Is the Swinging Needle Gender Trick Supersticious?

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DW really wants to do this for our first child to find out the sex, but I keep trying to tell her it’s supersticious and breaks the first commandment.

Any thoughts?

Edit: If you’ve never heard of it, you basically swing a needle and thread over your pregnant stomach and depending on how it twirls, you’re supposed to know whether it’s a boy or girl.
 
dimentichisimai said:
DW really wants to do this for our first child to find out the sex, but I keep trying to tell her it’s supersticious and breaks the first commandment.

Any thoughts?

Edit: If you’ve never heard of it, you basically swing a needle and thread over your pregnant stomach and depending on how it twirls, you’re supposed to know whether it’s a boy or girl.
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I did it with my first…it was right.

I don’t think it’s superstitious, if it works it has more to do with science than superstition.

Try it, have fun.
 
It is nothing but superstition.
It may happen to work at times, but there is no basis for it. It is no better than, say, astrology. It is wisest to avoid dabbling in these dangerous places.

THAT BEING SAID, I tend to think of this as firstly being nothing but a bit of fun. But if one is going to start to entertain the thought that a spinning needle can do supernatural acts … where might that lead?
'Sup to you – think about it.
 
dimentichisimai said:
DW really wants to do this for our first child to find out the sex, but I keep trying to tell her it’s supersticious and breaks the first commandment.

Any thoughts?

Edit: If you’ve never heard of it, you basically swing a needle and thread over your pregnant stomach and depending on how it twirls, you’re supposed to know whether it’s a boy or girl.
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In my neighbourhood the superstition is to thread her wedding ring through a piece of long human hair. If it spins clockwise it’s one sex and anti-clockwise it’s the other. We all know it’s a bit of silliness. I don’t think anyone is so convinced as to break the first commandment.

On the other hand, my first three pregnancies were boys and I was fairly round and wide around the girth. When I was pregnant with my forth and last, it was all up front and my friends said I looked like a fake pregnancy from a B Grade movie and she was a 10lb 6oz girl. Who knew. Every baby does it differently and the variables are so unique there is no sure fire way of knowing outside of ultrasound.
 
Of course it is superstitious. If someone believes in this, I would ask what other such practices they believe in.
 
Why don’t you act like a Catholic and pray about it in front of the Blessed Sacrament. If Our Lord wants to reveal an answer then you will hear it.
 
I’m perplexed. Why would someone go against the edict in the Catechism forbidding divination when it involves your very vulnerable unborn child? You are that child’s parents and set over them to guide and to guard them against any harm including the harm that comes from Satan’s influence. Whether or not you get a correct answer is not the point any more than it is in any other form of divination… it’s opening a door in your and your child’s life. Just follow Elizium23’s advice and you’d be much much better off.
 
Of course it is superstition. Women everywhere read their horoscopes in the rubbish magazines to which they are all addicted , but they don’t believe them. It is just a bit of social fun. You don’t see a group of men getting around with a wedding ring on a hair etc. down in the shed.
But I can tell you that these are less dangerous than amniocentesis which can put your child at risk. Stay with the silliness as I doubt anyone takes it seriously enough for it to be a sin.

If you expected real divination , now that is another matter entirely.
 
It is superstition and sinful because it is divination…you are tryong to predict whether your baby is a boy or girl…why not just wait for a scan to show what sex the baby is?

And i just want to say…what if the swinging needle said you were having a girl and you went out and bought pink clothes and girly things…and when the baby is born it is a boy?
 
dimentichisimai said:
DW really wants to do this for our first child to find out the sex, but I keep trying to tell her it’s supersticious and breaks the first commandment.

Any thoughts?

Edit: If you’ve never heard of it, you basically swing a needle and thread over your pregnant stomach and depending on how it twirls, you’re supposed to know whether it’s a boy or girl.
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You call it a “trick” and then want to know if it is superstitious?

I think you answered your own question.
 
I don’t know if it’s superstitious so much as it is an old wives’ tale.

You aren’t calling on spirits or anything divine, and my guess is that even after the needle experiment, your wife will still want the ultrasound to find out. She knows it won’t really work.

But sometimes it’s fun to indulge in the theories of our grandparents and great grandparents, and then see how they compare to modern technology. I can imagine that it’s even more fun to play around with things like that of previous generations when you are carrying the next inside of you.

Congrats on the upcoming birth of your child!
 
Use the Name of Jesus and command the evil spirit to depart and cease his trickery. Then see what happens. The devil uses many false beliefs to deceive. he can be accurate because he knows human nature. It is an offense against the First commandment. I Am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have any false gods before Me. People have been deceived into thinking they have ESP, telekinesis, fortune telling, clairvoyance and the such. This makes people think that they have some undiscovered powers within themselves devinizing humanity It is called a sin againts religion. The devil knows human nature very well, and will even imitate the Holy Spirit. Discernment is needed. I have done this successfully, even advising the program “Thats Incredible” When they followed my advice they reached the decision to cancel the whole program because of being sued, accidents and the like. No surpriise.
 
BlueEyedLady said:
I don’t know if it’s superstitious so much as it is an old wives’ tale.

You aren’t calling on spirits or anything divine, and my guess is that even after the needle experiment, your wife will still want the ultrasound to find out. She knows it won’t really work.

But sometimes it’s fun to indulge in the theories of our grandparents and great grandparents, and then see how they compare to modern technology. I can imagine that it’s even more fun to play around with things like that of previous generations when you are carrying the next inside of you.

Congrats on the upcoming birth of your child!
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I tend to agree. There are plenty of old wives’ tales about how to tell the sex of a baby in advance, and this is just one of them. There’s also “tests” based on which side the pregnant woman prefers to sleep, whether she is carrying high or low, whether she has acne during pregnancy, whether she has morning sickness, whether her hands are excessively dry, whether she’s craving salts or sweets, whether the baby’s heart rate is above or below a certain number, whether the linea negra extends above the navel or not, etc. Let’s just say there’s a reason that nearly all expectant parents want to find out from ultrasound – none of these older methods are very accurate.

I don’t see it as superstitious so much as silly. Congratulations on the upcoming birth of your child! Whether it is a boy or a girl, a baby is a great blessing. 🙂
 
BlueEyedLady said:
I don’t know if it’s superstitious so much as it is an old wives’ tale.
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What I want to know is what makes something superstitious divination—is it just the fact that it doesn’t work?

If it worked, it would just be science and therefore not superstitious divination and therefore not sinful?
crystal waters:
It is superstition and sinful because it is divination…you are tryong to predict whether your baby is a boy or girl…why not just wait for a scan to show what sex the baby is?
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So then science can sometimes be a good thing, right?
 
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