"Who is this for," you say? Let me tell you a little story. I live very close to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While I was in Bethlehem one day I ran into a fellow who told me of a car load of people from Alabama who stopped to ask to directions to the place where Jesus was born. "Did you set them straight?" I asked. "Hell no! I gave them directions. Anybody that stupid deserves to go on a wild goose chase." That's who the board is for.
There’s a city in Brazil called Belém, which is Bethlehem in Portuguese. Needless to say, a lot of Brazilians think there’s where Jesus were born. It’s hilarious, but kind of sad. (Mostly funny 😅).
@@christinamann3640 I mean, you hadn't heard of the great steel manufacturing town of Bethlehem PA? Even when I was a kid in Florida there were numerous items in my granddad's workshed stamped "Bethlehem Steel".
I got into it BIG time with a fundy about this. Hilarious. I was highly offended that he considered the ouiji board contrary to God's communication standards, whereas a burning bush was "appropriate to the times" in which God spoke to Moses. And I'm like, my dude, how the hell is a cheeky plastic mass produced product on Amazon NOT appropriate to these modern times??
As someone who worked at Christian bookstores for over 10 years...i did NOT assume this was a joke at first... you'd be surprised at all the "let's take this worldly thing and make it holy" products & practices that exist.
Back when I lived with my super messy hyper religious family of origin, i would have loved this. Not because I was a believer, but because I'd love to see how my mom, who was terrified of all things she believed were associated with the occult, would have to do mental backflips to praise me for enjoying something religious. 😅
Not a person of faith but even I can recognize how much of a mockery people of faith would see this. Everything about this screams 'scam' and 'cash grab'.
I'm a pagan (animist and spiritualism, specifically) who was raised Christian but I turned hard because I'm gay and Christian bigotry is the worst. I'm not a spirit board sort of person, but I am so glad that people are finding the humor in this, even if there are quite a few vocal ones who don't see it.
I hope you repent. Jesus has rules becasue he loves us. You turned away becasue you don’t want to obey God, not becasue of Christian bigotry. You’re blaming others for your own rebellion. I’ve done that too. I struggle with same sex attraction, and I have to pray against it. It’s purely demonic, and there’s nothing good or holy about homosexuality. I have heard so many hell testimonies of homosexuals warning people to not go there. Please turn back to God, you’ll regret not doing it, and I promise you’ll think about this one day if you don’t. Jesus is real.
@Lenny J; @thundercloud ... you both are smarter than me. It took me years into my adulthood before I decided the hypocrisy in the church was too much and I finally left. It's been years and I've never been happier.
The feedback is at least interesting. I was raised baptist and converted to Catholicism in college before winding up in the agnosti-pagan-esque camp...anywhoo!, I can completely understand how someone could be offended by this, but it really seems like it was MEANT to give to that coworker that smiles at your misfortune while offering to 'pray for you.' 🤭🙄 The negative reviews are likely from the same people who have seen me wear my BEETLEJUICE themed planchet as a big chunky necklace and told me I was the devil... Like, Ma'am, if I had the christian devil's guile, I would not be shopping at TJMaxx and the thrift store...😅
I don't identify as a Christian because while I believe in God and Jesus, I don't accept what the church has become, and I accept all human faiths as having some truth to them. (and I've spent decades studying world religions) so that's where I'm coming from here. I think that things like this are mocking a very specific type of Christian, not the entire faith and that's why it doesn't offend me. I wrote a piece about why it is that some folks who dabble in the occult get trouble; it's not because there are actual supernatural forces ready to pounce on wavering Christians, it's because these kinds of things can only tap into their subconscious and create mental and emotional instability based upon the motive behind the dabbling. Similar to how back in the 60s there was a correlation between adolescent smoking and teen pregnancy, but cigarettes are definitely not an aphrodisiac. The causal portion was the teenaged rebelliousness and seeking of trouble being engaged in specifically to piss off authority figures and act out. In a spiritual setting a similar kind of recklessness and ignorance of consequences combined with the real power of the human unconscious (the reason why placebos have affects) and you get a potent way for people to break their own minds.
I love what you wrote, KetsuekiRose! I'm hoping that you are a teacher, because we sure do need minds like yours teaching our next generation. There are still some Christian churches today who accept and love all people regardless of race or sexual orientation. Although I'm no longer a believer in what I was taught at the Southern Baptist Church (it never really "took" with me, to be honest) I have found a church I like a lot. I listen to their sermons online. The pastor is a former stand-up comic who was a member of Second City Chicago back in the early 70s. She hung out with the Belushi brothers and other SNL alumni. She applies humor to her sermons. The congregation is multi-ethnic, and many members are LGBTQIA. I'm a couple of those letters, but choose to keep it to myself. I'm never telling my family other than my son. This pastor is one of only two people I've told, and she was wonderful to talk to, and her words helped me to never feel ashamed again for who I am. I could see her having one of these boards just for fun, because they are so ridiculous! She enjoys fun things. One sermon she delivered while wearing a preying (praying) mantis costume that had to be 7 feet tall including antenna. This is a United Methodist Church. The UMC had a big split a few years back, because some wanted to cling to their hatred of LGBTQIA, and others wanted to follow the love, hope, and charity that Jesus taught. Her church chose Love.
@@LazyIRanch I'm happy for you that you found a fulfilling church home. If you get a chance, I also highly recommend Marsha Steven's song, "Is This The Real You" and tear up even just thinking of it! I wish you the peace that passes understand, friend.
SO GLAD to see your comment pointing out exactly how these things work. But I will note there are times when such devices might be helpful. This wouldn't be the case if we were better at paying attention to, and understanding, our instincts. As we generally don't, a board can literally spell things out for us. I just think there are very few who understand the vastness of the subconscious and that there truly are dangerous things there. Yes, people can "break their own minds"!
I'm a standard mainline Protestant, born and bred. My parents bought a Ouija board for my sister and I when we were young. Even then, we knew this fake thing had no special powers. I'm not sure whether to be amused at the marketers or aghast at gullible people who take this stuff seriously.
