Old Testament and/or New Testament. Try to give a solid answer, not just something off the top of your head....if you have a verse then name it with the quote. No need to write a book about it. Is superstition something that is viewed favorably or unfavorably? Thanks.
2006-09-25 13:38:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The World Book Encyclopedia says: “Superstitions will probably have a part in life as long as people fear each other and have uncertainties about the future.” Fear and uncertainty may drive people to become superstitious. Christians, however, shun superstition. They do not fear man—Jehovah is their support. (Psalm 6:4-10) And they are not uncertain about the future; they know Jehovah’s revealed purposes and have no doubt that “to time indefinite the very counsel of Jehovah will stand.” (Psalm 33:11) Bringing our lives into harmony with Jehovah’s counsel ensures a happy, long-term future.
True Christians know that reverential attention is often given to good-luck charms as well as to superstitious rituals or routines. Hence, Christians view all such as forms of idolatry, clearly condemned in God’s Word.—Exodus 20:4, 5; 1 John 5:21.
2006-09-25 13:50:56 · answer #1 · answered by da chet 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the Hebrew Bible, the Witch of Endor of the First book of Samuel, chapter 28:4–25, was a witch, a woman "who possesses a talisman", through which she called up the ghost of the recently deceased prophet Samuel, at the demand of King Saul of Israel. After Samuel's death and burial with due mourning ceremonies in Ramah, Saul had driven all necromancers and magicians from Israel.
Saul sought out the witch, anonymously and in disguise, only after he received no answer from God from dreams, prophets or the Urim and Thummim as to his best course of action against the assembled forces of the Philistines. The prophet's ghost offered no advice but predicted Saul's downfall as king.
Saul sinned further in consulting this woman; the practice of necromancy was forbidden by the Torah.
The next day Saul's army was defeated and he and his son were killed. Oh yes, Samuel's ghost told him he would die because of conjuring him up through the witch.
Our faith should be in nothing except God through Jesus Christ.
2006-09-25 13:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by Augustine 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Acts:17 21-23
The only place that I could find anything concerning superstition.
It's not favorable to witchcraft or soothsayers.
Micah 5:12
2006-09-25 13:49:50 · answer #3 · answered by Acts 2 38 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't SAY anything...it READS!!
2006-09-25 13:40:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