Superstitions and Fear of Vaccinations

Are you afraid of words?

Are you afraid of images?

Are you afraid of science?

Are you afraid of needles?

Are you afraid of songs?

Are you afraid of politics?

Do you know much about unreasonable fear? 

Do you know much about other unreasonable beliefs?

How do you compare superstitions with phobias?

What is your acquaintance with the Tiburtine sibyl?

What do you know about purported healers?

What do you know about vaccines?

What do you know about propaganda?

How do you tell the difference between a witch and a fairy?

Are you capable of floating like a real witch or like an imagined fairy, or both, or neither?

Do you know when superstitions are excuses for human sacrifices?

Do you know when political decisions sacrifice lives on the altar of greed?

Perhaps you would prefer stories about enchanted forests and/or magic swords instead of the truth.

Perhaps you have been reading The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

Do you regard yourself as some sort of dissident?

Whether you do or not, you may or may not spend much time interpreting the interactions between matter and imaginings.

You may or may not spend much time exploring mysteries and histories.

You may or may not devote much of your attention to picturing witches, superstitions, various fears and the historical facts. 

You may or may not take much notice of culture and kindness.

You may or may not have a fascination towards understanding the causes of faulty reasoning.

You may or may not possess suitable compassion.

You may or may not interact on a regular basis with the ghosts of cultural heritage.

You may or may not spend much time examining blessings and curses.

Why do people fear particular vaccines or even all vaccines? 

What have you discovered through history regarding the subject?

Science is about continually refining meanings to clarify the truth.

The medical sciences are meant to be about protecting health properly and and helping healing adequately.

Vaccinations have helped to transform the world and prevent early deaths.

What, if anything, have superstitions helped?

How do you define the superstitious and the ridiculous and the dangerous?

Witchcraft is imaginary.  Aggression is not.

That is why witchcraft is not a crime to reasonable people.

What is sorcery other than a performing art? 

How does the enlightened re-enchantment of the world begin and continue?

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How do you assess the power of objects?

How do you assess the power of people?

How do you assess the power of ideas?

How do you assess the power of money?

How do you assess the power of history?

What is the evil eye?

What is the eye of wisdom?

What is the eye of providence?

What is the third eye?

How do you know you are capable of exhibiting clarity?

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How do you know you are exposing charlatans appropriately?

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Perhaps you regard yourself as a chic psychic.

Perhaps you regard yourself as immune from diseases after practicing incantations, possibly in the form of prayers.

Perhaps your beliefs in the pseudoscientific and/or supernatural make you feel empowered.

Perhaps you make people feel better about themselves, at least temporarily.

Perhaps you offer false hope, or provide unnecessary fear.

What is necessary fear?