Marcia, I understand where you are coming from, but I am not in that boat. I have never in my lifetime seen anyone hooked on a false religion because of newspaper horoscopes. I appreciate the people whose ministry is working with the cults are more sensitive to what we may deem minor issues. Not the doctrines they teach, but the people who follow those cults.
I come from a religiously superstituous country, especially in East London, but I am not going to let that circle me in anywhere. If a funeral passed by we doffed our hats and recited a little ditty, otherwise we might meet the same fate or a relative.
Some people had their morning tealeaves read before going to work. Never enter a house with hat on, put socks and shoes on, right foot first. One can get all wrapped up in these things and forget about reality and actual living.
Sometimes we slip the tongue and say "good luck" to someone. We really don't believe in any sort of luck, good or bad, but we say it. I can't ring a ding because someone says that. There are far more important things in life.
Still, as I said, I am not putting you down at all, and appreciate where you are coming from.
Cheers,
Jim
I come from a religiously superstituous country, especially in East London, but I am not going to let that circle me in anywhere. If a funeral passed by we doffed our hats and recited a little ditty, otherwise we might meet the same fate or a relative.
Some people had their morning tealeaves read before going to work. Never enter a house with hat on, put socks and shoes on, right foot first. One can get all wrapped up in these things and forget about reality and actual living.
Sometimes we slip the tongue and say "good luck" to someone. We really don't believe in any sort of luck, good or bad, but we say it. I can't ring a ding because someone says that. There are far more important things in life.
Still, as I said, I am not putting you down at all, and appreciate where you are coming from.
Cheers,
Jim
