HOW SUPERSTITIOUS ARE YOU?
A superstition is the belief that events are influenced by specific behaviors, without having a causal relationship.Superstitions are based on general, culturally variable beliefs in a supernatural "reality". Depending on a given culture's belief set, its superstitions may relate to things that are not fully understood or known, such as cemeteries, animals, demons, a devil, deceased ancestors, the weather, ripping one's sock, gambling, sports, food, holidays, occupations, excessive scrupulosity, death, luck, and/or spirits. Urban legends are also sometimes classed as superstition, especially if the moral of the legend is to justify fears about socially alien people or conditions.In keeping with the Latin etymology of the word, religious believers have often seen other religions as superstition. Likewise, atheists, agnostics, deists, and skeptics regard religious belief as superstition. (Edmund Burke, the Irish orator, once said, "Superstition is the religion of feeble minds".) From the broadest perspective, all religion is a form of superstition.Religious practices are most likely to be labelled "superstitious" by outsiders when they include belief in extraordinary events, an afterlife, supernatural interventions, apparitions or the efficacy of prayer, charms, incantations, the meaningfulness of omens, and prognostications.Greek and Roman pagans, who modeled their relations with the gods on political and social terms scorned the man who constantly trembled with fear at the thought of the gods, as a slave feared a cruel and capricious master. "Such fear of the gods (deisidaimonia) was what the Romans meant by 'superstition' (Veyne 1987, p 211).
Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: beepbeepitsme
Length: 04:01
Rating: 4.44
Views: 4567
Tags: beliefs evil religion spirits supernatural superstition superstitious
Video Comments
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kimmarie801 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Halloween is a celebration of the dead spirits, which are still alive in spirit form, so you dress up like the dead
secallo28 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
i think it means where you ARE to die
secallo28 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
this REALLY WORKS! TRY IT OUT!1.Say ur name 10x2.Say ur mom`s name 5x3.Say ur crush`s name 3x4.then paste this to 4 other videos, if you do this your crush will kiss you on the nearest friday!But if you will read this and did not paste this, then you will have very bad luck and your dad might even lose his job
videodude5000 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
LOLZ when i saw the yawning i yawned automatically....is that weird? anywayz i didnt cover my mouth.............oh well lol
hollyflower100 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
3:44 is amusing. I never cover my mouth when I yawn.
hollyflower100 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
I don't get 2:09. How can someone be walking over your grave? You'd have to be alive. Does it mean getting chills or goosebumps in whatever afterlife you have?
ATL45 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
"a superstition is the belief that events are influenced by specific behaviors, without having a causal relationship"that's in the video description, vrghiks. it sounds like a pretty fair definition to me.have you ever prayed, vrghiks? that fits the definition perfectly. no causation ever demonstrated, yet billions do it every day. i'd wager you're included in that number.
vrghiks (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Christians are not to be superstitious.They are to obey and follow the teachings of the word of God.
vrghiks (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Religion is superstition.Holy Spirit is the truth found in the Holy scriptures.God's word.
Hazharu (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)
Actually, Halloween was created as a holy holiday, but I don't know how devils came into it... |
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