2007-09-21 08:17:32 · 16 answers · asked by KatsLoveBug 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
NO I STAY CLEAR AND AM NOT SUPERSTITIOUS. HOWEVER, THE GOOD BOOK WARNS TO STAY AWAY FROM FORTUNE TELLERS. ETC-ETC AS I BELIEVE IN GOD-JESUS-SATAN. SATAN IS BAD. THANKS
2007-09-21 09:03:05 · answer #1 · answered by Savanna 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
In the light of day I think they are silly- but I'll tell you, when I was in Ireland...
I went to a ring fort alone, in the middle of the day. I walked all around it once, looking at everything and taking like a 1/2 hour. Then I left. I took a few steps away and then thought, "why not circle it again I'm not ever coming back" and turned around. This time I saw 2 crows, one lying dead right by the entrance and one sitting next to it and cawing at me. I LEFT SOOOOO FAST! I feel like my superstition about that was probably a good thing. You know what those gdd@mn Irish fairies are like...!
2007-09-21 23:11:32 · answer #2 · answered by kermit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how you define your terms... Taking "valid" to mean "more or less true", then I think by the definition of the word, superstitions are not valid.
Others may take the word "valid" differently, meaning " Is it OK to think these things? "... in which case, it may seem harmless enough. However, I think these things can never be completely harmless.
If you are asking something to the effect of "Is walking under a ladder really unlucky?", then the answer is of course not (unless something gets dropped on your head!) ... superstitions are just our over-active pattern finding instincts misfiring.
2007-09-21 15:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by kirun 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Superstitions, if you look at them in context, are based in both hope and fear: hope that a previously experienced posititve can be duplicated if all the proceedures used before are repeated, fear that ill effects may follow any deviation from what worked last time. While that may not be logical, the intent is valid.
2007-09-21 15:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't. Whenever I see a ladder on the street I pass under it just for fun. I have never been particularly unlucky.
Actually, I do not believe in luck. Everything is a chain of causes and effects. Sometimes, we cannot understand all the little causes that affect our life so we call it luck or bad luck.
2007-09-21 15:33:48 · answer #5 · answered by Ether alchemist 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am neutral on the subject but what I don't understand is if superstitions are invalid then why don't they either diminish or die out altogether? Another thing is incredible coincidences that there is no explanation for.
2007-09-21 15:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
some are and some are just crazy. My grandmother is VERY superstitous... I believe in these, but the more bizarre ones...not at all
If a black cat crosses your path....bad luck
Left palm itching....spend money
Right palm itching....get money
Can't split poles or trees while walking....bad luck
Break a mirror...7yrs bad luck
2007-09-21 15:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by Sweet T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, most superstitions are there to try and reason with something people are unable to understand, or they are there for control.
2007-09-21 15:23:46 · answer #8 · answered by porkchop 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Certainly not! Some people want to believe all sorts of rubbish, but if one is objective, he can see superstitions are absurd.
2007-09-21 15:36:21 · answer #9 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are valid if you make them valid. If you are constantly afraid that something will happen to you, you tend to draw in the energy that something will happen to do. Then it becomes a sort of "see! This happened because I didn't do xxxxxx!" and it's a self perpetuating cycle. Kind of like a sick placebo effect. lol
2007-09-21 15:26:36 · answer #10 · answered by xxamethystnightxx 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no. my mom says when you tell everyone your plans and people are jealous and wish you bad, your plans get ruined, so it is better not to tell anyone. Is that a superstition?
2007-09-21 15:22:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