Gypsies are generally not distinguished by religiosity and are more likely to be superstitious than pious. ![]() At the same time, he does not even distinguish what faith he accepts - for him all faiths are equally incomprehensible he only looks at what is more profitable for him. Understanding nothing in the Christian faith, the gypsies usually willingly accept it, but only outwardly. ![]() The gypsies do not have a trace of religion, and if one oriental writer claims that "there are seventy-two faiths and a half in the world", meaning by "half" the faith of the gypsies, then this is not true, because they have no faith at all. In Christian lands they pretend to be Christians, in Turkey they are Mohammedans, and with Jews they are Jews. They do not profess any religion, but follow fetishism, that is, they worship objects useful for their life: tents, carts and forges they believe like the Turks in predestination. From the quotes below, one can judge what has been written about the religiosity of the Gypsies for the past two hundred years:
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