A Slippery Path?

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We went to a Chinese restaurant and the next day I decided to eat one of the fortune cookies.

As I took out the slip of paper with my fortune on it, it said, "Read the moment. It is speaking to you." 

Then I looked at the other side.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered an advertisement for a show on Prime where people battle for a million dollars!

Whaaat?

The last thing you expect to see on a fortune is an advertisement for a streaming show.

I never take my fortune seriously, but it feels like somebody sold out by selling advertising on it. Of course, everything is a business and maybe times are tough for fortune printers, I don't know.

When I was a kid I used to read my horoscopes in the paper. I never took those seriously either, of course, but it was just something fun to read. It's never a good idea to put your faith in something like a horoscope or a fortune, so I never did.

I know this will make you gasp, but we played with a Ouija board, too. 

Before you call me a heathen, we were kids and it was just a game to us. In fact, we tried to figure out which one of us was actually moving the piece to get the answer they wanted, which tells you something about our level of belief in it.

Oh, and I had a Magic 8 Ball, too. I just thought the floaty thing was kind of cool.

As I'm writing this, you might think my parents were unhinged, but they weren't. I'm sure they just thought of them as toys for kids at the time, especially since they were probably advertised to kids next to regular games. 

We didn't put any stock in their supposed connection to the occult.

But, with today's environment, I would think parents would stay away from this stuff because young people might tend to take it seriously and it could lead them away from faith down a path they should not be following.

Not to mention, we certainly don't want to open any opportunity for kids to entertain bad things. We've got enough of that already. 

I think kids are much too susceptible to spiritualism today. In our culture it would be best to find more wholesome family games in which to engage.

Pray for peace and an end to war.

Janet Cassidy
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