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61. SUPERSTITION
BAØN VEÀ MEÂ TÍN

OUTLINE
1. What is Superstition?
2. The evil of Superstition.
3. Knowledge the cure for Superstition.

Belief which has no basis1 in reason, is superstition. Superstition is the daughter of
Ignorance and Fear. The word literally means "standing still at" a thing in fear or awe.
In religion, superstition means irrational2 fear of the mysterious, and reverence for
objects which are not proper objects of worship. Ignorant savages have no scientific
knowledge of what we call the forces of Nature; they think the sun and the moon, fire
and wind and water, are governed by supernatural3 beings, who sometimes seem kind,
but more often terrible and cruel. These they fear and worship and try to propitiate with
offering and sacrifices and senseless rites. And their imagination peoples5 the universe
with imaginary beings-demons, ghosts and fairies. As knowledge grows, superstition
dies; and to-day we laugh at such beliefs and fears, as at the follies of childhood. But
superstition dies slowly; and even in civilized countries to day, silly bits of superstition
still linger6. You still find people who think the number thirteen unlucky, who will not
walk under a ladder, who feel troubled if they upset the salt or see the new moon
through glass, and who do mot like starting a journey on a



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