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Are you superstitious?
- Thread starter Gambit
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Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
Gambit
Well-Known Member
I thought they were all superstitious?
Does that include focusing one's attention on his or her breathing (the standard meditation technique of Buddhism)?
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Do you employ any mantras?
Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
No gods, no supernatural stuff, no fear of black cats.
Makes me remember when I worked at a Rallys (or Checkers, depending on where you are) and this manager from another town was called in. I was sweeping the floor, and she jumped back when the broom got around her feet. She said they believe at her store if your feet are swept by a broom, you will go to jail. Just as I was about to comment that, "yeah, people sure do believe some stupid ****," she said "I don't know if it's true or not but I can't afford to go to jail."
Makes me remember when I worked at a Rallys (or Checkers, depending on where you are) and this manager from another town was called in. I was sweeping the floor, and she jumped back when the broom got around her feet. She said they believe at her store if your feet are swept by a broom, you will go to jail. Just as I was about to comment that, "yeah, people sure do believe some stupid ****," she said "I don't know if it's true or not but I can't afford to go to jail."
Bunyip
pro scapegoat
Correct.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Gambit
Well-Known Member
No, that is an exception. One of things that makes it appealing.
How convenient.
Bunyip
pro scapegoat
Old superstitions are cultural relics, so are many religious traditions. I give presents at Christmas even though I am not religious, and I love many old superstitions even though I do not believe in them.
I still sprinkle salt on the floor, not because I really think it keeps away evil spirits - but because it pleases me, it reminds me of my grandmother.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Do you believe that practice will yield some kind of result?
Gambit
Well-Known Member
It depends on how you define miracles and superstitions.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
What about your Catholic practices?
I don't view regular religious practices as "superstitions".
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Why doesn't blessing yourself with holy water qualify as a superstition?
@George-ananda posted the definition earlier:
Full Definition of SUPERSTITION
1 a: a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation
b: an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition
2: a notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary
I don't see how blessing yourself with holy water fits the definition. I don't recognize it as "irrational" or based on "fear of the unknown", "trust in magic or chance", or a "false conception of causation".
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Blessing yourself with holy water sounds like a magical ritual to me.
"Magic" is a meaningless term to me since it's so ill-defined.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
No because the results are always there, its not something that you must achieve, because you are already that, there is nothing to make you more than what you already are, you are already all there is.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
I would argue that the Catholic mass itself is a magical ceremony.