Like many, I enjoy watching Sportscenter. Every so often, they zoom in an athlete who is wearing a worn hat or old socks and give the statistic that validates him. And of course, how we can we discuss this without the classic facial hair superstition? By the way, Giambi, now that you’re slumping again, how about we see what happens when we shave the stache?
Often I wonder how this looks like in the church. Do pastors feel they preach better with suits or without? What color suit? What color sneakers? Do we youth pastors we feel we get better discipleship in our ministry when our hair is gelled, spiked, afro-ed , or clean-shaven? Absurd, no?
As it works out from my perception, Christians use a different kind of superstition in their Christianese language. It’s much more pragmatic. The first post was really about the topic I am working on in my head. Are some Christians led by superstition instead of the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Referring back to the tragedies of the first post, I see that we as believers, have a tendency to either be trite or unintentional create lessons that are more superstitious. I remember after Sept. 11th, the many who said, it could have been so much worse, praise God for His mercy. Which is a really insensitive thing to say in general and unfair to God Himself, as it speaks too much on his behalf but that’s another story. But after Sept. 11th, many started saying things like, “I don’t rush for the train anymore. Ya never know what the Lord is protecting you from.” What if the bus/train/cab you get on is the one with the suicide bomber? Next we’ll be rushing …
To me, these types of things operate more like superstitions then actual faith. And many times they are as arbitrary as Giambi’s stache. More to say soon.
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