7/2/2023 0 Comments The last superstition![]() ![]() Instead, Friday 13th is something of a folk tale, a shared story that may well date no earlier than the 19th and 20th centuries. While a 2004 report by National Geographic included a claim that the fear of travelling and conducting business on the day contributed to hundreds of millions of dollars of “lost” business, it’s difficult to substantiate.Ī 1993 report in the British Medical Journal had similarly claimed that an increase in accidents may take place on Friday 13th, but later studies disproved any correlation. Most people are not genuinely fearful of Friday 13th. There’s even a word for the fear the day provokes: Friggatriskaidekaphobia. The occasion of the thirteenth day of the month falling on a Friday happens once every year at the very least, but can take place three times in one year. Watch Now What is wrong with Friday the 13th?įriday 13th may be regarded as an unlucky day, but there’s no avoiding it. ![]() Quite the contrary, Feser suggests, the existence of God can be proved by rationally compelling arguments. God is not a hypothesis, to be replaced if a more satisfactory theory comes up. Historian of archaeology Dr Amara Thornton explores a network of archaeologist-spies, codebreaking, mapping and running agents, and with expert contributors delves into the extraordinary double lives led by the critical players in the international theatres of World War One. Professor Edward Feser argues in his brilliant new book The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism that Dawkins has it all wrong. ![]()
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