What is superstition?

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It is said that putting St Benedict medals along each corner of the house repels evil . I dont doubt the power of Christ in that but how do we define superstition .

If i were not Christian and told the above or read the rituals in Leviticus , i would think it is superstition .
 
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Superstition is belief not backed by reason, e.g. that big Spaghetti monster created the Universe

Our faith is backed by reason since it’s based on God revealing himself to people & saints (like who you mentioned) performing great works. & based on logical arguments (Aquinas 5 ways) that God exists
 
What “reasoning” concludes that placing medals in certain locations will have any affect on the universe?
 
Placing medals definetly has an effect on the universe. The mass distribution of the universe has now changed.
 
Not sure if you’re being facetious, but it won’t have any other effect.
 
So putting medals or sacred images operate from the logic that evil cant stand such imagery and therefore repelled . Is that reasoning ?
 
By your definition then nothing can be superstitious because everything we do has some effect on the universe.
 
True. Putting cursed objects or occult symbols has the same effect which protestants agree with but they dont on subscribe to method described in the original post. Which means that their concept is lacking .
 
It’s reasoning that it has an effect on the universe which was the posed question
 
We are getting off track. What is your answer to the actual question posed here? Is the example superstition or not?
 
Let’s make this simple instead of a lot of tangential back and forth. Is it superstition. Yes or no?
 
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