The phrase
"ancient superstitions" refers to beliefs or ideas that people held in the past but are not supported by evidence or reason. They are often considered old-fashioned or outdated.
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Part allegory about the shifting nature of being, part subversive fairy tale of love in all its uncanny guises, Little Nothing spans the beginning of a new century, the disintegration
of ancient superstitions, and the adoption of industry and invention.
As I said to you in another post — you wouldn't just trust someone selling you a car, house, investment, etc. why would you
trust ancient superstition over verifiable science?
That can't be proved, of course, so every such case resides in the limbo of urban legend and
ancient superstition.
It's just an unavoidable side effect — the more we learn, the less relevant are
the ancient superstitions.
It is rejecting
the ancient superstitions that have evolved into modern - day religions and their insistence that a god must be responsible for all we did not and do not understand.
After four months of desperate attempts to save my faith, I came to the sad conclusion that my faith was based on
an ancient superstition; a superstition not based on lies, but based on the sincere but false beliefs of uneducated, superstitious, first century peasants.
In this feature debut from Zambian - born film - maker Rungano Nyoni,
ancient superstitions and crass commercialism go into partnership to grotesque effect.
Because of
the ancient superstition that black cats represent evil and are related to witches, some humane societies halt adoptions of these animals until after the holiday.