At the time some people accused him of being a godfather of superstition. His answer was, "I don't think I am involved in reactionary superstition, because Matsu is a down-to-earth proletarian. She attends to the illnesses of fishermen, and she salvages shipwrecks. She is a person who has made contributions to history."
當時有人指他是「迷信頭子」，林文豪的回答是「我沒認為自己搞封建迷信，因為媽祖是一個實實在在的勞動人民，她幫漁民看病，又曾解救海難，她是對歷史有貢獻的人。」