What's the difference between faith and superstition?

Faith is what I believe without proof they would find convincing.

Superstition is what they believe without proof I find convincing.

Well, I'd say superstition is a belief that certain actions, unrelated to life problems, can change what random chance brings into your life.

Put another way, superstition is a belief in "luck" -- a belief that events are neither random nor purposed by God, but can be influenced or foreshadowed by other, totally unrelated events.

Faith may or may not believe that seemingly random events are actually purposeful, but does not believe that they can be affected or foreshadowed by other random events.

The difference is that superstitions, such as tossing salt over the shoulder, have no evident relation to what is desired (good luck, or warding off bad luck). Faith may involve trying to influence events as well, but by such methods as praying (talking to the purposer of the events) or acting (feeding the hungry, writing to a congressman).

Faith can be based on Scientific knowledge. Faith in Human Reason is one way to look at the word, and an appropriate use. Also, Faith in Science is completely acceptable usage. Maybe Faith in Human Reason is a Superstition? ;,)

Faith can refer to a religion, or to belief in one or more deities. It has two general implications which can be implied either exclusively or mutually:

To trust:

To commit oneself to act based on self experience to warrant belief, but without absolute proof.[1] Mere belief on the basis of evidence is not faith. To have faith involves an act of will.

Believing a certain variable will act or has the potential to act a specific way despite the potential influence and probability of known or unknown change.

Superstition (Latin superstes, standing over) is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.

Well. To understand this you need to understand what is the faith. One can not so, at once to explain it. Not all believers well understand it. I could try to explain it if you want, but I'm afraid it can take a long time to talk. Are you ready ?

With superstitions much simpler. Usually here acts formula: " we soon believe what we desire ". For example: Have you known that to scratch a head leads to the lost of memory ?

I think many already believe it.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen.

Superstition is more or less a paranoid way of thinking."If I do this I will have bad luck" OR "If I do this I will have good luck"

Religions are based on social norms and laws that aim to govern and civilize the masses. They are supposed to make sense and breed understanding. Religions are also based on unifying masses upon shared values.

Superstition has no aim , nor an overt use and they also do not make sense.

Believing (i.e faith) can be shown in both cases.

Faith is believing everything someone tells you, trusting everything he says to be the truth without the presentation of appropriate or any evidence at all.

Superstition is believing in things out of the ordinary. (Fictional creatures, breaking mirror means bad luck kinda thing)

Faith sees what God says as being true and acts on it.

Superstition an unreasonable belief in something that is not true. For example, the superstition that the universe came into being from absolute nothing with absolutely no cause, in violation of the first law of thermodynamics.

Faith for me, is believing in what has been scientifically and locically established, superstition is believing in something which has not been established as a logical fact.

I don't have to pay a tithe to my superstitions. Knocking on wood and not walking under ladders are completely free.