Is superstition a form of man seeking God?

Les explains that superstition is never a man somehow seeking God. Instead, it is always man's fear and opposing the powers of evil. The pagans put fetishes throughout to ward off evil powers. They knew Him but knew nothing of God. When Paul went to Athens and saw idols, including one titled to the unknown God, he said they were too superstitious. They feared evil powers. Paul used the same word and analogy Israel was steeped in with their worship system, and pagans did much the same with ritual and services. Paul's converts came from paganism, idol worship, and mythology, and had stepped out of darkness into the light of Paul's gospel.