Civilized races, cursed with superstition, cling to signs, tokens, and other remnants of the ghost cult, hesitant to abandon the methods used in their evolutionary ascent. [1] Doctrinal fetish betrays man into superstition and intolerance, enslaving him into the clutches of bigotry and fanaticism. [2] Each generation smiles at ancestors' foolish superstitions yet continues to entertain fallacies, guaranteeing amusement for future generations. [3]
Jesus denounced all forms of superstition and exposed the fallacies of magic, mythology, and materialistic worship, teaching instead the truth of man's spiritual freedom and divine sonship. [4] Superstition is just ignorance in the uneducated, wholly unsophisticated savage mind. [5] Superstition, society, and religion conspired through evolutionary ages to render human life safe and sacred. [6] Your religion is becoming real as it emerges from fear, superstition, dogma, and tradition. [7] Science should be devoted to the destruction of superstition, rather than attempting the overthrow of religious faith. [8] Secrecy is essential to the successful practice of superstition and fraud. [9] For a list of superstitions and superstitious practices named in The Urantia Book see the links.