Same amount of "truth"and "power" as a Bible, a quoran, the Torah, book of Mormon, or meter used by scientology....they all only have the power to extract money from those being taught from it and excuse some of the worst behaviors of humanity as long as it's to support said religion.
I appreciate you saying "I would not bring that bad juju into my home!" while a grasping skeletal octopus glares at you. 😁Also, what's the story with the baby head in the bottle? Genuinely curious. But yeah, as an ex-Christian "spiritual-but-not-religious" type who's now mostly looking in from the outside, it seems like Christian products have moved beyond satire. I genuinely don't know anymore what's sincere and what's cynical. I'd say odds are this is cynical but at the same time, if you told me it was cooked up by some Missouri homeschooler who honestly thinks it's a good idea, I wouldn't doubt it.
I’m a Halloween person so my fall wedding had a Halloween themed dessert room. My MIL and SIL did it all! It was amazing! They made decorations including that head.
Hello, delicious woman. I agree with your perspective on this. I love the comments here as well. The product obviously rebrands something the typical Christian is against, to make a sale. Gotta love free markets!
When you grow up surrounded by Southern Baptists who outdo ancient Rome at reject or appropriate, no. I would be utterly unsurprised to find that for sale at Life Empowered Bookstore
We have a lot of people in the US. It's the ones who take themselves far too seriously that we have the most trouble from. Because these are the sorts who would literally want to make a law forbidding the creation and/or sale of the Jesus Talking Board. The people screaming "Freedom!" while telling everyone else how to live their lives and what they are/are not allowed to do.
I can appreciate this as a gag gift for someone who takes themselves and their religion far too seriously but then again you might not get invited to their cookouts anymore after this one 😂
You want to find yourself a bad case of demon possession and an ersatz "Jesus", this strikes me as the fastest shortcut. Run screaming while you still can.
There is a verse in the bible that says that the only unforgivable sin is a sin against the Holy Spirit but it then doesn't really go on to explain what that means, so most Christians kinda ignore the meaning of the verse and don't worry about it too much because how on earth can you sin against the Holy Spirit. My brothers and sisters in Christ, we now have our answer. Goodness gracious.
So funny! You have such fantastic style. Nothing wrong with being religious, Christian or whatever, lots of good stuff. We just don't need to take things too seriously because it is myth after all. And it's a toy for chrissakes. For survival, a sense of humor is a must, and gratitude is the key. We don't have to be anything in particular to get this. Thanks RH, keep spreading the joy and good vibes!
Superstition is just regressive silliness. Religions are largely just expressions of cultural superiority and used to extract wealth and control by the clergy from the congregation preying on humans inability to grasp death and historically to motivate the poor to work their lives away in poverty to make the wealthy have more and more comfortable lives with some silly false promise that once you've worked your life away like a good little slave and only them do you get rewarded. Meanwhile the preacher is enjoying the fruits of your labor and your children's innocence.
There was a series of films in the late 80s called Witchboard .... I can't help thinking this must have been one of the worst sequels , or binge watching them with a lot of drugs ...a lot !!!
I personally think the whole thing is just satire. The product description comes across very tongue-in-cheek to me. I agree that no matter what your faith you need to have a sense of humor, so I'm enjoying the reviews where people are having fun with it.
These reviews are funny, thank you for sharing. The board seems to be a snarky reaction to Satanic Panic era stuff, when ouija and D&D and anything of that nature was condemned. This safe-to-use product makes it all A-OK! 😊👻🔮 I'm also reminded of the popularity of American Spiritualism, in the time after the First World War and the 1918 pando, when so many were lost. People still always have a desire to connect with someone beyond the veil. And so of course there developed a market to provide that service, that experience. This board seems akin to that, if it is meant to be earnest rather than snarky. Who knows. There are many different types of beliefs out there, some syncretic, embracing multiple traditions
HaHa...I found your shorts (no, not those) about a month ago, then watched a few vids...I have had more than a few chuckles especially during the shorts! You are fun to watch! Thanks for your review of this product. Like the disclaimers about the ouija, I feel the same way!! Cool that you are a Christian, I share that as well! And a hippie!! hee hee....good stuff!
I was raised in a romani family and my mimeré taught me everything from palmistry , to tarot , and even tea leaves which were all done by working with our angels and spirit godparents. Talking boards are no good I don't care if christ is pictured on it.
I'm guessing this is a joke, went to a very religious baptist school as a kid and got in trouble for having a magic eight ball so I cant see them going for this.
As you stated let's just move on so I will. However, the one who forgot to end her conversation with goodbye Jesus should know to end the conversation is by saying Amen. 🤔 😊😅
Love your sendup of this ridiculous seeming product. Sadly, people today don't realize there are in fact many life forms we can't readily observe. My own experience with Ouija leads me to warn everyone, as you did, to leave this alone.
On a side note, my mother was a paranoid schizophrenic & spent the last few months of her life yelling at her dead adoptive mother to move out & go back to her house & at Jesus, because he was too busy out partying with her mother instead of helping her find her penis, as he apparently agreed to do, which "they" stole from her at birth. So she couldn't "be king."
What the heck is all that thumping around in the background? You're talking about demon boards and it sounds like you've got one under your floor! Disturbing.
To answer your question about who this is for, people like me. I'm a former fundamentalist who no longer sees any evidence of the supernatural so this would be a funny gift for the many others I know who share my experience. I wouldn't give it to my friends who have a faith, that would be insulting. I wouldn't give it to a young child, they'll get enough exposure to religion from friends and family. I think mockery of mythology is fair game, especially when they're mocking two faiths at the same time.
