Superstition and Other Silliness: April 2011 Archives

• Greece: Arsonists attack Corfu synagogue at start of Passover—The Guardian, 19th April 2011
• England: Presenters prepare for Flora Day—BBC News, 19th April 2011
• A timely reminder that Hot Cross Buns are nothing to do with Christianity. Consider the hot cross bun—The Guardian, 19th April 2011
• Nor are Easter eggs. What about Easter, the Bunny and the Egg?—The Bahamas Weekly, 17th April 2011
• And especially not the Easter Bunny! Who is the ‘Osterhase?’—, 14th April 2011
• United Kingdom: Some people are getting married soon. BEWARE: Prediction spells doom for Royals—Vexnews, 19th April 2011
• India: Techie couple wakes up to witchcraft outside home—Bangalore Mirror, 19th April 2011
• United States: Psychic Could Not Foresee Her Own Arrest—LAist, 19th April 2011
• United States: John F. Kennedy requested UFO files 10 days before his assassination—abc15, 19th April 2011

Poland

The letter from Gliwice diocese also warned that in the best-selling books the “dangerous world of magic is presented as good”
And:
“Teachers and parents should teach children to go the Lord Jesus if they have problems, and not seek help and answers from fortune telling,”

As opposed to the fairy-tales of the Catholic church, one presumes?

Harry Potter books 'unacceptable’ because they encourage magic
—Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2011.