For wanting to do a Ouija board for a laugh?

[EbbyEbs]

Next year DH and I are staying in a castle thought to be the most haunted in Britain. DH says he doesn’t believe in stuff like that, I’m on the fence really but more towards not believing. I think the most likely scenario if ghosts ARE real is that they’re historical residue and not intelligent entities. But even that is a stretch.

So, I’d like to do a ouija board when we’re there for a laugh. The castle is in the middle of nowhere so there isn’t much else to do on an evening other than drink (which I don’t do) and watch Netflix!

DH is point blank refusing saying he isn’t messing about with stuff like that. But he’s a non believer??! So what’s the harm?

If he doesn’t believe in it, am I being unreasonable to ask him to do it?

Oh dear. Well, all I'm saying is that far, far smarter people than anyone here believe there is credibility in claims of supernatural experiences. Maybe they should just be directed here though. 😁

Scientists know that they haven't yet explained everything yet. The difference is that if they don't know what or who did/caused it, they continue to look for answers and don't tell everyone that Petunia the purple pixie who lives at the bottom of their garden was responsible. (Exceptions may apply)

Two siblings of mine have done an ouija board for a laugh.

One was a student, it was done in a shared flat where a wardrobe starting noisily moving about in the middle of the night. She said she was scared stiff and would never do it again.

The other - totally no -woo teen boy - was at school in very old buildings, where he personally noticed nothing, but a couple of younger boys did and were petrified. He said he’d never do it again, either.
It was a Cathedral school - the bishop subsequently exorcised the place.

It's a fact that belief in god is considered fairly normal while belief in other supernatural entities is not. That's true of humans in general and therefore, probably an internet forum.

Actually that varies by country and culture. In some places belief in spirits and other supernatural beings is equally as common or indeed even more intrinsical than belief in a God or gods but just because someone believes in one load of utter nonsense doesn't make it more or equally valid to believe in yet another. Personally they both make equal sense to me i.e Absolutely none.

Why do anything?

It's fine to believe in God. It's fine to believe the a Ouija board is a channeling tool for dead spirits to spell out words one by one.

But there's a fair few people here saying that there were tangible effects from a Ouija board. And if they said since praying in Church, Jesus came and rattled my wardrobe and he threw a towel across the room .... Most people would think that the Christian was lying/mistaken/hallucinating etc.

The castle is in the middle of nowhere so there isn’t much else to do on an evening other than drink (which I don’t do) and watch Netflix

AND

Oh no I’m never bored at Chillingham! We’ve stayed there twice before. I love it.

OP, you appear to be confused. You want to do an ouija board because there’s nothing to do in this place you love, regularly visit and at which you’re never bored?

Well, you've stated that people put "far too much faith in science" and that leads them to think there is nothing left unexplained, you've fabricated comments that nobody made and you've said that "not everyone is capable of having a supernatural experience".

What did you mean to imply?

The dark room was some kind of hall with a large table and I was seated at one end. It wasn't pitch-black though because all the fire exit signs were illuminated. 😆

I don't remember the dungeon unless it was the room they called the "torture chamber" — full of all sorts of nasty devices. They made my partner stand in the dark next to an Iron Maiden. Again, he reported that nothing happened which did not please the hosts. 😆

This was eight years ago and I think those particular hosts have now moved on, by the way.

All the times I’ve been before I’ve been a drinker and was quite happy to get cosy with a bottle of wine and watch horror films. I’ll be sober this time and will be more likely to want to actually do something!

Plus I love supernatural stuff, whether I believe in it or not, I suppose it’s a bit like people who dress up as super heroes (comic con?) - you don’t have to believe in it to have fun taking part in it

I didn't realise that people still used ouji boards. They're the ripply things used in the old days fo washing clothes

It's quite ludicrous that people believe there are 'spirits' and even more so that they can and would take the opportunity to spell out a message to you.

It's even more ridiculous that some believe they have the power to then 'exorcise' people and buildings of those spirits just because they believe they have declared themselves a believer in God and chosen that as their job.

I'd do a Oija Board for a laugh if I had a willing accomplice because I absolutely have no belief in ghosts whatsoever. I once did one as a student, and someone was 100% moving the glass. It couldn't be anything else!

It was quite the thing back in the 1970s. Even "The Waltons" had one! It figures that there must have been some good marketing going on.

It's a diverting parlour game that utilizes the ideomotor effect in a way that can be entertaining.

It has nothing to do with contacting spirits because there's no such thingbut nobody should do anything they don't want to do, so if you fancy a go on one, find someone else to do it with.

You don't need to be in a castle.

What's wrong with you that you come onto an internet forum and do this?

Quite clearly, those quotes were in reference to many threads. Why are you pretending people don't say those things on here?

I don't believe that everyone is capable of experiencing anything supernatural as humans are all wildly different.

I think some people are very closed minded and unable to think 'outside the box.' They don't like anything unfamiliar and thus put all their faith in science, despite the fact that science occasionally gets it wrong. And while being outright unpleasant to anyone with different beliefs.

Please do, I'm sure we would all like to meet them. Shame they never tried to meet James Randi. They could have made him look ridiculous and got a million dollars to do it.

I’ve tried, I can’t find a willing participant 😂 maybe I should do it on my own

I did it once. Never again. I wasn’t moving the thing either!!

Have you done the vigil at Chillingham? They made us do the ouija board as part of the experience. It moved around a lot but didn't say anything sensible.
You could probably find a "paranormal society" if your partner isn't willing.

Tbh I wouldn't go to some society that I didn't know much about to find ouija players. Not because of evil spirits being unleashed and making wardrobes move but just because there's so much psychological manipulation and generally unhealthy interpersonal behaviour patterns in those circles which is tedious and unpleasant to deal with.

You might be able to get it to work on your own op. Or you could try automatic writing.

Why do I come on an Internet thread like you do? Is that a serious question?

You made some clear statements and now you're fudging and claiming you didn't assert anything. What are you trying to say?

Quite clearly, you made up comments that nobody said. As far as I can see, none of the sceptics have said anything even approaching the aggressive and insulting tone of your fictitious quotes. The only people who have have been you and BananaFlyingAirer.

You are demonstrating over and over that you don't understand the first thing about how science works. How do you not understand that scientists are absolutely wide eyed in wonder at the mysteries of the world and want to know more? Don't you understand that they WANT to be set off on something new and uncharted? What do you think the purpose of research is?

But you don't advance knowledge by insisting that the impossible happened with absolutely no proof and by dismissing evidence-based knowledge. You restrict and stunt it. And in the worst case scenarios, you prime the world for scammers to exploit the vulnerable.

Have you checked for mice/rats, shredded toy I'd go straight to mouse not ghosty, they chewed through a rug in our garage, could easily rip a toy to shreds, same with bites. Can all be explained without turning to goules.

No both times I’ve been there hasn’t been any ghost hunts on. Next year there should be though as we’re going over Halloween!

Don't mess with Ouija boards is something I've grown up being told after things happened after family did one years ago. I won't elaborate as it sounds unbelievable and to be honest I don't know what actually happened as it was years before I was born.
That being said I've had it drummed into me and wouldn't risk it.
A game or not, I doubt the placebo effect of it, imagining hearing noises etc would be any fun anyway.
Somethings are best left not messed with.