Why do some materialists believe the words of old men and do superstitious things?

Because they can't resist their elders, and it's not a big deal to do it, they will do "superstitious" things. In fact, although many people do not believe in ghosts and gods, they have to accompany their families to the temple every time they celebrate the New Year and pray to the gods and Buddha. This is a common occurrence, so why would these materialists do these things against their will?

1.The influence of the idea of respecting the elderly. First of all, those who believe in gods and Buddhas in the family are often the elderly or elders.

They are the authorities in the family, or rather the parents of these young people (materialists), who are higher in rank than the young people. From the perspective of traditional Chinese culture, Chinese rarely disobey their elders. Most Chinese tend to have a very humble attitude towards people who are older or older.

Even if you are a materialist, you will not be very opposed to "superstitious" things such as being called by your elders to worship Buddha.

2.Following beliefs can lead to family disputes. In fact, another reason why materialists will follow the will of their elders to worship Buddha and pray to God is to avoid family conflicts and conflicts.

Why? The elderly in the family generally believe in the things of gods and Buddhas, and sometimes in front of the Buddha statues, they will be scolded for the slightest unruly. If the materialists say in front of the old people that they are not ghosts and gods, the old people will be very angry and even quarrel.

Because materialists are questioning the beliefs of the elderly, they will react violently.

3.Materialists often don't care about "superstition". In addition, I think the most important thing is that because materialists don't believe in it, they naturally don't care.

This should be said to be the difference between China and the West. If Westerners were confronted with such a thing that would go against their beliefs, they would not do anything. And when the Oriental people encounter such a thing, they can only do it if they can't shirk it.

They may feel unreasonable or uncomfortable, but they will not react very much. Since you don't believe it, there is no difference between doing it and not doing it.

In general, materialists are called by the old people to do "superstitious" things, not because they believe in these things, but because they don't care and don't want to conflict with the old people.

Because in their opinion, the superstitious behavior in the mouths of these old people has had an impact on them for a long time, and has been imperceptibly accepted since childhood, so it does not contradict materialism in their concepts.

Because they never pay attention to what science is.

Unable to compete with nature in his own power, he has developed a primitive mystery about nature: he believes that there is a supreme being who controls everything.

Because ghosts and gods are originally believed to exist rather than non-existent, many people have a sense of awe in nature.

Do you know nature? Is what you see is existence, and what you can't see is nothingness? The naked eye is only what we see within its function, and who knows beyond its function?

But even if there is a "god", I think it is also the "Tao" in Lao Tzu's mouth, and Lao Tzu said that there is a thing called "Tao" that controls all our trajectories in the dark.