People who believe in Luck or superstition cannot truly believe in God

[englands123]

In no major religion does God talk of the word luck.

Islam, Christianity or Judaism.

In fact he says be grateful for what he has given each and everyone of us. The Lord may bless good fortune but that isn’t the same as lucky or unlucky so to speak.

Same as superstition.

 

[englands123]

Please can we teach other Christians it’s wrong.

Perhaps use the words fortunate or unfortunate instead.

And if you do believe in the word luck or superstition have a rethink about your Faith.

 

[mythbuster1]

Good luck charms certainly qualify as superstition. As for referring to favorable chance events, there is no difference in meaning between fortune and luck.

 

[Dan_Defender]

Yes. Superstition makes worship of the True God incongruous, meaningless, improper.

 

[Ilija]

In no major religion does God talk of the word luck.

That’s not true

When one is successful even an enemy is friendly;
but in adversity even a friend disappears.

Sir 12:9

I kept faith, even when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted!”

Psalms 116:10

On a good day enjoy good things, and on an evil day consider: Both the one and the other God has made, so that no one may find the least fault with him.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In any way know that “luck” such as in gambling is highly Islamic teaching, and Christian teaching is very different.

For example, it is OK to feel lucky or unlucky, it is not un-Catholic to play texas holdem poker etc…
But it is not OK to destroy your family because you’re a gambler, it’s not OK to believe in luck as if it is some kind of a God.

In Islamic teaching is forbidden to gamble no matter what, no excuse.

That’s one big difference between 2 religions, you can’t put Christianity and Islam in same basket.

 

[Salibi]

Perhaps use the words fortunate or unfortunate instead.

I agree with what you’re saying in your post, but not with this, as I think it’s unnecessary and excessive.

It’s important to note that not everyone who uses the word “luck” in the colloquial usage actually believes in a force or entity called “Luck”. Most people just use it in a benign fashion- “The chapter I studied came on the test”- “Lucky!” or “I scraped my car today”-“That’s unlucky!”.

That said, I agree with you that belief in luck as a thing or entity that can be influenced through charms or other such things is superstitious.

 

[RolandThompsonGunner]

Please can we teach other Christians it’s wrong.

Perhaps use the words fortunate or unfortunate instead.

And if you do believe in the word luck or superstition have a rethink about your Faith.

“Luck” is just an expression. If someone says “it’s my lucky day”, what they mean is something fortunate has happened. It doesn’t mean they literally believe that Luck is some kind of force controlling the universe.

 

[poche]

I would suggest that a person who has good luck is blessed by God.

 

[Genesis315]

The ideas of luck or chance are not contrary to divine providence, so long as we understand them with relation to their proximate cause, and not their ultimate cause.

St. Thomas addresses this in depth in a couple places in the Summa on fate and providence respectively:

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1116.htm#article1

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1022.htm#article2

Ascribing a causal power over fate to an inanimate object would be superstition. See Chapter 20 here from St. Augustine:

http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/12022.htm

 

[Lucy_1]

My mother always said, “Lucky is God’s name when He wants to remain anonymous.”