Re: Navigating the minefield of belief and superstition
So you see, first of all before we even decide whether something is superstition or belief one must first define the difference between these two positions.
Here there is obvious confusion about what is belief and what is superstition. I assure there is a clear separation of these two concepts, at least from the way I have taken it.
1) Superstition is based on a belief that one thing affects another in such as way where no link between the cause and the effect is measurable or demonstratable, also there is no wise basis for that connection.
2) Superstition is the act of entrusting something without power to have power to affect things.
3) Superstitions are not based on true scriptures
Now by subjecting the various 'beliefs' at this criteria one should be able to condense what is and what is not a superstition.