Matthew 6:5 says, "When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward". Jesus continues, "But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret"
I never liked to talk about my faith even when I was actively going to church. There was such a strong "everyone HAS to know what you believe" narrative in my church that I was never really comfortable with in the first place which I actually think was an instigator in my loss of trust in the church itself. It's not something I'm willing to discuss even now because people have opinions on the church in question that I do not care about at all and because my faith in my god is still intact. That being said, I do have to nominate this for my "can't tell if serious" award. If it is, I have several problems. If it's a joke, I have several more problems. Namely, I actually can suffer from hallucinations and/or delusional thinking if I don't take medication, and not the kind that causes happy fun times. It is more offensive to me as a person with mental illness than it is to me on a religious level when people call religion and religious things delusional or make jokes along those lines. My suffering is not something to take and bend to your own purposes, especially not to belittle others' beliefs. Religions all have their problems, and people with mental illness and even those without can take it way too far, but do not, I repeat, DO NOT equate religion and mental illness. I had a hard enough time with the culture of "well, sinful behavior etc. equals suffering". I don't need or want to hear the inverse. My mental illness was the product of tragedy, not of following a certain faith or lack thereof. My former church has its problems, and I know exactly what those problems are, but my state of being isn't its fault.
'Scuse me, but this is hilarious! 🥲🤣 A Christian themed wot?! I'm dying.. All my grandparents just a'twirlin' in they graves... I gotta look this up. I need to know how the "Prince of Darkness" and the "Christ" are getting on! 💜
That’s really disrespectful to me as a Christian to mock my beliefs. Mocking my God is not very nice. Why is it always ok for Christian’s to be mocked but no one else? Why don’t we pick on Buddha or Allah?
I’m a Christian. I don’t go to a church I just believe in Jesus for my salvation, read the Bible and pray to him. That being said, you def don’t go searching for him via an Ouija board. You might find a “Jesus” but it ain’t gonna be the one you want. I used a real Ouija board when I was 16 with my best friend. We were dumb and didn’t know any better. I had a literal out of body experience. Say what you will, but I know what happened to me and I would NEVER touch any Ouija board, tarot cards, crystals, new Age spiritual stuff again. That was and is still the scariest thing to happen to me. I do not recommend going down that rabbit hole 😰 finished the video and adding some of those comments were funny tho and I’m with you, wouldn’t have it in my home.
*This is no joke. I used to play with them and did it for years. Needless to say I have a huge amount of experience and there's a reason I don't use them anymore. These are very real and there is no guarantee that you are talking to the people/spirit you want to talk to. Maybe you start out with a spirit that seems kind and good (and maybe it actually is) but there's no way to know for sure) but it doesn't take much for whatever it is you're talking to to be pushed out if the way by something stronger and darker. Not to mention they are full of lies. To those thinking of trying it, is it worth your life, spirit or sanity...*
It is pure mockery, I agree. I do believe God has to have a good sense of humor, but not for something like this, but he did create the people who make crazy clothes, at even crazier prices, so we could laugh at them. We are made in Gods image, but those clothes are not…I am talking about Baal-enciaga, here, as well as the other high fashion designers, that you bring to us, every day. Welcome to 2024, welcome to amateur hour. 🤷♀️
I may be over thinking this but if it is suppose to work correctly shouldn't it have the actual biblical name of Jesus and God on it? I'm thinking im over thinking it. This has to be a joke
I can see how this could be offensive, especially because of the major fuss that’s been made throughout history over the issue of how people can and should communicate with God and Jesus. Religions are prone to making a big deal over what outsiders might consider trivial details within broader issues, so I’m sure there’s a lot of things about this that could be considered offensive for reasons that wouldn’t occur to me. I define myself as spiritually eclectic, and that includes both aspects of Christianity (mainly Jesus and angels stuff, but explaining it would be a long involved thing because it’s very much my own personal take on things as the result of some strange spiritual experiences) and witchcraft, and Buddhism, but also not limited to those elements. I respect the beliefs and practices of others, as long as they’re not harming anyone (so excluding cults, like Scientology), and I expect to be treated in kind. I believe in following the Golden Rule. I also don’t push my beliefs onto others and I appreciate when others refrain from proselytizing. I do believe in spirits, or rather, I know they exist, because I’ve had direct contact with them on more occasions than I can count, and many of those experiences were intensely vivid and couldn’t even be close to debunked. Before those experiences, I didn’t believe in spirits. I still maintain skepticism, because it’s healthy, and not everything that seems to be paranormal is paranormal. I went from agnostic, or even atheist, to agnostic but more open-minded, to having some certain beliefs but keeping hold of some agnosticism. More than anything, I think it’s arrogant for humans to assume they know everything about anything, especially the greatest philosophical mysteries. If we’re not open to being wrong, we shut ourselves off to the truth, and deny a key aspect of the scientific method. So, I’m saying all this because I have used Ouja boards. I actually have one, although it’s made by a different company than the standard and it looks a bit different. I rarely use it, but when I do, it’s for a specific purpose because I do have some mediumship and psychic abilities. I’m always very careful about how I use it. Just like any tool, there’s right and wrong ways to use it. These reviews are funny, but the reality is that this board also should not be used without caution. As cliche as it is, it’s possible to accidentally allow malicious entities into your space whenever using this kind of device. I think it’s less likely to happen if your intention is to contact Jesus or angels, especially if you begin by doing something like saying a prayer, but one should always use caution anyway. But I tend to agree that this type of thing isn’t necessary at all, and prayer itself is sufficient. Lighting a candle, using a rosary, meditating in a garden, chapel, or other place of serenity, should be enough if you need some extra help focusing your mind on speaking with the divine. The methods used by devotees throughout thousands of years, need no improvement. So my only problem with this product, is that it could be somebody trying to profit off of the faith and gullibility of others. I doubt there are many people who would actually buy it, however.
If it was intended to be a Christian item the inventor should be slapped. The original OUJIA board was intended as a toy and since there is no spiritual beings or ghosts or whatevers, this is beyond silly.
I'm a Pagan witch 🧹 and I can tell you those things are dangerous. Like some one thinking that are talking to a dead child I've told people to ask things like what is ice cream like. Most of the time asking taste things. Bless your gingerbread hearts.🧹🔥🌻🎃🍄⚡💀🪄✨🌟💥💫
I am genuinely frightened by the number of people that sincerely think that the toy is anything other than cheap cardboard, plastic and stickers. Some sincerely believe that the toy can influence the world in some way. In this the age of Feynman, Hawking, Penrose, Einstein and Sagan people can still imagine evil spirits are real in spite of all the literal libraries of data that clearly show such a thing is not possible. Fear is a hell of a drug.
