Unit 7
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Superstition seems to run, a submerged river of crude religion, below the surface of human consciousness. It has done so for as long as we have any chornicle of human behavior, and although I cannot prove it, I doubt if it is more prevalent today than it has always been. Superstition, the theologians tell us, comes from the Latin supersisto, meaning to stand in terror of the Deity. Most people keep their terror within bounds, but they cannot root it ou ...