Does the Ouija board actually work?<\/p>\n\t
James Randi, a magician and fraud buster, points out that when blindfolded, Ouija board operators are unable to produce intelligible messages [James Randi,\u00a0An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural<\/a><\/em>]. Magicians Penn and Teller performed a similar demonstration in which the operators moved the planchette into what they thought were the positions of “yes” and “no” without knowing that the board was turned upside-down, which caused them to move the planchette into blank spaces on the board. What these prove is that the users of the board are actually producing the messages supposedly coming from the spirit world. American psychologist, Ray Hyman, noted, “honest, intelligent people can unconsciously engage in muscular activity that is consistent with their expectations.” [Ideomotor phenomenon<\/a>]. In other words, people’s muscles react to their expectations without conscious thought.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Does the Ouija board actually work? Answer: James Randi, a magician and fraud buster, points out that when blindfolded, Ouija board operators are unable to produce intelligible messages [James Randi,\u00a0An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural]. 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Colley Firm Foundation, January 20, 1948, p. 3 \"Now, a denomination- what is it? I think the following will prove true: A denomination is a religious organization larger than any local church on earth and yet smaller than all the Christian people on earth. Think of the statement\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4225,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-biblical-to-have-a-board-of-trustee\/","url_meta":{"origin":35999,"position":1},"title":"Is it biblical to have a board of trustees?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is it biblical to have a board of trustees? Answer: Governments exist by the authority of God (Romans 13:1-2). 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