Talk:Superstition
From Academic Kids
This is currently very hard definition. Most of us are influenced by superstition : lucky numbers, favourite items. Superstition is deeply embedded in most cultures : just think of launching ships with bottles of wine, 'touch wood' etc.
But it's late and I have to work tomorrow :) WillSmith (Malaysia) 16:27 Oct 21, 2002 (UTC)
Don't you think superstition is just passing the responsibility on to someone else. Let it be fate, go
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od/bad luck or a black cat?
It is bad luck to be supersticious.
religion
By defining superstition as misplaced religious feeling, the article suggests that there is a rightly placed religious feeling, even going so far as to give a Christian view of superstition. However, a lot of people would regard all religion as superstition. This would seem to be confirmed by the dictionary definition, which says nothing about misplaced attitudes:
1. Unreasoning awe or fear of something unknown, mysterious, or imaginary, esp. in connexion with religion; religious belief or practice founded upon fear or ignorance. (b) In particularized sense: An irrational religious belief or practice; a tenet, scruple, habit, etc. founded on fear or ignorance. 2. An irrational religious system; a false, pagan, or idolatrous religion. (b) A religious ceremony or observance of a pagan or idolatrous character. (c) Religious observance. Shantavira 09:50, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Indeed. By defining superstition as misplaced religious feeling, we were keeping a lot of furious zanies snoozing safely in their cots... yow! here they come! --Wetman 22:29, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
