Why are we so gullible, and superstious?

[prasad1]

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[praveen]

When I read this news, I was shocked. Everyone is desperate for solutions minus the hard work. That's what came to my mind immediately.

Rather than putting the faith in us and doing stuff, most folks want to offload that to someone or something.

 

[a-TB]

When I read this news, I was shocked. Everyone is desperate for solutions minus the hard work. That's what came to my mind immediately.

Rather than putting the faith in us and doing stuff, most folks want to offload that to someone or something.

what is Hinduism today? It seem to be free for all. The practices are largely based on superstitions and unfounded beliefs. Someone starts something and calls it a tradition and people follow. Then call this shastra or sanatana dharma (eternal dharma). Even temple initiation of a deity called agama shastra are only few hundred years old. Most practices are less than few decades old. There is even more distortions in what is called spiritual texts. Laziness not to learn properly permeates there also. Hinduism is in the grip of this confusion. It is further affected divisive practices and caste hierarchies,

 

[a-TB]

The wake up call was by Swami Vivekananda about 125 years ago or so . It is not heeded yet. The issue is not with original shastras. It is in the practices and in inauthentic books

 

[sravna]

Superstition makes bad sense only when undue merit is given to Science. Science explains physical laws somewhat well. But it's scope stops there. It has no authority or knowledge to call something like personal and social beliefs wrong. Anything not upheld by or against the grain of Science is called superstition.

People should understand the physical and mental are two different territories . One cannot prevail over the other but only try to synchronize. If Science does that by increasing its scope I will begin to have more respect for Science.