prasad1
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According to Wikipedia:
Superstition is any belief or practice that is irrational - i.e., it arises from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or causality, a positive belief in fate or magic, or fear of that which is unknown. "Superstition" also refers to religious beliefs or actions arising from irrationality.The word superstition is often used to refer to a religion not practiced by the majority of a given society regardless of whether the prevailing religion contains superstitions. It is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy, and certain spiritual beings, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific (apparently) unrelated prior events.
Superstitions are there in every corner of the world.
My friend a fan of American football team Buffalo Bills used to do Arati to the Television, before the game. Alas, they lost both the game during Superbowl.
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I believe my Indian culture is, in the time when education was considered the forte of only a particular group of people. The educated and scholars needed some way to make people do certain things, they associated it with god or religion as that was the only pan-cast medium as people of all casts and creeds and subcasts believed in god and the knowledge or tapasvis and gurus and blindly followed it.
This could have been done for many reasons, either the scholars were reluctant to share their methods of knowledge acquisition and not try to educate anyone beyond the higher cast and thus maintain their casts supiriority (which was majorly the case) or the people themselves didnt realise the importance of education and themselves didnt want to engage in understanding the reasons behind these rituals or for that matter anything around them and took it as the will of god.
Also, people are in different development state. One rule does not fit every need. So people grow up as the knowledge increases. Unfortunately, some newer grow, for Example, Trump is 71 years old baby.
I write in the forum for people who are "educated" with a healthy appetite for knowledge and are willing to engage in scientific explanation.
My friend a-TB chastised me for criticising someone's post for being superstitious. He said it is a belief, so it may be. But if your superstitions make you fearful of seeing the moon, the sun, or a black cat, your life is ruined. Grow out of these irrational fears.
I do not have any Homa or prayschittam for you. I think people who suggest them are sorry for you, or ignorant.
There is another set of people you may call them Guru, religious leader, or pure charlatans who can take advantage of gullible people to enrich themselves.
I do not believe in misleading people, but I might also say what is facts, which might be harsh.[/FONT]
Superstition is any belief or practice that is irrational - i.e., it arises from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or causality, a positive belief in fate or magic, or fear of that which is unknown. "Superstition" also refers to religious beliefs or actions arising from irrationality.The word superstition is often used to refer to a religion not practiced by the majority of a given society regardless of whether the prevailing religion contains superstitions. It is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy, and certain spiritual beings, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific (apparently) unrelated prior events.
Superstitions are there in every corner of the world.
My friend a fan of American football team Buffalo Bills used to do Arati to the Television, before the game. Alas, they lost both the game during Superbowl.
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I believe my Indian culture is, in the time when education was considered the forte of only a particular group of people. The educated and scholars needed some way to make people do certain things, they associated it with god or religion as that was the only pan-cast medium as people of all casts and creeds and subcasts believed in god and the knowledge or tapasvis and gurus and blindly followed it.
This could have been done for many reasons, either the scholars were reluctant to share their methods of knowledge acquisition and not try to educate anyone beyond the higher cast and thus maintain their casts supiriority (which was majorly the case) or the people themselves didnt realise the importance of education and themselves didnt want to engage in understanding the reasons behind these rituals or for that matter anything around them and took it as the will of god.
Also, people are in different development state. One rule does not fit every need. So people grow up as the knowledge increases. Unfortunately, some newer grow, for Example, Trump is 71 years old baby.
I write in the forum for people who are "educated" with a healthy appetite for knowledge and are willing to engage in scientific explanation.
My friend a-TB chastised me for criticising someone's post for being superstitious. He said it is a belief, so it may be. But if your superstitions make you fearful of seeing the moon, the sun, or a black cat, your life is ruined. Grow out of these irrational fears.
I do not have any Homa or prayschittam for you. I think people who suggest them are sorry for you, or ignorant.
There is another set of people you may call them Guru, religious leader, or pure charlatans who can take advantage of gullible people to enrich themselves.
I do not believe in misleading people, but I might also say what is facts, which might be harsh.[/FONT]
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