here we go... whats the difference between superstition and religion??? any concrete answer to this question?
anyone?
anyone?
superstition v/s religion
A religion is a actual belief-system, while superstition is like your general daily beliefs?
Just a thought...
Just a thought...
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| here we go... whats the difference between superstition and religion??? any concrete answer to this question?
anyone? |
you think there's a difference?
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a religion is based off of stories whether true or false that were passed down from generation from generation about how life should be lived and what happens when you die and who created you.
superstition is either a myth, fear, or story told by someone of something that may or maynot happen. like the black cat thing.
although they do have simularities they are both very different because one is a way to live life by and the other is something that happens in life.
does that make sence? i can't figure out a better way to explain..
superstition is either a myth, fear, or story told by someone of something that may or maynot happen. like the black cat thing.
although they do have simularities they are both very different because one is a way to live life by and the other is something that happens in life.
does that make sence? i can't figure out a better way to explain..
Usually religions have a Holy book that contains all the beleifs of that religion. Superstition are just carried on as storys and aren't as detailed.
Another thing that sometimes sets religions apart from superstitions are superstitions are usually always a beleif from single locality while religion spreads.
Another thing that sometimes sets religions apart from superstitions are superstitions are usually always a beleif from single locality while religion spreads.
I think one of the main points that make a superstition a superstition is that the origin has usually been forgotten by the people exercising said superstition. People just do it because it's supposed to be good luck, or averts bad luck, but there is no understanding of why it is done. For example, if we spill salt we often throw a pinch of it over our left shoulder to avert bad luck. Don't break a mirror unless you want seven years of bad luck. Black cats crossing our paths, walking under ladders, touching wood, crossing our fingers - most people have no idea of why we do or avoid these things except that they are good/bad luck.
It is interesting to compare some of these superstitions with more solid cultural taboos. Like for example in Japan where it is considered taboo to place your chopsticks sticking up out of your bowl of rice during a meal. Most of the population knows that this is a practice reserved for funerals where rice is offered to the dead. Thus it is not a superstition but a way of isolating funerary practices and associations from daily life where they might darken the mood or show disrespect to the deceased.
Just a couple of thoughts.
Take care,
Eyvind
It is interesting to compare some of these superstitions with more solid cultural taboos. Like for example in Japan where it is considered taboo to place your chopsticks sticking up out of your bowl of rice during a meal. Most of the population knows that this is a practice reserved for funerals where rice is offered to the dead. Thus it is not a superstition but a way of isolating funerary practices and associations from daily life where they might darken the mood or show disrespect to the deceased.
Just a couple of thoughts.
Take care,
Eyvind
Religion is organized superstition.
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