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The psychology of superstition, with Stuart Vyse, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Is There a Border Between Superstition and Religious Belief?

Where is the boundary between superstition and religious belief? What's the difference? How do we move from magical to something that's actually mystical and part of a dogma? Good question. There are many things, even some of the things you mention, where people may engage in those practices and theire not doing so while having any supernatural beliefs. But here's the thing, it doesn't matter whether the ritual is a religious or a superstitious ritual. It can be just secular, straight ritual. And so it's the ritual, not the belief. So i guess what i would say is that if you are performing these acts in a church or in a religious community, then youare possibly

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