belief in something supernatural is just another bit of faith
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says it all?? thats a bit of a dumb comment since your critisising mine...
that could mean anything.
Why is it a bad example? it just goes to show how people believe in something that cannot be proven 100%
If you ever see an american dollar bill.. it says on it "in god we trust"
how can you trust something or someone who you have no proof whatsoever exists?
One persons belief cant be judged, so if people believe an ouija board works and has worked for them or scared them, then whos to say its not real?
No one can prove if its real or not.. if it could be proven, dont you think someone would have the facts already? its real to the people participating, and others are just as quick to say "thats a load of shit" when they have probably never seen one.
No one can answer the question "Do ouija boards work?" all they can say is "yes it worked for me"
that could mean anything.
Why is it a bad example? it just goes to show how people believe in something that cannot be proven 100%
If you ever see an american dollar bill.. it says on it "in god we trust"
how can you trust something or someone who you have no proof whatsoever exists?
One persons belief cant be judged, so if people believe an ouija board works and has worked for them or scared them, then whos to say its not real?
No one can prove if its real or not.. if it could be proven, dont you think someone would have the facts already? its real to the people participating, and others are just as quick to say "thats a load of shit" when they have probably never seen one.
No one can answer the question "Do ouija boards work?" all they can say is "yes it worked for me"
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Originally Posted by GARETH T
just because you dont believe in something doesnt mean its not real, people who have a belief in god and jesus for example..
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I dont goto church, or pray or anything, but its nice to believe there is something else beyond this life, and a belief in something supernatural is just another bit of faith
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just because you dont believe in something doesnt mean its not real, people who have a belief in god and jesus for example..
whos to say religion is real or not?
Not just the bit you cut out to make it look like a crap example...
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Brilliant topic, i will tell you a story when i get chance today. People who know me will know im not one to suffer fools gladly or believe ANYTHING without proof... this event or 2 scared the shit out of me. ![Red Faced](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
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Originally Posted by Chairman
Originally Posted by GARETH T
just because you dont believe in something doesnt mean its not real, people who have a belief in god and jesus for example..
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I dont goto church, or pray or anything, but its nice to believe there is something else beyond this life, and a belief in something supernatural is just another bit of faith
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just because you dont believe in something doesnt mean its not real, people who have a belief in god and jesus for example..
whos to say religion is real or not?
Not just the bit you cut out to make it look like a crap example...
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Originally Posted by Chairman
If you ever see an american dollar bill.. it says on it "in god we trust"
how can you trust something or someone who you have no proof whatsoever exists?
how can you trust something or someone who you have no proof whatsoever exists?
When you partake in a spiritual seance or any of this type of stuff, there IS some proof that it doesn't exist, in that it can be explained away through scientific study.
The difference here is that people choose to IGNORE what proof there is against supernatural phenomenon, and THEN take the leap of faith in believing it to be true. Where religion is concerned, it's perfectly feasible to accept what you believe in MAY not be true, but still take the leap of faith.
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LOL.. I like that.. Hubble looking for God
but its pointing the wrong way surely...
I agree that its a persons own faith that determines if it works for them, but we have gained information that no one could possibly have known..
we tried to get the lottery numbers once, and it told us "we cannot see what has not yet happened.." Bugger!!
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but its pointing the wrong way surely...
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I agree that its a persons own faith that determines if it works for them, but we have gained information that no one could possibly have known..
we tried to get the lottery numbers once, and it told us "we cannot see what has not yet happened.." Bugger!!
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Anyone who believes should start reading about "ideomotor"
type it into a search engine and have a read
remember people believe what they want to, and if they believe strong enough (maybe because they cant handle the reality) no facts or figures will stand in there way! remember there isnt one piece of evidence that says god exists, yet people still believe (and also use the line "you shouldnt question gods abilitys)
another great line by the profit ali G
"god built everything we see in seven days,,, whats he been doing since then,,,, CHILLING"
type it into a search engine and have a read
remember people believe what they want to, and if they believe strong enough (maybe because they cant handle the reality) no facts or figures will stand in there way! remember there isnt one piece of evidence that says god exists, yet people still believe (and also use the line "you shouldnt question gods abilitys)
another great line by the profit ali G
"god built everything we see in seven days,,, whats he been doing since then,,,, CHILLING"
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Originally Posted by Chairman
Have done it a few times and i do believe it works, did one at school, and we tried to burn the paper letters afterwards and they would not burn.. they were paper! Did it a coupe of times with family & step dad, and we had contacted an old woman who had died in our house before we moved in, and we got her name,
sometime later we received a greeting card addressed to her, which proved it was true.
Also my step dad had told me of a time he was a bit sceptical, and he called it a load of bollocks, and the glass lifted from the table and shot across the room and smashed.
What influences it is very strange, and i would not advise doing it for fun.
sometime later we received a greeting card addressed to her, which proved it was true.
