City Government Seeks “Spirit Guidance.”

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently voted overwhelmingly to urge the U.S. Navy to name a vessel the “USS Harvey Milk.”  Harvey Milk was one of the first openly homosexual politicians in the U.S. and served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.  In order to determine if the idea was a good one, the Board consulted the spirits.

According to one supervisor, “We actually put our hands on the Ouija board and the letters g-o-o-d-r-i-d-d-a-n-c-e-d-a-d-t came out.  We asked Harvey, and Harvey gave us these letters: ‘Good riddance don’t ask, don’t tell.’  It was quite clear that Harvey Milk would have been opposed to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’  I can honestly say that’s one aspect of this resolution that’s really valid” stated one Board of Supervisors member (San Francisco Chronicle, May 23, 2012). 

Few today are aware of what the Bible says about such practices.  The prophet Isaiah noted that God will forsake the Israelite-descended nations, in part, because they “are soothsayers” or use sorcery (2:6).  Ezekiel prophesied, “Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination?  You say, ‘The LORD says,’ but I have not spoken” (13:7).  Jeremiah also recorded that the false prophets and leaders of the land “prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart” (14:14).  These same prophets describe a coming persecution on nations that have chosen to reject God and His instructions.  Sadly, we will see more of this as the end of the age approaches.