Benuty wrote:Serrenissima wrote:the common definition of superstition includes religion:
That covers pretty much all religious practices/beliefs. "God" is pretty much the epitome of supernatural causation.
You took a part of element within the entirety of religion, and proceeded to use it to usurp the entirety of religion as entirely superstition. Like Freud's theory about the Jews killing Moses, and worshipping them as a sun god of, or better yet that the entirety of religion is a form of neurosis it is bullshit.
You are proceeding from a false-premise. Superstition is not a "form of neurosis." Superstition is simply a belief in supernatural causation. All major religions have supernatural causation at the very core of their dogmas. Ergo, all religions are a form of superstition. This is not a negative label. It is a descriptive one referring to belief in supernatural forces that have some influence on physical reality.
I have lots of negative labels for religion. Superstition ain't one of 'em. It's just a descriptive word.