Also my step dad had told me of a time he was a bit sceptical, and he called it a load of bollocks, and the glass lifted from the table and shot across the room and smashed.
What influences it is very strange, and i would not advise doing it for fun.
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Would strongly opt against anybody doing one.
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Dont mean to be rude but can you tell what happened. If not I understand. Im jusdt curious cos I always bottled it but in another way dont know whether to believe it
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sorry but if anyone is scared by them you fouls
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The ideomotor effect is a psychological phenomenon wherein a subject makes motions unconsciously, especially while attributing the motion to a paranormal or supernatural force in which he/she believes. Unexplained phenomena such as automatic writing, dowsing, facilitated communication, and Ouija boards can be attributed to the ideomotor effect. The effect is extremely powerful and many subjects cannot be convinced that their actions are originating solely in their own minds.
The term was first used in a paper discussing the means through which the Ouija board produced its results, by William Benjamin Carpenter in 1852. In the paper, Carpenter explained his theory that muscular movement can be independent of conscious desires or emotions.
Scientific tests by American psychologist William James, French chemist Michel Chevreul, English scientist Michael Faraday, and American psychologist Ray Hyman have demonstrated that many phenomena attributed to spiritual or paranormal forces, or to mysterious "energies," are actually due to ideomotor action. Furthermore, these tests demonstrate that "honest, intelligent people can unconsciously engage in muscular activity that is consistent with their expectations" (Hyman 1999).[1] They also show that suggestions that can guide behavior can be given by subtle clues (Hyman 1977)[citation needed].
The term was first used in a paper discussing the means through which the Ouija board produced its results, by William Benjamin Carpenter in 1852. In the paper, Carpenter explained his theory that muscular movement can be independent of conscious desires or emotions.
Scientific tests by American psychologist William James, French chemist Michel Chevreul, English scientist Michael Faraday, and American psychologist Ray Hyman have demonstrated that many phenomena attributed to spiritual or paranormal forces, or to mysterious "energies," are actually due to ideomotor action. Furthermore, these tests demonstrate that "honest, intelligent people can unconsciously engage in muscular activity that is consistent with their expectations" (Hyman 1999).[1] They also show that suggestions that can guide behavior can be given by subtle clues (Hyman 1977)[citation needed].
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LOL @ Pon using Wikipedia come on thought you was better than that
Never tired one myself and dont think i ever will. It is some thing dodgy and I got enough shit that happens to me without bringing more curses on my life
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Never tired one myself and dont think i ever will. It is some thing dodgy and I got enough shit that happens to me without bringing more curses on my life
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Is dousing the one with the 2 sticks they use to find water?
Thats another strange one, that has worked..
Im not saying i believe in god or a higher being, because if there was a god then why would he allow killing and wars, and foreigners
but i have done the board, and found information that no one could possibly have known individually,
interestingly enough, my step dad and i were talking about this at the weekend, and he has told me another interesting fact..
when he had his own business, with a fleet of lorries used for import/export, he did jobs all over europe..
after his grandfather had passed away, a few months went by, and my step dad did the board, and contacted a spirit, supposedly of his grandfather, who told of a contact in italy who owed money for a job, that had not been paid for.
sure enough he called the person and collected the outstanding dept, which was a few grand.. so worked out a good result.
Shame that doesnt happen more often.. I need money
Thats another strange one, that has worked..
Im not saying i believe in god or a higher being, because if there was a god then why would he allow killing and wars, and foreigners
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but i have done the board, and found information that no one could possibly have known individually,
interestingly enough, my step dad and i were talking about this at the weekend, and he has told me another interesting fact..
when he had his own business, with a fleet of lorries used for import/export, he did jobs all over europe..
after his grandfather had passed away, a few months went by, and my step dad did the board, and contacted a spirit, supposedly of his grandfather, who told of a contact in italy who owed money for a job, that had not been paid for.
sure enough he called the person and collected the outstanding dept, which was a few grand.. so worked out a good result.
Shame that doesnt happen more often.. I need money
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i did it once but never again.
it was in 98. with 3 other people . it told us that a team starting with F.R.A. would win the world cup. and that the first letter of the lotto would be 1.
both of these turned out to be true. we quit out properly and that was that.
i don't usually believe in that sort of stuff so that's why i did it. but it worked perfectly.
don't think i would do it again though.
it was in 98. with 3 other people . it told us that a team starting with F.R.A. would win the world cup. and that the first letter of the lotto would be 1.
both of these turned out to be true. we quit out properly and that was that.
i don't usually believe in that sort of stuff so that's why i did it. but it worked perfectly.
don't think i would do it again though.
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LOL @ Pon using Wikipedia come on thought you was better than that
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Originally Posted by charlie luciano
Personally i have never done one and never would, mates have told me stories that would make your hair stand on end, reading through this thread i feel cold and have got the shivers, not something to be messed around with, stay well away people
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Its something i don't understand, don't know if its real or not, but i can tell you its not something i'm going to fuck about with - ever.
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