2007-10-02 04:08:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religion and superstition are closely related. All religion is technically superstition, but it is just more organized and widely accepted. Of course, religious people dont think this is true, because they feel that they know the unknowable because someone else told them what to think, but in reality its all superstition.
2007-10-02 04:15:42 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Both were created to explain the unexplainable. Superstition is less restricive and not limited to any one group. Both are usually unable to be proven scientifically. They require a large amount of faith, fear, and to some respect the abillity to blindly accept the word of others. People who truely think for themsleves are not usually very "religious" or "superstitious". They may however still be quite spiritual.
2007-10-02 04:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like PB and J.
And this is from a Pagan, so believe me that superstition is religion's best friend. (And trying to dispel superstition is like force feeding a toddler. Everyone ends up messy...)
2007-10-02 04:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
to quote an old boss "one mans superstition is another mans religion!"
Hope this gives you a general Idea!
2007-10-02 04:15:53 · answer #4 · answered by villhelm 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
at its foundation, it is equal to superstition. both hold a believe in something not provable, and a fear factor to maintain compliance.
2007-10-02 04:13:45 · answer #5 · answered by equal_opposites 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Speaking from a Christian viewpoint: for fundamentalism, the 2 are practically the same.
For Christianity as a whole, the relationship is that they both deal with the "supernatural." Of course fictional supernatural beings, ghost, vampires, werewolves, etc., are a far cry from ultimate reality: God.
2007-10-02 04:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by Acorn 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Depends on the religion and denomination and the person.
2007-10-02 04:11:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Two sides of the same coin.
2007-10-02 06:10:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are one and the same.
2007-10-02 04:11:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
can you say round peg into a round hole fitting perfectly?
2007-10-02 04:11:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