I was pagan for like 20yrs of my life, now I am a Christian. Like wtf, who is this thing supposed to be? I never would have used it when I was pagan, and I deff would never use it now. I'm so confused by this product.
As a Christian, I believe this is outright blasphemy. I feel bad for anyone trying to reach Jesus this way. The only thing they will reach is the devil and his minions.
If you make contact using that thing you are making contact with a demon which is deceiving you! To talk with God or Jesus you don't need some cardboard gimmick, all you have to do is pray... anytime, anywhere.
The idea of promoting "faith" has always been about taking advantage of people. I don't think gullibility plays into it because it's been passed down, mostly, through parent/child relationships for millenia. Thanks to products like this, more and more people are learning how ridiculous religion and "spirituality" are for understanding reality. Unfortunately, people who are able to believe in one thing without sufficient evidence, they will believe others.
Im not a "Christian" but I am spiritual. I agree that this is a mocking kind of thing. Tbh, I'd rather have a Ouija board, at least it's honest about what it is and ehat it's for.
This is the biggest contradiction. Communicating with spirits is not permitted in Christianity. Any real Christian knows how evil and sinister this really is. Yikes. I rebuke these demons in Jesus name!!! ❤
The board has a Goodbye Jesus area, I have a HEELLLLOOOOOO NURSE alert going off ever since I turned on this video Edit: AND you're in Baltimore? I'm in Catonsville around the corner from Bills Music, on Edmondson. Bill just died earlier this week. So sad. Enjoy the snow we are getting any minute now. Be safe if you venture out
Bmore? Dan Bell!! Seriously, I am a Christian too, and would not have any of these boards even near me. That said...IT'S FUNNY. GOD has to have a sense of humor. Take a look at the animal world, and some people lol. I don't know if it's mocking our faith, but I think it's rather humorous anyway. I mean my bible study guys were Dr. Chuck Missler and Dr. Michael Heiser. Academics and scholars. They always told jokes relating to biblical stuff. Some are stupid like ...Why did Cain kill his brother? Because he was Able....stuff like that. "Jesus is haunting me" that's hilarious.
Galatians 6:7 - Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 2Kings 19:22 - Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel! This "game", even if intended as a joke, is a mockery of the Holy Spirit, not from the Holy Spirit. If not from the Holy Spirit, then from whom would it be? Hmm...🤔
The ouiji board is a witchcraft inspired gimmick, not a good thing. I, as a teen, messed with an ouiji board, and it wasn't a good experience. Mixing religion with a non religious item is just seriously dangerous. I am not religious in any way, and I find it offensive
To the overly Jesus lady in the first review who said she couldn't think of a worse gift than the Jeujia or Jesus-ijia board or whatever they called it. I'm just saying, given recent track records, I think $5 for your first communion might be a way worst gift over here I'm just saying 🤦🏻♂️🤣😁
Some things are not funny. This is not, its mean spirited. That being said, I understand that the makers of this board meant it as a sarcastic way of making fun of some Christian beliefs. I am kind of astonished at how many people are taking it as a serious product.
"Who is this for," you say?
Let me tell you a little story. I live very close to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While I was in Bethlehem one day I ran into a fellow who told me of a car load of people from Alabama who stopped to ask to directions to the place where Jesus was born.
"Did you set them straight?" I asked.
"Hell no! I gave them directions. Anybody that stupid deserves to go on a wild goose chase."
That's who the board is for.
Had to look it up, but the fact that you aren’t making it up that there’s a Bethlehem Pennsylvania makes it all the funnier. 😂
There’s a city in Brazil called Belém, which is Bethlehem in Portuguese. Needless to say, a lot of Brazilians think there’s where Jesus were born. It’s hilarious, but kind of sad. (Mostly funny 😅).
DELIGHTFUL 😍👍
We do have a Bethleham, Georgia. The post office gets swamped every year at Christmas with folks wanting aa Behtleham post mark.
@@christinamann3640 I mean, you hadn't heard of the great steel manufacturing town of Bethlehem PA? Even when I was a kid in Florida there were numerous items in my granddad's workshed stamped "Bethlehem Steel".
I got into it BIG time with a fundy about this. Hilarious. I was highly offended that he considered the ouiji board contrary to God's communication standards, whereas a burning bush was "appropriate to the times" in which God spoke to Moses.
And I'm like, my dude, how the hell is a cheeky plastic mass produced product on Amazon NOT appropriate to these modern times??
As someone who worked at Christian bookstores for over 10 years...i did NOT assume this was a joke at first... you'd be surprised at all the "let's take this worldly thing and make it holy" products & practices that exist.
And we all wonder why there are more people in hell than people on the earth…
Back when I lived with my super messy hyper religious family of origin, i would have loved this. Not because I was a believer, but because I'd love to see how my mom, who was terrified of all things she believed were associated with the occult, would have to do mental backflips to praise me for enjoying something religious. 😅
Not a person of faith but even I can recognize how much of a mockery people of faith would see this. Everything about this screams 'scam' and 'cash grab'.
Yeah.
Ouija boards are against most religions,so,a Christian themed one makes no sense
I can't see this being a cash grab. No Christian would ever purchase this demonic piece of garbage.
Same.
"Goodbye, Jesus" 😂 sounds like a gift for atheists.
And witchcraft. Literally
Knowing oija boards are made in Baltimore explains so much
Bahahaha! Ow, burn Balti!
I am from Baltimore and this is the funnest fact I've learned today! 😂😂😂
Cheap plastic and cardboard consumer products being made in an urban setting us unusual somehow?
I am an avowed, card-carrying atheist and veteran stand-up comic. Still, I need this in my life.
I'm going to market the Darwin Talking Board. Use it to talk to old fossils!
