Pakistan supernatural beliefs survey: 17% say they have supernatural powers

[veekysingh]

Pakistan supernatural beliefs survey: 17% say they have supernatural powers – The Express Tribune

 

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We are not alone

We have a lot of catching up with the British

An excerpt

It is said there are more ghosts per square mile in England than in any other country in the world.

In A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof, Roger Clarke examines the history and class structure of a very British kind of fascination with the supernatural.

The medievals saw ghosts as shrouded dead bodies while the Victorians saw murderous apparitions preserved in the moment of their infamy.

More recently, hauntings are reported more as a feeling, an electrical residue of emotions that become entangled in the living.

 

[rohailmalhi]

Do Express propoganda know how much is 17 percent of the Pakistani population.

i would have believed if it say .17 percent..........

 

[Cherokee]

If Making and Believing Conspiracy theories is a Superpower then the Numbers are way too low

 

[hunter_hunted]

I have Supernatural power whenever I press the power button PC Turns On.

Im planning to wear underwear on top of Trousers just like Superman

 

[Skull and Bones]

Yes, most of that power has to do with trolling i suppose.

 

[karan.1970]

no wonder Zaid Hamid believed that ghosts fought for Pakistan in 1965

 

[arp2041]

no wonder Zaid Hamid believed that ghosts fought for Pakistan in 1965

Karan, I have seen Aunty post upto 10 Anti-India Posts at the same time, now i know how

@topic -

 

[Windjammer]

And Indians....make sure you leave your .....err broom behind.


Superstitions in India


Millions of Indians believe that they get lucky doing or not doing certain things. How did Indians get to be so superstitious? In the past, several practices were upheld for valid reasons. For instance, Indians believe that while cutting nails, if any nails fall inside the house, poverty is sure to strike that household. What began as a scare to make one clean up after cutting nails is now a superstitious belief!

Some superstitions are based on religion too. For the number of regions, temples, gods and goddesses in India, it comes as no surprise that superstitions based on religion abound.

Here below is a list of select Indian superstitions. You can use them to have a good laugh if you think these are a bunch of old wives tales or if you are the superstitious type, beware!!

•A black cat crossing your path is a sure sign of misfortune

•Cutting nails at night is evil

•Giving away old clothes on Friday brings disaster on the person/family that gives the clothes away

•Do not mop when someone from the house is travelling

•A broom gets attached to the house it sweeps. So if you move house, don’t take the broom along.

•While shifting home, never sweep and clean the house vacated as this signifies scooping the wealth off the house.

•Never dispose garbage after the lights are put on in the evening.

•Sewing after lights are on in the evening brings bad luck.

•Nothing should be given or received with the left hand.

•If you have hiccups it means someone is thinking of you.

•If you hear dogs howl, it indicates that something bad is going to happen.

•When you see someone go out, never ask where he/she is going as it brings bad luck.

•A woman is considered unclean during her menstrual cycle. She cannot enter the kitchen or temple at that time.

•If a lizard falls on your head, you are doomed. There are other superstitions based on which body part the lizard falls on too.

•If you see a married woman with floral adornment on her head and kum kum on her forehead, you are fortunate. However sighting a widow is regarded a sign of misfortune.

There is really no end to Indian Superstitions. New ones come up every day and majority Indians dare not disregard these superstitious beliefs.

 

[SamranAli]

i read that indians started to worship dengue mosqito so that it will not harm them.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

i read that indians started to worship dengue mosqito so that it will not harm them.

Yes, because otherwise they will have to suffer the fate of Ajmal Kasab and get dispatched to heaven to meet 72 virgins with beards.

 

[Skull and Bones]

i read that indians started to worship dengue mosqito so that it will not harm them.

No, to kill Kasab by dengue, silly.

 

[Sonic_boom]

no wonder Zaid Hamid believed that ghosts fought for Pakistan in 1965

Where were these ''ghosts'' during 1971?

 

[Windjammer]

No, to kill Kasab by dengue, silly.

Seems you didn't prey properly and it all backfired.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/w...engue-fever-epidemic.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

[Skull and Bones]

Seems you didn't prey properly and it all backfired.


Alarm Over India?s Dengue Fever Epidemic - NYTimes.com

We call that collateral damage.