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Show SAVANT ?'m writing because you are the mostintelligent person | know of, aniyo you reasonable answers Please do not “turn me off” when you ioe the subject of my letter. | am not an teenager;| am a college-educated professional, and I’ve had a baffling experience. My Sere was given a Ouija board, and the twoof was a few times. The results were We never would have spelled out some of the are against it, (the little rolling plat- It the Vice President isa suppones to ee jent need be, theletters of the alphabet and other symbols on the Ouija board) are definitely shouldn’ form that “points”to directing it, either consciously or subconsciously. Here's proof, and I hope that every Ouija board own- board game, they shouldn’t be Laeites should the; P Please do not consider ly people are this a trivial subject. Could you give us imalationl answer about what's happening here? | need to remain anonymous. —Anonymous, Syracuse,N.Y. erin the countrytries this experiment as many times as The Ouija board is just a lot of hooey, and it scares people for nothing. Those whotouch the planchette the participants the results until they’re finished. The out- neededto convince himself and herself to dumpthe whole thing into the wastebasket. Both participants should blindfold themselves and play the board in the presence of bystanders—friends or family who should record the so-called answers and messagesbutnot tell comewill be utter nonsense. Please send Free Pamphletentitled “The Lessons of Genesis” This offer is limited to one free pamphiet. Name Address Oy CATHOLIC INFORMATION SERVICE KMIGHTS of COLUMBUS P.O. Box 1971, New Haven, CT 06521 Revealed religion is frequently called the “history of salvation.” It is the record of God's interventions in the world of man. This quality of history distinpe revealed religion ‘om the naturalreligion of paganism, which tries to find religious values in nature and reason alone. Paganism is not, of course, alwaysevil, but it is ) alwaysinadequate. Only in revelation does God make Himself known to us per» sonally andfully. But how has God made Himself known? Do we mean by revelation that = God has actually spoken to certain people at definite timesin history? Andif so, has He appeared in human form and used humanlange’ A consideration of enesis, the first book of the Bible, takes up these questions as well as the more important ones like PR-21 “What does God say of Himself?” and “What does He say about us?”. Write today for your free copy of ‘The Lessons of Genesis.” No one will call on you. Jobs port while he’sin office? —Kate Martin, Belton, S.C, ‘Weroutinelyelect Presidents who havenot even served in national office at all first, so Americans must not consider asien apprenticeship of much importance. Regardless, the importance ofthe Vice President is entirely dependent on the wishesofthe President, and those wishes surely range from simply selfish (as we usually assume)to quietly wise. Say | have two dozen pickles—labeled No. 1 out No, ae ajar.! Lost a ‘thepick myfriend napus outpi Je at random. What are the chances that she will pull out le than | did? —Paul Joseph, Houston, Tex. The chancesthatyourfriend will pull outthe samepickle are | in 24,so the chancesthatshewill pull outa differ- ent pickle must be 23 out of 24. Half the Oulja ofthe time (23+2=11.5 times),it will be a lower-numberedpickle, and the other half of the time (23+2=11.5 times), it will be a higher-numbered pickle. So the chancesare 23out of question 48 (11.5 times outof 24 pickle-pulls are the same as 23timesoutof 48 pick- Tepulls) that she'll pull out a higher. ON€8 afd numberedpickle. But if you tell me the numberof the {op alll, pickle you pull out—thatis,if you pick a particular pickle—I would give you a different answer. My answerappliesto justany old pickle. Is it wise to fe mediocre talent, such encouragement createfalse hopetor ig~ nificant success in lifeP —K.H., Flower Mound, Tex. I'm all for encouragementof everyone. Besides, just look around. Plenty of successful people have talent! Hao eee” Buyeuedo Pulteney repyAae S9tG (uByy vou eueu} ‘S6Gh Aurenaged )0 SY UaMSNV If you have a question for eee vosSevers who is listed in the “Guinness Book of World Records” Hall of Fame for “Highest 10,” send it Ae Ask Marilyn, PARADE, ‘711 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Because of volume of mail, personal replies are not possible. PAGE 24 - SEPTEMBER 15, 1996 - PARADE MAGAZINE |
