The belief that a particular house or day or gem is “unlucky”
and fraught with evil runs counter to any rational theory of the
government of the universe. How can those who believe in the
rule of a Supreme Being--a conscious and just and omniscient
intelligence--picture their God as capable of such caprice,
such impish malevolence, as to make one dwelling out of ten
thousand fatefully “unlucky” to its inhabitants, or to visit
with misfortune those of his creatures who break a looking-glass
or who start on a journey on a Friday--an artificial designation
in a mushroom calendar news of which can hardly yet have
reached the dial of the skies? Or, accepting the other theory
of a government of law, is it conceivable that the ordainments
of immutable nature are subject to whimsical and malevolent
manipulations to harass and distress human beings? Civilized
voodooism is an impugnment of the Power that rules the universe.
It is degrading to the intellect of man. It is an affront to
common sense.--New York _World_.
(3126)
=Superstition Overcome=--See INTELLIGENCE OUTDOING IGNORANCE.
=Superstitions, Chinese=--See EARTHQUAKE, SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT.