http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119370066239175607.html
2007-10-31 08:03:10 · 21 answers · asked by Coma White 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nah I've been burying dead people in my yard for a long time and it really seems to help.
2007-10-31 21:17:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well yeah it's superstitious but what the heck, what'll it hurt?
I'm not a superstitious person in most parts of my life except for work. I work in a hospital in a Labor & Delivery unit and if it's not busy and someone comes in and says "Sure is QUIET here tonight" all the nurses will start groaning with cringed faces and scold the person for using the "Q" word. It seems that saying this causes a busload of pregnant women to be dropped off in labor. We also don't believe in "birth plans" because trying to "plan" labor isnt possible and we say it p*sses off the "Labor Gods" and soon they will get everything they didnt want (like a c-section).
2007-10-31 14:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by Leizl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's superstition. Nothing more.
It is not a Catholic teaching nor is it a Catholic tradition.
While it is reasonable to ask St. Joseph for his intercession in helping buy or sell a home (finding housing for the holy family being one of his duties as head of the holy family), the idea of burying a statue of him upside down has no plausible connection to any patronly interest he might have in housing.
Because an efficacy is attributed to a religious act that has no apparent rational basis, the act qualifies as superstition or a perverse excess of religion. The Catechism notes that "Superstition in some sense represents a perverse excess of religion" (CCC 2110). That's what we're talking about here.
2007-10-31 08:13:19 · answer #3 · answered by Misty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it's not uncommon in Catholicism. My mom has a little statue of St. Anthony (believed to be the Patron Saint of Lost Things and Missing Persons) and every time she misplaces something she picks him up and prays for his help while she's looking for the item. She swears by it! It's pretty funny, but then I grew up with it so it doesn't phase me much anymore. I tell her that I do a little "i want to find it" dance and it works just as well for me. She finds that just a comical. (Of course, I don't actually do it - that's the difference.)
If you think about it, Christianity is like superstition. If you don't believe, you go to hell. If you do, you go to heaven. Interesting.
2007-10-31 08:19:46 · answer #4 · answered by I, Sapient 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am a convert to catholicism and this is one of those things that make me scratch my head. Every culture has traditions so I suppose that the original Catholic immigrants to this country brought theirs. It isn't really hurting anything, although it is a bit odd.
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2007-10-31 08:08:36 · answer #5 · answered by just me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I saw that article and thought it was some sort of joke... apparently I was wrong.
2007-10-31 08:13:10 · answer #6 · answered by Megs 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The last link I clicked willingly was to that 2 girls one cup site.
Never, ever, ever again.
2007-10-31 08:07:39 · answer #7 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no...catholics don't worship icons obviously.
burning things to saints? that seems just like a roman tradition that I learned about in latin.
2007-10-31 08:07:06 · answer #8 · answered by Geisha VT poser 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ROFLMAO!!! Anything to sell the statues, of course. That is just too, too funny!
2007-10-31 08:38:48 · answer #9 · answered by auntb93 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well if you're dumb enough to waste your money on that it might explain why you're having troubles selling your house.
2007-10-31 08:06:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