Vices Opposed to Religion: Superstition

Superstition is a vice opposed to religion. It offersdivine worship to whom it should not, or it offers divine worshipto God in an unworthy manner. The name superstition comes from the Latin superstes which means “a survivor.” Itsuggests that what are called superstitions are survivors or”holdovers” from the false pre-Christian religions knowncollectively as paganism.

Superstition takes various forms: (a) idolatrygives divine honor to a creature; (b) divination consultsdemons, thus attributing divine powers to creatures; (c) falseobservances are outer expressions of the belief that divinepowers are found in certain creatures.