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2007-10-28 02:19:34 · 8 answers · asked by Third P 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Because people want to feel in control of things that are beyond their control. They want a reason things happen or don't happen: if I put a horseshoe above my door, then my house won't burn down. If my house does burn down, then it must have been the wrong sort of horseshoe.
There are so many things in this world that we can't explain rationally or emotionally-- why some people seem to have all the breaks go their way when others who seem to deserve a break have ill fortune, why an innocent suffers-- that we invent ways to explain or to attempt to ward off bad events or invite good ones.
It's better than feeling helpless and unable to do anything. Even if it really doesn't influence events we can feel we did SOMETHING.
2007-10-28 02:39:29 · answer #1 · answered by princessmikey 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Luck? What is luck? Is it being in the right place at the right time? Maybe a "lucky charm" or some other sort of superstition can give some sort of false confidence. Actually I think that people like superstitions, charms and rituals. And I think that these things are thought to be fun.
2007-10-28 02:52:41 · answer #2 · answered by Iconoclast 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is 'bring'. In 'luck' you are positive or negative. The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative, but the positive in the form is not conceived as having connection to the perceiver and the objects positivity is perceived as an immanent quality in it, rather than an object which is made to a purpose or a result of unconscious forces. The concept for it is positively empty and its causes are not described as coherent sensible causes are, in concrete and sensational objective descriptions, e.g. the immanent power is invisible and its effective description is not limited to what is immediately presentable to the senses e.g. magnetism.
2007-10-28 15:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boy" don't some have all the Luck"
it comes in believing in ones self have to believe in something to have it work.
My lucky charm was a rabbits foot the old myth was the left foot of a rabbit was pose to bring you good luck
2007-10-28 05:15:50 · answer #4 · answered by edward_church2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in themselves....but they do act as talismans to remind
people to set themselves up for good things to happen.
By keeping objects close to remind you of positive
energy in the world, you increase your awareness of
opportunities and tend to consciously or unconsciously
move forward with your instincts in this regard rather
than hang back. Your confidence is boosted as in "I
think I'll go ahead and try that, after all, I have my
lucky charm...it will help me". All you're doing is
increasing your courage with the help of belief in
some kind of amulet....so, in this regard it does
work although self imposed.
2007-10-28 02:46:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it is according to the user if they believe in these kinds of spiritual belief.
I, sometimes, believe in lucky charms. Most of them are common in religious countries because of their history's culture.
2007-10-28 02:34:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe, if you BELIEVE they bring luck...
do you believe in luck?
I believe in more of a "dumb-luck", meaning: not really caused by a specific thing we understand.
2007-10-28 03:14:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they really don't. But they make people 'feel good'.
Doug
2007-10-28 02:32:24 · answer #8 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