Religion vs Superstition

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by molly bloom
Followed at three o'clock with the rematch of the century- Jehovah takes on Vishnu, while Thor and Loki get to grips with Ahriman and Baal, in a tag team special.

But wait... what's this? Aphrodite is distracting the referee with her feminine wiles, and Set has taken the opportunity to leap into the ring and hit Thor over the head with a folding chair! This is a travesty of justice ladies and gentlemen!

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Lincoln
I gues it's kind of like thinking that the laws of physics somehow formed themselves into life which decided to become a human being with all the associated support systems evolving along the way. Many rational people actually believe that.

It's funny, because I don't know a single rational person that thinks that. Most of the rational people I know subscribe to a theory called evolution that has absolutely nothing to do with humankind whatsoever.

[Jon Miller]

religion!


creartion!!!!!!!!!

RAtiional people!!!!!!

evoltutionm1!!!!!!
Pjyus0ice
111111!
'
l;aws 1!!!!!!
peolple!!!!

Jon MI L:eer

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
religion!


creartion!!!!!!!!!

RAtiional people!!!!!!

evoltutionm1!!!!!!
Pjyus0ice
111111!
'
l;aws 1!!!!!!
peolple!!!!

Jon MI L:eer

And for the benefit of those of us not speaking keyboardus interruptus, that assemblage of punctuation marks, letters and numerals means....?

[Az]

Religion to me is the same thing as superstition

[Nubclear]

I'm too tired to answer this.
Keep it bumped so I can read it again tomorrow. Then I'll respond.

[Paddy]

Re: Religion vs Superstition

Originally posted by Gangerolf
Is there a difference?

Both spring out of a desire to provide meaning and coherence to otherwise random and chaotic events, don't they?


???

Back when I smoked, I would wake up every morning, pack a billie and smoke away.
I did this every morning, thus it became a Religious event with me.

As I smoked my billie, I would get get caught up into the stone, the things I would see, and thus experience can only be classified as Superstitous

[Ben Kenobi]

But she also went to church every sunday and believed in virgins giving birth and this bearded guy who walked on the water. No one thought that to be silly.

Perhaps because it's true? That's the difference between religion and superstition. Superstition is all in your head.

[Ramo]

thanks for the offer Lincoln, but the appartment owner owns th e machines, thus not my problem.

[Lincoln]

Well we can at least try to get your quarters back...

[Ramo]

And for the benefit of those of us not speaking keyboardus interruptus, that assemblage of punctuation marks, letters and numerals means....?

It all becomes clear if you drink some more.

[Ramo]

Bah, 4 quarters cannot buy mind altering substances.

[Berzerker]

Hey, leeches were used to cleanse the body of "bad" blood and it turns out leeches are effective against infections. Their "saliva" designed to keep blood flowing contains anti-biotics. So I suspect many "superstitions" had some basis in reality although some do seem incredulous.

Mythology is a fascinating subject... Consider the minotaur - half man, half horse (?) - did this originate as non-horse cultures first encountered mounted warriors? When the Inca first saw mounted conquistadors, they freaked out.

[Sandman]

A cult is just a baby religion.

[MrFun]

Superstition -- one example of that, is the belief that personal roadside memorials pose a safety hazard.