... . Many people won't even drive there cars or go out on Friday the thirteenth. Have you ever heard that walking under a ladder, crossing a black cat, or opening an umbrella is bad luck? I don't exactly see how walking under an object, passing a certain colored animal, or the act of opening a device meant to keep a person dry is going to cause ... bad luck. I think it is all psychological. If we truly believe that these things will bring us bad luck, than we will cause ourselves to be unlucky. Differences in beliefs affect everyone in this world. Most recently, the beliefs of certain terro...

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... than most, and formerly for a short time I was a soldier in the Imperial Army. In fact, to tell you the truth, I"m not a religious man, I"m a freethinker." He believes he has had such bad luck, that it is useless to pray to G"d, and therefore he is more of an atheist, or a freethinker, than he is a Jew. He states he is a Jew only "by birth and ... ...

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