We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry. It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. Men are probably nearer the central truth...
SUPERSTITION. Superstition is a judgmental term traditionally used by dominant religions to categorize and denigrate earlier, less sophisticated or disapproved religious attitudes and behavior. A belief is perceived as superstitious by adherents of a...
In trying to understand the world, mankind has created many superstitions and myths that have slowly led to what we consider modern science. For example, alchemy, the attempt to change other materials into gold, helped establish important principles of...
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. Dictionary Definition: Religion, Opinion or practice based on belief in...
Superstitions, routines work double-team on UW By MARK STEWART mstewart@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Friday, February 13, 2004 Madison -- The routine rarely changes. Every afternoon before a game, Bo Ryan goes home, turns on his favorite oldies R&B station and gets...
A fortune awaits whoever finds the Lost Dutchman Mine. But does it exist? Many have died trying to answer that question. Don Miguel Peralta knew he had to move fast. Mexico was about to lose title to the territory in the United...
Mark Buehrle was mixing pitches and speeds, no-hitting the Texas Rangers and steering away from one of baseball's oldest superstitions. He was talking it up, ignoring the pressure and having a good old time. There was no hiding in the corner of the dugout or...
Two years ago, Annika Sorenstam erased a four-stroke deficit with three holes to play and took the Safeway International from Lorena Ochoa in a playoff. Sorenstam is chasing Ochoa again at the picturesque Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club. Ochoa made two eagles and had...
Despite their widespread acceptance in society, superstitions are illogical in nature and generally lack credibility. Even the very origins of superstitions are rarely known by those who practice them.
