Are You Superstitious? Options

[Voodoo-Lady]

Sharon Stone's ignorant ass remark about karma and China got me thinking about karma, and then about other beliefs and superstitions.

I believe in karma, but I wouldn't apply it the way Stone did.

As a kid I was kinda neurotic and phobic, I had lots of superstitions and rituals associated with them designed to protect me.

Nowadays, its mostly hooey to me - I don't have the insecurity issues compelling me to that kind of imagination and powerlessness. But, with the exception of being an asshole such as Stone, I generally don't judge others for what they believe in, I respect people for having beliefs.

What's your reality in terms of this superstitious type stuff - do share it might be interesting.

[Voodoo-Lady]

Saying you respect others for having beliefs is so PC it makes me sick... I cannot respect people for having some beliefs. Some believe that they need to bomb buildings for their beliefs and some believe they need their babies to go through an exorcism if they get sick.

I said with the exception of being an asshole. I could add the exception of being a twisted fuck, such as the scenarios you described, but that wasn't what I was thinking about at all - so maybe I'm guilty of being narrow in opening this discussion. The most elaborate I was thinking was people having weird fixations. Like black cats crossing a path, broken mirrors, ladders, whatever. No one in their right mind condones or supports people believing in murder and mayhem. The context I was using the term beliefs was not such, but I used a piss poor & drastic example. My bad

[Badman]

My bad

Not really, you didn't do anything, I was just in a funky mood apparently.

I still don't believe in knocking on wood, black cats, ladders, mirrors, or 4 leaf clovers. I will however admit that my day is better when started with a big bowl of lucky charms