Under the influence of Baruch Spinoza and his father, Dr. Thomas Arnold, he rejected the superstitious elements in religion, even while retaining a fascination for church rituals.

I have speculated, sometimes, that there must be something of a religious, or at least superstitious, element to this reaction.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves incorporates various mythological and superstitious elements into the storyline and environment.

The effort to remove superstitious elements from Christian faith dates to intellectual reformist Christians such as Erasmus and the Deists in the 15th-17th centuries.

A romance with superstitious elements, and moreover void of didactical intention, was considered a setback and not acceptable as a modern production.

Gregory the Great's writings, amongst the most widely read throughout this period, popularized the superstitious element of the Petrine presence and miracles.

Consisting of 27 volumes, it also includes history about the Khitan people before the foundation of the Liao Dynasty, although this section includes a lot of superstitious elements.

Mongkut also made an effort to remove all non-Buddhist, folk religious, and superstitious elements which over the years had become part of Thai Buddhism.

This is because the superstitious elements in nuo opera are anathema to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China which advocates atheism.

This executive represents the conservative, superstitious and prejudiced element within the peasantry.