Actually they haven’t conquered the world, yet. They just like to think they have.
The Bible’s prophets still speak to us today. We just have to listen.
Here is Ezekiel weighing in against superstitious practice–his own time’s version of New Age pseudo-religion.
What was all that business with the pillows and kerchiefs? Nobody really knows anymore–it was some kind of fad, thousands of years ago. Supposedly it had big mojo. It has passed away, leaving nothing behind but a prophet’s denunciation.
But it has a multitude of descendants, doesn’t it?
The French have a saying, “Fashion rules the world.” Today it is more like “Fads rule the world.” The trouble with today’s fads is how destructive they can be, like castrating your underage son so you can have a daughter.
Certainly worse than the hula hoop.