Superstition: 1. beliefs or practices resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, or trust in magic or chance.
2. an unreasoning fear of nature, the unknown, or God resulting from superstition.
2007-03-26 22:35:50 · 12 answers · asked by Vlasko 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus M. My definition is from the dictionary and God is capitalized. I hope you feel enlightened.
2007-03-27 00:20:57 · update #1
God, the Devil and Santa. None of these are real. People created these beings because we want to believe that when this life ends that we are gonna go to a better place. It's sad and pathetic if you think about it, we let kids believe in all these magical beigs like fairies and leprechauns, while alot of adults believe in "magical" beings themselves. God is just an imaginary friend for grown ups
2007-03-26 22:46:00 · answer #1 · answered by Monkey Lover 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
God is known through what we see in nature. Complexity and simplicity, artistic, creative, thoughtful, good as in why are their so many yummy foods that please the palates of humans.
Then God furthered the details by communicating and that's where the Bible comes from so more is learned about the creator by what he has revealed and all this equals to knowledge.
Presupposing that there is no supernatural may be the real ignorance because there is no valid reason to discount it.
There is no fear, or the unknown, ignorance is replaced with revelation which is rational to logical presuppositions. So belief in God would not count as superstition.
Now believing crystals have some secret powers that might.
2007-03-26 22:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by Who's got my back? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
superstition -
1.irritional belief: an irritional, but usually deep-seated belief in the magical effects of a spicific action or ritual, especially in the likelihood that good or bad luck will result from performing.
2,irritional beliefs - irritional and aften quasi-religious belief in and reverence for the magical effects of some actions and intends or the magical powers of some objects
You included our God in your difinition of superstition which is not supposed to be.You should not have capitalized letter G in your description of god because in not making it capitalize it means for the false god, not our God.. that " god " is the wooden man made image of God.On your No. 2 meaning, it runs this way, so that you could understand it - it is not a reasoning fear of nature, fear of the unknown or fear of god resulting from superstition. Could you imagine now that the "god" there is not a true living God?
Believing God is not superstition according to the word meaning which I have qouted above for your reference. In our belief to God, the Bible is our basis, hence it was written on the bible. Is it clear my friend? Hope your mind and heart will be enlightened.
jtm
2007-03-26 23:24:13 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Our faith is in keeping with certainty and historic certainty, and the info could be recent in non-biblical texts besides (from the two antagonistic and independent factors). the adult adult males who penned the gospels did so at great danger to their own lives. All apart from John, i've got confidence, suffered brutal deaths for their faith. Rational adult adult males won't submit to pain with the intention to propagate a e book of superstitions or fairytales. inspite of the undeniable fact that, courageous adult adult males will danger loss of life for some thing they know to be real. while Jesus replaced into arrested, His disciples scattered because of the fact they have been terrified of suffering an identical destiny - crucifixtion. It replaced into in basic terms while they had considered the resurrected Christ that they took braveness and have been fearless in spreading the gospels. Missionaries in foreign places international locations immediately are imprisioned and tortured for their faith. Do you heavily think of they go through beatings, torture, and mutilations for superstitions?
2016-10-20 00:54:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 100% superstition.
"If we look back at the begining we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned or disfigured them; that weakness worships them; that credulity preserves them; and that custom, respect and tyranny support them, in order to make the blindness of man serve their own interest. If the ignorance of nature gave birth to Gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them."
- Baron d'Holbach
2007-03-26 22:42:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
it is not a superstition coz the heavens declare the glory of God,,,,living in this big and complicated universe how can you not believe in God,,,.besides life would not be possible without God coz you will always question urself where did all these things come from...
2007-03-26 22:41:04 · answer #6 · answered by icy-sugar 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
'Cause I don't believe in luck, chance, or superstition. I believe in Jesus. If you had a relationship with Him, you would understand. Superstition is not real. God is.
2007-03-26 22:39:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
You can only prove to yourself whether God exists.
Prove God exist website
www.meditationthai.org
2007-03-26 22:56:17 · answer #8 · answered by Bright 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In fact it is superstitious since we do not know any facts on god
2007-03-26 22:39:03 · answer #9 · answered by maussy 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
really, all gods are primitive superstition.
2007-03-26 22:41:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