"In early 2006, George Barna conducted a poll that revealed 73 percent of America's youth have participated in psychic activities and/or witchcraft. Four out of five had their horoscopes read by an astrologer. One-third have played with a Ouija board or read a book about Witchcraft, or Wicca. More than one-fourth have played occultic games. One-tenth have participated in a séance, attempting to contact the dead. One-twelfth have attempted to cast spells or mix magic potions. Thirty percent have participated in palm reading, and 27 percent had their fortunes told."-From "The Truth Behind Gosts, Mediums, & Psychic Phenomena", Ron Rhoder.
I should've known the minister's wife was sending me down the path of damnation with the Wicca research paper. ;)
3 comments:
Does reading an anti-witchcraft book count as reading a book about witchcraft, I wonder?
And what counts as an "occultic game"?
Zoe--ever done "light as a feather, stiff as a board" as a kid? That would probably be an 'occultic game'. Whatever that is. ;)
Zoe: Not quite sure...if so I'm doomed from quoting this one aren't I? As for occultic games, some examples given in this book and the Barna Survey (which I think I sent you once as a scary link) would be as Missy said "Light as a feather, stiff as a board"; ouija boards; playing 'fortune teller', probably with these folks even pretending to have magic powers like Harry Potter.
I picked this book up on a whim, and if I had the money, I'd have picked up one on witnessing to people in the occult. I flipped through the other one, forget the name, and laughed myself to near tears.
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