Amen!!!
Di ko motuo anang mga "TUO-TUO" sa atong mga katiguwangan. Ang uban moingon nga way mawa kon motuo...heheheh...nagpasabot lang gyud nga huyang(weak) ilang pagtuo ug pagsalig sa Ginoo.
Absolutely, Amen. There are reasons why old wives tales are referred to as 'Old Wives Tales' or 'Stories'. These kinds of superstitions are symbolic of a decadent past, a society that had little understanding of science and logical explanations, where rumors and heresays permeated the air due to the inability to explain the 'unknown'.
The Glory of God is made manifest in every day, in every year, in every season and His clout is unassailable.
To mitigate HIS Power and Divine Authority with notions of diwatas and superstitious idealism, which are ambivalent and totally antagonistic to the notion of the Divine Plan of God is pragmatic, let alone filled with prediction to believe in unsubstantiated circumstances.
Superstitions are just that--superstitions. A man or woman of God, who abides his or her faith solely in Church Teachings and Scriptural Authority is reminded, and reinforced in the notion of Perfection in the Faith. A faith, by all means, that can move even the mountains (yes, and I am making reference to one of Christ's parables of the Mustard Seed hehe ).
Superstitions should be taken with a grain of salt with iconic symbolism (for those of you who appreciate it merely in a cultural vantage point). A reminder for the present and future generation to observe the society as it was in centuries past, that utilized superstition in order to rule in the masses, a way to keep the family in order, or even to scare children to sleep. And leave it there.
Because in all due respect, if we are to hold Faith to the Teachings of Christ and uphold Christian Virtues, which are solidified and Justified in Church Teachings in lieu with Scriptural Reading/Authority, there really is no room for the belief in superstition.
Lastly, I close with this verse in Scripture, which awakens the Soul!
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You believe that there is one God. That's fine! Even the demons believe that and tremble with fear at His Name.
--James 2:19
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