Unironically would make money
I'm a pagan (animist and spiritualism, specifically) who was raised Christian but I turned hard because I'm gay and Christian bigotry is the worst. I'm not a spirit board sort of person, but I am so glad that people are finding the humor in this, even if there are quite a few vocal ones who don't see it.
I hope you repent. Jesus has rules becasue he loves us. You turned away becasue you don’t want to obey God, not becasue of Christian bigotry. You’re blaming others for your own rebellion. I’ve done that too. I struggle with same sex attraction, and I have to pray against it. It’s purely demonic, and there’s nothing good or holy about homosexuality. I have heard so many hell testimonies of homosexuals warning people to not go there. Please turn back to God, you’ll regret not doing it, and I promise you’ll think about this one day if you don’t. Jesus is real.
Couldn't agree more
Such a beautiful babe 😍 💕
This is too funny. The hypocrisy in Christianity is laughable. That is what chased me out of the church at a young age
You,too?
@Lenny J; @thundercloud ... you both are smarter than me. It took me years into my adulthood before I decided the hypocrisy in the church was too much and I finally left. It's been years and I've never been happier.
@@luckied7542 better late than never, right?
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Why are so many of the christian reviews yelling? Do they know that they can turn their caps lock off or have they just been overtaken by the devil?
Omg this is just too good!! The reverend Jen and King James must know of this board!! Perfect fundie Fridays item😂😂😂😂😂
The feedback is at least interesting. I was raised baptist and converted to Catholicism in college before winding up in the agnosti-pagan-esque camp...anywhoo!, I can completely understand how someone could be offended by this, but it really seems like it was MEANT to give to that coworker that smiles at your misfortune while offering to 'pray for you.' 🤭🙄
The negative reviews are likely from the same people who have seen me wear my BEETLEJUICE themed planchet as a big chunky necklace and told me I was the devil... Like, Ma'am, if I had the christian devil's guile, I would not be shopping at TJMaxx and the thrift store...😅
I think it WAS a joke but then some scummy megachurch huckster saw it and was like "no really let's make money with it."
Quija boards lead people to freak themselves out. There doesn't need to be a malevolent power once their imaginations get going.
Reenforces the statement " a sucker is born ever minute" 😂
I don't identify as a Christian because while I believe in God and Jesus, I don't accept what the church has become, and I accept all human faiths as having some truth to them. (and I've spent decades studying world religions) so that's where I'm coming from here. I think that things like this are mocking a very specific type of Christian, not the entire faith and that's why it doesn't offend me. I wrote a piece about why it is that some folks who dabble in the occult get trouble; it's not because there are actual supernatural forces ready to pounce on wavering Christians, it's because these kinds of things can only tap into their subconscious and create mental and emotional instability based upon the motive behind the dabbling. Similar to how back in the 60s there was a correlation between adolescent smoking and teen pregnancy, but cigarettes are definitely not an aphrodisiac. The causal portion was the teenaged rebelliousness and seeking of trouble being engaged in specifically to piss off authority figures and act out. In a spiritual setting a similar kind of recklessness and ignorance of consequences combined with the real power of the human unconscious (the reason why placebos have affects) and you get a potent way for people to break their own minds.
This is such a cogent and well written response to my dumb little video that I’m kind of embarrassed. Thank you for this.
I love what you wrote, KetsuekiRose! I'm hoping that you are a teacher, because we sure do need minds like yours teaching our next generation.
There are still some Christian churches today who accept and love all people regardless of race or sexual orientation. Although I'm no longer a believer in what I was taught at the Southern Baptist Church (it never really "took" with me, to be honest) I have found a church I like a lot. I listen to their sermons online. The pastor is a former stand-up comic who was a member of Second City Chicago back in the early 70s. She hung out with the Belushi brothers and other SNL alumni. She applies humor to her sermons. The congregation is multi-ethnic, and many members are LGBTQIA. I'm a couple of those letters, but choose to keep it to myself. I'm never telling my family other than my son. This pastor is one of only two people I've told, and she was wonderful to talk to, and her words helped me to never feel ashamed again for who I am.
I could see her having one of these boards just for fun, because they are so ridiculous! She enjoys fun things. One sermon she delivered while wearing a preying (praying) mantis costume that had to be 7 feet tall including antenna.
This is a United Methodist Church. The UMC had a big split a few years back, because some wanted to cling to their hatred of LGBTQIA, and others wanted to follow the love, hope, and charity that Jesus taught. Her church chose Love.
There is no such thing as "identifying" as a Christian. You are either born again or you are not.
@@LazyIRanch I'm happy for you that you found a fulfilling church home. If you get a chance, I also highly recommend Marsha Steven's song, "Is This The Real You" and tear up even just thinking of it! I wish you the peace that passes understand, friend.
SO GLAD to see your comment pointing out exactly how these things work. But I will note there are times when such devices might be helpful. This wouldn't be the case if we were better at paying attention to, and understanding, our instincts. As we generally don't, a board can literally spell things out for us.
I just think there are very few who understand the vastness of the subconscious and that there truly are dangerous things there.
Yes, people can "break their own minds"!
I CANNOT wait for the first story about a demon possessed Jesus board. 😂
😂😂😂
You know the makers of this board are laughing all the way to the bank! Duh....
You mean laughing all the way to the gates of hell
Your videos always bring me joy.
I'm a standard mainline Protestant, born and bred. My parents bought a Ouija board for my sister and I when we were young. Even then, we knew this fake thing had no special powers. I'm not sure whether to be amused at the marketers or aghast at gullible people who take this stuff seriously.
Same amount of "truth"and "power" as a Bible, a quoran, the Torah, book of Mormon, or meter used by scientology....they all only have the power to extract money from those being taught from it and excuse some of the worst behaviors of humanity as long as it's to support said religion.
I appreciate you saying "I would not bring that bad juju into my home!" while a grasping skeletal octopus glares at you. 😁Also, what's the story with the baby head in the bottle? Genuinely curious.
