I know it’s become a part of our culture and lexicon but the concepts of “luck” and “unlucky” are pagan ones and not Christian.

The Bible mentions “luck” zero times


There’s No Such Thing As Luck

I am not superstitious, but I want to add that no one has talked about being superstitious about good things happening. I know there are some, such as "if your palm itches it means you're going to come into money", or something like that.

I did have a brief moment of false hope with this recent Powerball going over a Billion Dollars. I rarely buy lottery tickets, but I will buy some when I see it close to or over a Billion. I always joke that "that's enough money to buy a helicopter".

Last week I was going to buy Powerball tickets and on my way a truck drove by pulling a flatbed with a helicopter on it. Through the middle of town. I have to admit I got a little excited- it's a sign! I still don't have a helicopter or a Billion Dollars.

In the car with the radio on, I cannot put the volume at 13....I just can't.

Nah, I guess I subscribe to the "Shawshank Redemption" theory:

" Bad luck, I guess. It floats around. It's got to land on somebody. It was my turn, that's all. "

(In fact, I have always suspicioned that people around me got landed on more than their share because they were hanging around me when it was actually my turn!)

I was a hockey goalie for a long time. I asked a lot of other goalies and they said I wasn't superstitious either.

I’m not really. I will happily go out to eat on the 13th, step on cracks, break mirrors, etc. If I see a ladder I won’t intentionally walk under when I can just as easily go around it so I must be a little bit. Every gambler I know is extremely superstitious despite all their losses.

Knock on wood, no

Superstition is faith's unsophisticated cousin.

But, I do like to think positive whenever my cynical nature lets its guard down.

I used to be superstitious in that I won’t be the first one to cross the path of a black cat.

I don’t know if the following is superstitions but the engine room I was in, we all believed crazy things happen on nights of full moon when the ship was docked.

Is paranoia just reality on a finer scale? Black cats are sweet.

Hopefully his car doesn't run out of gas at 1313 13th street. There may be a high rise hotel he can get a (1313) room in.

For what it is worth, his odometer ending in 666 has no meaning unless it is brand new. It has to be six hundred, three score, and six.

As for knocking on wood, you'll have to be a Druid for that to serve any purpose.

Just don't go to Japan and take any pills with a 4 on 'em.

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Originally posted by .38supersig:
Is paranoia just reality on a finer scale?

I haven't read through this thread, so perhaps I am missing the context for this question, but, taking the question at face value, the answer is no; not in the textbook definition of the word, nor in its usage in colloquial English.

Just a quote from a movie I saw a long time ago.

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Originally posted by 1s1k:
I’m not really. I will happily go out to eat on the 13th, step on cracks, break mirrors, etc. If I see a ladder I won’t intentionally walk under when I can just as easily go around it so I must be a little bit. Every gambler I know is extremely superstitious despite all their losses.

That's not superstition, that's common sense. Why take the chance of somebody up the ladder dropping something on your head or you bumping the ladder and causing the climber to fall?

I’m not, but my Granny and aunt on Daddy’s side were. My sister and cousin and I used to make granny so mad. We would be rolling laughing together in the back seat when we were kids when she turned around because a black cat crossed the road. I am going to die anytime now for looking at the beautiful owls that nest around here. You know if you look at an owl you are gonna die.

Anyone who claims they are not superstitious has never worked in an ER during a full moon.

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Originally posted by 2000Z-71:
Anyone who claims they are not superstitious has never worked in an ER during a full moon.

Or said “it sure is quiet tonight.”

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Originally posted by MelissaDallas:

Or said “it sure is quiet tonight.”

I don't know if it's superstitious, but I certainly know enough not to tempt fate by stating something is going well when it can inevitably turn 180° instantly if you do.

This date in 1307 was pretty unlucky for the Knights Templar.

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Originally posted by bettysnephew:
This date in 1307 was pretty unlucky for the Knights Templar.

My mom’s parents married on Friday September 13th and were married sixty two years until she died, so they always said Friday the 13th was a lucky day.