Tham khảo "120 bài luận mẫu tiếng Anh - Phần 2" giúp các bạn tham khảo thêm nhiều bài luận bằng Tiếng Anh với các chủ đề khác nhau, đồng thời nâng cao kỹ năng tiếng Anh của chính các bạn. | et t BAt LOẠN TIÆNg ANU 1 haH 2 ỉ 61. SUPERSTITION BAN VÊ MÊ TÍN OUTLINE 1. What is Superstition 2. The evil of Superstition. 3. Knowledge the cure for Superstition. Belief which has no basis1 in reason is superstition. Superstition is the daughter of Ignorance and Fear. The word literally means standing still at a thing in fear or awe. In religion superstition means irrational2 fear of the mysterious and reverence for objects which are not proper objects of worship. Ignorant savages have no scientific knowledge of what we call the forces of Nature they think the sun and the moon fire and wind and water are governed by supernatural3 beings who sometimes seem kind but more often terrible and cruel. These they fear and worship and try to propitiate with offering and sacrifices and senseless rites. And their imagination peoples5 the universe with imaginary beings-demons ghosts and fairies. As knowledge grows superstition dies and to-day we laugh at such beliefs and fears as at the follies of childhood. But superstition dies slowly and even in civilized countries to day silly bits of superstition still linger6. You still find people who think the number thirteen unlucky who will not walk under a ladder who feel troubled if they upset the salt or see the new moon through glass and who do mot like starting a journey on a Friday gods In the Middle Ages in Europe the belief in witchcraft8 led to the persecution9 of poor old women who were suspected of having sold their souls to the devil. The Spanish Inquisition10 tortured and burnt thousands of good people at the bidding of superstition. And though such horrors are no longer possible in civilized countries superstition still produces narrowmindedness bigotry and needless mental suffering. Superstition is a thing of darkness it cannot stand11 the light. It is the child of ignorance and hates and flees from the face of knowledge. As knowledge increases superstition decreases. Science which has discovered the real nature of
