Superstitions
4. Why do people throw rice over newly weds? |
Because
they think that in this way they will bestow fertility on the couple.
Obviously, this custom is a superstition, which must be rejected. |
It is God
who bestows fertility on the couple, it is God who gives children, whether
they are many or few; therefore this act is useless, and not only useless but
also wrong because in this way people throw away some rice which could be
eaten. Let us remember that there are some countries where many children eat
just a handful of cooked rice every day: it is sufficient to think of this in
order to realize that this waste of rice is an affront to those poor people. |