I regard the Catholic Church and Orthodox Judaism as the only religions, and Orthodox Judaism as genuine, but incomplete.
The rest, insofar as they conflict with Catholic teaching, are false, and therefore superstitions.
Has anyone else any thoughts about this? I hope this will be one of those posts where all the interesting stuff will be in the comments box.
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A dictionary definition of superstition is "an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear" (Princeton's WordNet)
That, in my view, could describe what a fair number of people 'really believe.' Some of them, sadly, identify themselves as Catholics. There's a case I heard of, where thieves used rosary beads as good luck charms.
Catholic teaching is, I think, anything but "irrational." Which is one reason I converted. The Catechism is quite clear about superstition. (2110, and particularly "Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes....." 2111) Basically, "don't."
Then there are mental infarcts like the recent 'End Times' prediction.
I'm re-posting this comment - after scrambling my first effort. I was being too clever by half with the links.
Thanks Brian. I am still pondering this one.
My Catholicism is too often a "rational belief arising out of fear".
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