a pinch and a punch ...

Superstition! How come it is o.k to say "White rabbits, white rabbits ...!" and acost your nearest with "a pinch and a punch for the first of the month?" Touch wood, avoid going out on Friday the 13th or avoid walking under ladders ad infinitum superstions ... Then to call my faith a superstition. I find that insulting in the utmost. Why? Because, although it is possible in folklore religion to adopt superstitious behaviour, my faith is founded on historical fact. It is a fact that Jesus was born, lived and died. That he was/is called the Christ by followers. That there is sound evidence to suggest that His resurrection was real. That a movement that has been at the core of many societies over the centuries grew up in his wake. That the Bible is an agreed accumulation of the writings preceeding and following the historical event which has inspired millions for good. I don't follow a superstition I follow a saviour and tomorrow I will not need to recite a creed or mumble a mantra in order to know how good it is to follow Jesus.