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Trust vs. Superstition: Understanding Beliefs

Daily writing prompt
Are you superstitious?

Superstition, a standard definition of this is – a belief that cannot be explained by reason or science.

But I feel there are two ways to look at it and from the two angles, one who believes in this and the other who doesn’t.

All over the world, cities, villages, there won’t be a place which doesn’t have a temple, church, masjid or the place where we go and pray.

But if we ask all those, have you ever seen the God in real, I guarantee no one will say ‘yes’.

But most of us go and pray, so ideally it’s a superstition, but people like me call it as trust, belief.

On the other hand the general one – Ghost. Lot of us know the many stories around this. Lot many of us believes in it, but I call it as superstition.

There is a very thin line between superstition and trust and it depends on everyone’s belief and ideology.

So, I am not superstitious, but I believe in lot many things which can not be proved scientifically, like my trust and belief in God and many miracles I experienced so far in mine and other’s life.


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Responses

  1. Human reaction to the Nature:
    1) Fear from what is dangerous. This is the negative approach.
    For example: Tsunami, earthquake, flood, fire.
    2) Pray to the aspect of nature which’s understandable but works in human favour/help. For example: Praying to the Sun, Praying to the River Ganga, Praying to various forms of nature as various gods

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    1. Second approach is positive. It’s based on exaggeration and glamour based version.

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      1. Yes, but these days it seems exaggerating beyond a limit. That plain, innocent trust seems missing.

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      2. Belief stabilise a person; his mind & emotions. A positive believe provides a hope for survival.

        A negative belief or fear weakens you emotionally.
        STILL it’s easy to accept & parise it, rather than question it. People choose to pray to the terror!

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        1. We believe what people believe. Whether it’s wrong or right that doesn’t matter.

          Our beliefs helps us “to get included”. We are interested in getting included/socialised among the others/rest.

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  2. Very true, about the thin line between superstition and beliefs of what is the real and proven.

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    1. Yes and it depends on everyone how to consider it.

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