Lucky Charms and Other superstitious stuff

Every country has its own set of beliefs in black magic and warding of evil.This gives rise to lucky charms and amulets and various such other things. Every one wants a happy trouble free life and these are accessories which point you in the right direction. We in India use lime and chillies to create a charm which wards of evil and brings good business when hung from the doorway. There are all sorts of amulets and roots of plants which protect you from harm and cure a number of ailments and diseases. I do not know if they work but faith is a great healer and all these represent faith, so sheer belief in them may actually help people to overcome adverse circumstances.

Hi feodda, I am also from India. And there are several other charms as well other than those listed in post above. Here, small black aunts are considered auspicious. Really! My servant maid gives it sugar! And the other day I went to a shop, the shopkeeper said its good to have rats at home. They bring in money!

It's a matter of control, humans love to feel that something they do can control an uncontrollable happening. And next to that they love to blame each other if things do not go right. Like, the bad luck happened because you forgot to throw salt over your shoulder after you spilled some. It's just part of the human condition.

All such stuff is forbidden in my faith, as they're foolish distractions, often costly, ineffectual, & keep people from focusing on God--the sole source of true miracles. "Luck" is a Pagan concept, & anathema to true Christians. The only "Lucky Charms" we may use is the children's cold breakfast cereal by that name, & I think it's too sugary to be good for children, if used daily!

And the sight of a poor rabbit's sawed off foot makes me horrified, & sick to my stomach!

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I know that there are beliefs that aren't true at all, but I don't feel comfortable labeling other people's belief as supersition. I find it unfair that some people call their beliefs religion while they call other people's beliefs superstition. Is there anyone here who agrees with me?

The Indians have a large number of lucky charms. The swastik symbol placed at the door of every Hindu home shows how it's believed to bring prosperity & luck. The red thread tied on the hand after chanting mantras are supposed to ward off bad luck. There are others like Rudraksh, OM symbol, astrological talismans, crystal charms etc. I believe in all these, & my house is full of these charms, even a bell is tied at the door..

I am not particularly superstitious but my father is. He has all kinds of strange fears like spilling salt sends him over the edge and he has to flick it over his shoulder so many times. He gets very upset if a mirror is broken and he thinks that any unfortunate incidents that have ever happened to us is because we own a black cat, this one being the most ridiculous...And yes he does have a four leaf clover he keeps in his wallet for good luck!

Yes I encounter these kinds of supernatural stuff daily.And to certain extent whatever our ancestors believed as lucky charms and all their other beliefs are quite true.They also have a scientific reason behind each of those beliefs which many fail to understand.Hence these lucky charms do work wonders and are not merely superstition.For me the laughing Buddha works wonders

Iam not believing on any lucky charm like what you said because all of that are tools of evil,why? because that stuff divert your faith, you have to trust in the Lord not to any lucky charms, God can give all what we want in life according to His ways and purposes not by our thinking, submit our self to the Lord and make Him first in anything, remember that God answers...

My grandmother is very superstitious, and when I was a child she told me many stories and she told me about her superstitious beliefs. She is afraid of the number 13, and she believes that it is dangerous to sit 13 people around a table. If my parents have arranged a party, my grandmother insists on eating in the kitchen if 13 people are going to sit at the same table! She is convinced that one person will die within a year if there are 13 people at one table. She also told me that is was dangerous to walk under a ladder, open an umbrella inside the house, look at people's hands etc