But yeah, as an ex-Christian "spiritual-but-not-religious" type who's now mostly looking in from the outside, it seems like Christian products have moved beyond satire. I genuinely don't know anymore what's sincere and what's cynical. I'd say odds are this is cynical but at the same time, if you told me it was cooked up by some Missouri homeschooler who honestly thinks it's a good idea, I wouldn't doubt it.
I’m a Halloween person so my fall wedding had a Halloween themed dessert room. My MIL and SIL did it all! It was amazing! They made decorations including that head.
Christo-paganism is also just a thing.
Will Jesus ghost you if you don't move the planchet to goodbye at the end of the session?
@@glenndavis5193 Isn't Jesus ghosting us kind of the point?
Hello, delicious woman. I agree with your perspective on this. I love the comments here as well. The product obviously rebrands something the typical Christian is against, to make a sale. Gotta love free markets!
I recently got hooked on your videos and love knowing you’re Christian! ✨
As *my* lord and savior J.R. "BoB" Dobbs says: "They may be Pink, but their money's still green!"
Do people in the US not comprehend sarcasm?
When you grow up surrounded by Southern Baptists who outdo ancient Rome at reject or appropriate, no. I would be utterly unsurprised to find that for sale at Life Empowered Bookstore
Most do, but a large minority in the US do not.
@@Asongbook it makes no sense, humour and religion are not mutually exclusive.
We have a lot of people in the US. It's the ones who take themselves far too seriously that we have the most trouble from. Because these are the sorts who would literally want to make a law forbidding the creation and/or sale of the Jesus Talking Board. The people screaming "Freedom!" while telling everyone else how to live their lives and what they are/are not allowed to do.
I can appreciate this as a gag gift for someone who takes themselves and their religion far too seriously but then again you might not get invited to their cookouts anymore after this one 😂
I'm not a religious person. I like you and your show I'm honestly looking out for you!
You want to find yourself a bad case of demon possession and an ersatz "Jesus", this strikes me as the fastest shortcut. Run screaming while you still can.
There is a verse in the bible that says that the only unforgivable sin is a sin against the Holy Spirit but it then doesn't really go on to explain what that means, so most Christians kinda ignore the meaning of the verse and don't worry about it too much because how on earth can you sin against the Holy Spirit.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, we now have our answer. Goodness gracious.
So funny! You have such fantastic style. Nothing wrong with being religious, Christian or whatever, lots of good stuff. We just don't need to take things too seriously because it is myth after all. And it's a toy for chrissakes.
For survival, a sense of humor is a must, and gratitude is the key. We don't have to be anything in particular to get this. Thanks RH, keep spreading the joy and good vibes!
I think by marking the review as “helpful” they really mean amusing. 😂
I think it is HILARIOUS! But i would not have that in my home. Don't invite trouble! 👻😈
Superstition is just regressive silliness. Religions are largely just expressions of cultural superiority and used to extract wealth and control by the clergy from the congregation preying on humans inability to grasp death and historically to motivate the poor to work their lives away in poverty to make the wealthy have more and more comfortable lives with some silly false promise that once you've worked your life away like a good little slave and only them do you get rewarded. Meanwhile the preacher is enjoying the fruits of your labor and your children's innocence.
"demands 10%" beautiful
There was a series of films in the late 80s called Witchboard .... I can't help thinking this must have been one of the worst sequels , or binge watching them with a lot of drugs ...a lot !!!
I'm completely with you, young hippy
I personally think the whole thing is just satire. The product description comes across very tongue-in-cheek to me. I agree that no matter what your faith you need to have a sense of humor, so I'm enjoying the reviews where people are having fun with it.
Mocking the mockery is the way to go. I'm not a fan, but you have to giggle as to not be angry about it.
These reviews are funny, thank you for sharing. The board seems to be a snarky reaction to Satanic Panic era stuff, when ouija and D&D and anything of that nature was condemned. This safe-to-use product makes it all A-OK! 😊👻🔮 I'm also reminded of the popularity of American Spiritualism, in the time after the First World War and the 1918 pando, when so many were lost. People still always have a desire to connect with someone beyond the veil. And so of course there developed a market to provide that service, that experience. This board seems akin to that, if it is meant to be earnest rather than snarky. Who knows. There are many different types of beliefs out there, some syncretic, embracing multiple traditions
"Says his real name is Asmodeus." Spit laugh!!!
I’m roaring over the reviews 😂😂😂 cheers for reading those hysterical, clever rippers! Off to Amazon for more fun! My day is shot now 😅
You handled this very, very well. You made a potentially difficult and touchy subject harmless and entertaining. Bravo, Maggie!!
Thank you
HaHa...I found your shorts (no, not those) about a month ago, then watched a few vids...I have had more than a few chuckles especially during the shorts! You are fun to watch! Thanks for your review of this product. Like the disclaimers about the ouija, I feel the same way!! Cool that you are a Christian, I share that as well! And a hippie!! hee hee....good stuff!
Thank you so much for watching!
I think it’s hilarious! I would get one just for a gag, but not for 30$.
I was raised in a romani family and my mimeré taught me everything from palmistry , to tarot , and even tea leaves which were all done by working with our angels and spirit godparents. Talking boards are no good I don't care if christ is pictured on it.
I'm guessing this is a joke, went to a very religious baptist school as a kid and got in trouble for having a magic eight ball so I cant see them going for this.
As a fellow Christian, I'm with ya--don't engage, just know this is probably a troll product, shake your head, and mooooove on!
As you stated let's just move on so I will. However, the one who forgot to end her conversation with goodbye Jesus should know to end the conversation is by saying Amen. 🤔 😊😅
Love your sendup of this ridiculous seeming product. Sadly, people today don't realize there are in fact many life forms we can't readily observe. My own experience with Ouija leads me to warn everyone, as you did, to leave this alone.
On a side note, my mother was a paranoid schizophrenic & spent the last few months of her life yelling at her dead adoptive mother to move out & go back to her house & at Jesus, because he was too busy out partying with her mother instead of helping her find her penis, as he apparently agreed to do, which "they" stole from her at birth. So she couldn't "be king."
