Are you superstitious??

I don't really believe in them. My mom believes in them and I think it's because its her culture. She's a Chinese. My mom says we should wear red on new year's eve so that good luck will come in our family. We would usually obey her because there's no harm in doing such superstitions.

No, but my mother is really superstitious. She do believe in some from those ancient people like her mother. My father is not, it's actually what we make fun of hehehe.. My mother would sometimes comment about this and that regarding her beliefs and my father would joke on it. Anyway, it's all in the minds I believe.

I don't make it a practice to walk under ladders or mess with black cats mostly because I hate cats and there's usually a moron on the ladder . I think that passing up a penny on the ground is bad luck but the only real superstition that I have is handing people knives or scissors or accepting them from someone. I always put them on the table or counter and ask others to do the same.

Oh I love that, a fairy sitting on shoulders when we sneeze, how cute!! I used to be extremely superstitious, but I have calmed down a lot now. I still have a few that I believe in though, not walking under ladders, not stepping on three grids in a row, saluting a magpie if it is on its own and saying good morning or afternoon. Throwing salt over my shoulder if I spill it, not killing a spider, I go mad if the kids try to cross me on the stairs, I probably have lots more too but cannot think of them!!

i am not at all superstitious. i do not believe in any of that stuff like walking under a ladder or seeing a black cat or breaking a mirror. i have enough bad luck without all that stuff anyway.

I'm not superstitious , but when somebody tells me for example that I said something that if I don't knock on the wood 3 times I will have bad luck, I would go like : why Not? But I'm not superstitious , I think that these are only coincidences , I'm more of the guy that needs proof , more of a scientist:D

No. I don't believe in saying "bless you". I'm not afraid of Friday the 13th. I don't carry a "lucky charm" with me such as a rabbit's foot. And I'm not afraid of black cats. I'd rather have faith in God, that He has His reasons why things happen to us. Perhaps He's just teaching us some lessons or just leading us to our destiny.

no, I am not superstitious. Neither was Saint Gregory the Great, he was faithful. Not only did he institute that a "God Bless You" be prayed but also the Sign of the Cross be made... Isn't it wonderful that such a practice continues to this day?

I have another one for you. The superstition I heard is that when you sneeze, it opens the way for the Devil to run up your nose. Saying "bless you" blocks the way so the Devil can't get up there. I say bless you for one reason, and this is the truth. When you sneeze, your heart actually stops for a second, then starts back up. Its a blessing that your heart starts back up after that, so I say bless you for that reason alone. But since there are a lot of people with allergies in my family, especially my mom, I only say bless you for the first one in my presence. I know there are more to follow, sometimes many more, so I feel that saying it once should make due for all of them. By the way, I am not superstitious and I never will be (knock on wood lol)

I did a thread about superstitions and one about urban legends. I think some urban legends can be based on events that happened at some point, although likely exageratted a bit. As for superstitions, I don't have ordinary ones. Superstition by definition is something believed in blindly, without reason and I along those lines I do believe in the power of thought, which is what I think superstitions and "curses" would be based on. I think that our thoughts can bring us bad luck or make us sick. I think our body believes what we think. I also believe in "self fufilling prophecies", if we believe we can't do something we can't. Another theory about the origin God bless you is the old belief that when you sneezed demons were leaving your body and the phrase in its enitrety is "The Lord God has blessed you." HAppy posting!

I'm not overly superstitious, now. But when I was a child, I would always save a seat next to me, in the car, for my angel to ride along!

Part of me says that I am not superstitious, but I still won't walk under ladders or open unbrellas in the house just in case. I always say bless you when someone sneezes because I feel it is the right thing to do, and besides who couldn't use a little blessing now and again?

I guess I am not consciously superstitious but I do say 'bless you' more because it seems polite. I do pick up pennies and avoid ladders. I guess I just don't want to tempt fate rather than actually believing that something bad would happen if I did these things...lol

Superstitious... I am not completely superstitious but in some ways, we are all superstitious because it does happen in life someday that we do believe the unbelievable. I don't really believe but sometimes I wonder whether it is true or false. This wondering itself is a link to superstitions. But I think that in today's world, superstition is fading away gradually. A man must believe in his action, not in superstition. Because it is the deeds of mankind that determines the future.

no i'm not..i don't believe in all these things...

I have this superstition that I will not buy any family member or close friend a pair of shoes. I can buy anything else for that person but shoes because I feel that will cause the person to walk out of my life. This excludes children because you must buy them clothes and shoes all the time, it's just the adults. If I was in a situation where I had to buy an adult family member shoes I would make them give me one dollar of their own money that way they paid me back something for the shoes. I know this sounds dumb but I can't break away from this.

No, I don't believe in superstitions but my precious mama did. I remember once we were driving down the road and a black cat ran across in front of us and she made my daddy turn his cap around. LOL Then you never went around a post different from someone else without saying, "Bread and butter." And you NEVER walked under an open ladder! Those three stick in my mind most of all. LOL We used to have a ball picking on mama because of these.

I am not superstious I got married on Friday the 13th and it was a wonderful day. My mom is very superstitious if a black cat starts to cross in front of her she will turn around and go the other way! I do say "God Bless You When Someone Sneezes"

the only superstition that really gets me is seeing magpie's you know one for sorrow , two for joy etc if you see one on its own supposed to salute, i look like a complete lunatic driving along the motorway saluting every 20 seconds!!

I'm not superstitious...coz i dont believe in such things...anyway..."to see is to belive"