Superstition

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Contents

• What is Superstitious?
• Why do people believe?
• Some examples of good and bad luck
• Some common good bad superstitions which people
  believes
• How to prevent from bad luck?
• Superstitious on different things
• Examples on animals
• Examples on days
• Effects on daily life
• Common example which we all believe
• How to stop being superstitious?
• Suggestions

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WHAT IS SUPERSTITIONS?

• A belief or assumption not based on facts
• Fear of unknown and mysterious
• Became popular among people due to different
  reasons
• Assumed to determine lucky and unlucky situation
• Belief that some events bring good/bad luck

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Why do people believe?

• Superstitions are originated when we were very
• young, putting faith in unreliable things told
  by parents and others
• Quick fact making on basis of previous
  experiences
• To explain the unexplainable happenings events

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Good luck
Some ex. of good bad luck
BAD LUCK
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Some common good bad superstitionswhich people
believes

• Good superstitions

• Bad superstitions

• Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day
• To walk under a ladder
• Ladder laying on ground
• If Black cat crosses your path
• To break a mirror
• To open an Umbrella in the house
• Sawing carb
• Not whistling at night

• A rabbits foot brings good luck
• To find a four-leaf clover
• To find horseshoe
• Shooting star
• Eclipse
• Putting money in the pocket of new clothes
• Full moon and money

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How to prevent from bad luck?

• Using lemon and chilly
• Using different religions method
• (looking for kundly)
• Using animals to define

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Examples on animals
Superstitious on different things

• Black cat crossing your path brings bad luck
• If a cat sneezes it will rain
• The white bird foretells brings death
• If sparrows enters a house than there's death in
  a house
• If a bat is flying towards you it means someone
• is trying to curse you
• f. Its unlucky to have a peacock feathers in a
  house

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Examples on days
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Effects on daily life

• Makes people irresponsible
• Continuous stress and anxiety
• Delay in work
• Make one more prone to worry and depression
• Blaming different events for failures
• Being over confident that a certain things will
• bring good/bad luck
• Brings fear to mankind

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Common superstitious which we all believe
Do you think that Ghost are really exist! Have
you ever seen one?
Explanation
Some people says that they believe in Ghosts.
There are different reason for different people,
Some says that they have seen Ghosts, some says
that there are books return on true Ghost
stories, etc.
Some people think that it is just a joke, it is
creation of a weak heart. It is our fear within
and nothing else
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How to stop being superstitious?
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suggestions
According to my point of view that superstitious
can be cured by brain washing and by virtue of
great religion Islam which is a complete code to
life. We should increase our scientific education
as well as religious education then we can root
up this evil/problem
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conclusion

• Superstitious is an irrational state of mind
  which is illogical state.
• We should be reasonable and rational mind to
  overcome upon it.
• Education is one factor that can wipe out
  superstitious to some extent.
• A scientific outlook and temper should be
  cultivated to do
• away with superstitious

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Dont Worry
?
Be Happy
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Always keep SMILE on your face.
Thank You!