What the heck is all that thumping around in the background? You're talking about demon boards and it sounds like you've got one under your floor! Disturbing.
Oh, he'll no. Not only would I never allow this in my home, I wouldn't allow anyone who owns one in my house.
To answer your question about who this is for, people like me. I'm a former fundamentalist who no longer sees any evidence of the supernatural so this would be a funny gift for the many others I know who share my experience. I wouldn't give it to my friends who have a faith, that would be insulting. I wouldn't give it to a young child, they'll get enough exposure to religion from friends and family. I think mockery of mythology is fair game, especially when they're mocking two faiths at the same time.
Matthew 6:5 says, "When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward". Jesus continues, "But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret"
I never liked to talk about my faith even when I was actively going to church. There was such a strong "everyone HAS to know what you believe" narrative in my church that I was never really comfortable with in the first place which I actually think was an instigator in my loss of trust in the church itself. It's not something I'm willing to discuss even now because people have opinions on the church in question that I do not care about at all and because my faith in my god is still intact.
That being said, I do have to nominate this for my "can't tell if serious" award. If it is, I have several problems. If it's a joke, I have several more problems. Namely, I actually can suffer from hallucinations and/or delusional thinking if I don't take medication, and not the kind that causes happy fun times. It is more offensive to me as a person with mental illness than it is to me on a religious level when people call religion and religious things delusional or make jokes along those lines. My suffering is not something to take and bend to your own purposes, especially not to belittle others' beliefs.
Religions all have their problems, and people with mental illness and even those without can take it way too far, but do not, I repeat, DO NOT equate religion and mental illness. I had a hard enough time with the culture of "well, sinful behavior etc. equals suffering". I don't need or want to hear the inverse. My mental illness was the product of tragedy, not of following a certain faith or lack thereof. My former church has its problems, and I know exactly what those problems are, but my state of being isn't its fault.
I am a Christian also and find this bat crap crazy. People will purchase anything. To each his/her own.
Are you familiar with angel cards? I used to know someone that took them very seriously she would probably take this seriously too.
Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?
A fucking holy trinity board LOL
'Scuse me, but this is hilarious! 🥲🤣
A Christian themed wot?! I'm dying..
All my grandparents just a'twirlin' in they graves...
I gotta look this up. I need to know how the "Prince of Darkness" and the "Christ" are getting on! 💜
Me too!
That’s really disrespectful to me as a Christian to mock my beliefs. Mocking my God is not very nice. Why is it always ok for Christian’s to be mocked but no one else? Why don’t we pick on Buddha or Allah?
I’m a Christian. I don’t go to a church I just believe in Jesus for my salvation, read the Bible and pray to him. That being said, you def don’t go searching for him via an Ouija board. You might find a “Jesus” but it ain’t gonna be the one you want. I used a real Ouija board when I was 16 with my best friend. We were dumb and didn’t know any better. I had a literal out of body experience. Say what you will, but I know what happened to me and I would NEVER touch any Ouija board, tarot cards, crystals, new Age spiritual stuff again. That was and is still the scariest thing to happen to me. I do not recommend going down that rabbit hole 😰 finished the video and adding some of those comments were funny tho and I’m with you, wouldn’t have it in my home.
*This is no joke. I used to play with them and did it for years. Needless to say I have a huge amount of experience and there's a reason I don't use them anymore. These are very real and there is no guarantee that you are talking to the people/spirit you want to talk to. Maybe you start out with a spirit that seems kind and good (and maybe it actually is) but there's no way to know for sure) but it doesn't take much for whatever it is you're talking to to be pushed out if the way by something stronger and darker. Not to mention they are full of lies. To those thinking of trying it, is it worth your life, spirit or sanity...*
Brilliant! I want one!
I feel I could send you a phone book to read, and it would be humorous to watch/listen to.
It is pure mockery, I agree. I do believe God has to have a good sense of humor, but not for something like this, but he did create the people who make crazy clothes, at even crazier prices, so we could laugh at them. We are made in Gods image, but those clothes are not…I am talking about Baal-enciaga, here, as well as the other high fashion designers, that you bring to us, every day. Welcome to 2024, welcome to amateur hour. 🤷♀️
I may be over thinking this but if it is suppose to work correctly shouldn't it have the actual biblical name of Jesus and God on it? I'm thinking im over thinking it. This has to be a joke
I can see how this could be offensive, especially because of the major fuss that’s been made throughout history over the issue of how people can and should communicate with God and Jesus. Religions are prone to making a big deal over what outsiders might consider trivial details within broader issues, so I’m sure there’s a lot of things about this that could be considered offensive for reasons that wouldn’t occur to me. I define myself as spiritually eclectic, and that includes both aspects of Christianity (mainly Jesus and angels stuff, but explaining it would be a long involved thing because it’s very much my own personal take on things as the result of some strange spiritual experiences) and witchcraft, and Buddhism, but also not limited to those elements. I respect the beliefs and practices of others, as long as they’re not harming anyone (so excluding cults, like Scientology), and I expect to be treated in kind. I believe in following the Golden Rule. I also don’t push my beliefs onto others and I appreciate when others refrain from proselytizing. I do believe in spirits, or rather, I know they exist, because I’ve had direct contact with them on more occasions than I can count, and many of those experiences were intensely vivid and couldn’t even be close to debunked. Before those experiences, I didn’t believe in spirits. I still maintain skepticism, because it’s healthy, and not everything that seems to be paranormal is paranormal. I went from agnostic, or even atheist, to agnostic but more open-minded, to having some certain beliefs but keeping hold of some agnosticism. More than anything, I think it’s arrogant for humans to assume they know everything about anything, especially the greatest philosophical mysteries. If we’re not open to being wrong, we shut ourselves off to the truth, and deny a key aspect of the scientific method. So, I’m saying all this because I have used Ouja boards. I actually have one, although it’s made by a different company than the standard and it looks a bit different. I rarely use it, but when I do, it’s for a specific purpose because I do have some mediumship and psychic abilities. I’m always very careful about how I use it. Just like any tool, there’s right and wrong ways to use it. These reviews are funny, but the reality is that this board also should not be used without caution. As cliche as it is, it’s possible to accidentally allow malicious entities into your space whenever using this kind of device. I think it’s less likely to happen if your intention is to contact Jesus or angels, especially if you begin by doing something like saying a prayer, but one should always use caution anyway. But I tend to agree that this type of thing isn’t necessary at all, and prayer itself is sufficient. Lighting a candle, using a rosary, meditating in a garden, chapel, or other place of serenity, should be enough if you need some extra help focusing your mind on speaking with the divine. The methods used by devotees throughout thousands of years, need no improvement. So my only problem with this product, is that it could be somebody trying to profit off of the faith and gullibility of others. I doubt there are many people who would actually buy it, however.
