Anti-bad Luck Society
You would think that the fight against superstition (today taking the form of anti-creationism) is a new and contemporary movement. An empty cage, a challenge for a Creator to place a new animal in it? In contrast, here's what people thought 150 years ago[1]:
„ANTI–BAD LUCK SOCIETY — The only way to prove the position that superstition is nonsense is by a bold defiance. Some brave Frenchmen are trying to do this. A society has been formed at Bordeaux to put down the superstition of evil omens. As everybody knows, it is ‘bad luck’ to begin anything on a Friday, or to sit down at a table with thirteen, or to spill salt between yourself and a friend. The new society proposes to have regular dinners on Friday, to have thirteen guests, and spill salt around before commencing.“ March 1859
A note from the article then mentions „It appears that the society has not in fact survived.“
[1]: Scientific American March 2009: „50, 100 & 150 years ago“
POST#0065 2009-MAR-23
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