Superstition

:For other senses, see superstition (disambiguation).

Religious views on the subject of superstition

The Roman Catholic Church considers superstition to be sinful in the sense that it denotes a lack of trust in the divine providence of God and, as such, is a violation of the first of the Ten Commandments. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states superstition "in some sense represents a perverse excess of religion" (para. #2110).

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Roman Catholic Church - Sinful - Trust - Divine providence - God - Ten Commandments - Catechism of the Catholic Church

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The Catechism even appears to turn a bit of a critical eye on Catholic doctrine whenever certain practices become frivolous or scrupulous:

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Catholic - Doctrine

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:Superstition is a deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior dispositions that they demand is to fall into superstition. Cf. Matthew 23:16-22 (para. #2111)

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Atheists, Agnostics and Freethinkers often see all Religious belief as a form of superstition.

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Atheists - Agnostics - Freethinkers - Religious belief

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