I don't buy ouiji, or tarot, or black candles. But if anything, it's helpful for learn about and to laugh at.
If it was intended to be a Christian item the inventor should be slapped. The original OUJIA board was intended as a toy and since there is no spiritual beings or ghosts or whatevers, this is beyond silly.
It's not the pretty pictures, design it's the set up. It's not only not christian it's dangerous. These boards attack the mentally disadvantaged.
8:50 Jessus with two SS
I love that you are a woman of faith
And proud!
I'm a Pagan witch 🧹 and I can tell you those things are dangerous. Like some one thinking that are talking to a dead child I've told people to ask things like what is ice cream like. Most of the time asking taste things. Bless your gingerbread hearts.🧹🔥🌻🎃🍄⚡💀🪄✨🌟💥💫
I am genuinely frightened by the number of people that sincerely think that the toy is anything other than cheap cardboard, plastic and stickers. Some sincerely believe that the toy can influence the world in some way. In this the age of Feynman, Hawking, Penrose, Einstein and Sagan people can still imagine evil spirits are real in spite of all the literal libraries of data that clearly show such a thing is not possible. Fear is a hell of a drug.
Some people find it helpful, others don’t. Perceptions are from individuals alone.
gray is a good color
It’s hilarious and dangerous at the same time.
Holy shit! (Literally, even!)
I was pagan for like 20yrs of my life, now I am a Christian. Like wtf, who is this thing supposed to be? I never would have used it when I was pagan, and I deff would never use it now. I'm so confused by this product.
It’s a mockery of Jesus and a petty way for demons to lead the lukewarm christians even further into hell
As a Christian, I believe this is outright blasphemy. I feel bad for anyone trying to reach Jesus this way. The only thing they will reach is the devil and his minions.
If you make contact using that thing you are making contact with a demon which is deceiving you! To talk with God or Jesus you don't need some cardboard gimmick, all you have to do is pray... anytime, anywhere.
Wow, yes - prayer is the way, not a board.
The idea of promoting "faith" has always been about taking advantage of people. I don't think gullibility plays into it because it's been passed down, mostly, through parent/child relationships for millenia. Thanks to products like this, more and more people are learning how ridiculous religion and "spirituality" are for understanding reality. Unfortunately, people who are able to believe in one thing without sufficient evidence, they will believe others.
Do not expect logic and sanity to be associated with anything "religious."
Im not a "Christian" but I am spiritual. I agree that this is a mocking kind of thing. Tbh, I'd rather have a Ouija board, at least it's honest about what it is and ehat it's for.
This is the biggest contradiction. Communicating with spirits is not permitted in Christianity. Any real Christian knows how evil and sinister this really is. Yikes. I rebuke these demons in Jesus name!!! ❤
I'm so pleased with my bust reduction.
Yes, this has bad juju. Yes, this is stupid. And yes, this is also laughable. Not this video, but the board.
The board has a Goodbye Jesus area, I have a HEELLLLOOOOOO NURSE alert going off ever since I turned on this video
Edit: AND you're in Baltimore? I'm in Catonsville around the corner from Bills Music, on Edmondson. Bill just died earlier this week. So sad. Enjoy the snow we are getting any minute now. Be safe if you venture out
Love meeting fellow Marylanders!
Love the dress. I do that too. Just because I can
Bmore? Dan Bell!! Seriously, I am a Christian too, and would not have any of these boards even near me. That said...IT'S FUNNY. GOD has to have a sense of humor. Take a look at the animal world, and some people lol. I don't know if it's mocking our faith, but I think it's rather humorous anyway. I mean my bible study guys were Dr. Chuck Missler and Dr. Michael Heiser. Academics and scholars. They always told jokes relating to biblical stuff. Some are stupid like ...Why did Cain kill his brother? Because he was Able....stuff like that. "Jesus is haunting me" that's hilarious.
Galatians 6:7 - Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
2Kings 19:22 - Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!
This "game", even if intended as a joke, is a mockery of the Holy Spirit, not from the Holy Spirit. If not from the Holy Spirit, then from whom would it be? Hmm...🤔
do you have the same sense of outrage when a certain orange con man tries to sell you the ' God Bless The USA Bible ' (made in China)?
The ouiji board is a witchcraft inspired gimmick, not a good thing. I, as a teen, messed with an ouiji board, and it wasn't a good experience. Mixing religion with a non religious item is just seriously dangerous. I am not religious in any way, and I find it offensive
Why Is there that? 😂
This is nuts.
You are stunning and voice amazing
Oh thank you!
@@Refashionedhippie much love from scotland x x x
To the overly Jesus lady in the first review who said she couldn't think of a worse gift than the Jeujia or Jesus-ijia board or whatever they called it. I'm just saying, given recent track records, I think $5 for your first communion might be a way worst gift over here I'm just saying 🤦🏻♂️🤣😁
Some things are not funny. This is not, its mean spirited. That being said, I understand that the makers of this board meant it as a sarcastic way of making fun of some Christian beliefs. I am kind of astonished at how many people are taking it as a serious product.
hi boo!
Jesus is already in my living room hitting my THC vape pen and eating all the snacks in my kitchen. Please advise.