Why "Good" Friday?

mca47

On the day Jesus got tortured and killed...why call it "Good" Friday?
Shouldn't relgious types call it "Kind of a crappy" Friday or something similar?

cornnifer

mca47 wrote:

On the day Jesus got tortured and killed...why call it "Good" Friday?
Shouldn't relgious types call it "Kind of a crappy" Friday or something similar?

i stay out of religious debates here. i am only responding to answer your question. According to Christian belief, Christ's crucifixion is something we greatly benefitted from. We owe our salvation to it. Therefore, whereas perhaps bitersweet, it is, in fact, a good thing.

mca47

cornnifer wrote:

i stay out of religious debates here. i am only responding to answer your question. According to Christian belief, Christ's crucifixion is something we greatly benefitted from. We owe our salvation to it. Therefore, whereas perhaps bitersweet, it is, in fact, a good thing.

Yeah, I suppose.

I bet right after it happened they weren't calling it "Good Friday" though. Hahaha. I bet there were some pissed off people at first.

cornnifer

mca47 wrote:

Yeah, I suppose.

I bet right after it happened they weren't calling it "Good Friday" though. Hahaha. I bet there were some pissed off people at first.

Probably.
With that, i'm outta this one. Good luck with it.

mca47

cornnifer wrote:

Probably.
With that, i'm outta this one. Good luck with it.

LOL Yeah, I can see this one getting bad.

It was supposed to be a light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek kinda question but I can see how people might take it the wrong way.

We'll see...

Cosmo

I found out how they figure out when Easter is:
The First Sunday.. after the First Full Moon... after the Spring Equinox.
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Does this mean that Jesus rose from the dead on the First Sunday... after The First Full Moon... after the Spring Equinox of 31 A.D?
if that's the case... why not have Easter on that date?

Pacomc79

Cosmo wrote:

I found out how they figure out when Easter is:
The First Sunday.. after the First Full Moon... after the Spring Equinox.
...
Does this mean that Jesus rose from the dead on the First Sunday... after The First Full Moon... after the Spring Equinox of 31 A.D?
if that's the case... why not have Easter on that date?

no, actually that's the Easter Beagle. The Great Pumpkin comes out on October 31st and flys around the world bringing toys to all the good girls and boys.

The early Catholic Church was competing for "souls" so to speak so they used the Pagan holidays and adapted some of thier rituals to fit church teaching.

It's just an observance after all.

It's kind of fitting really as this is all about the life cycle. Death and Rebirth. It's appropriate it would happen in the spring.

That, and it works out really well for the Easter Portion of Handel's Messiah. Spring Growth and outstanding baroque music.

hodge

thanks for being crucified J

this turkey being cooked upstairs smells awesome

Snake

IM REALLY OFFENDED BY THIS THREAD!!!!!









not really its a good question. I kind still dont understand it. But I guess its because thats the day Jesus died for our sins and stuff. But yea Im sure it wasnt to "good" at the time.

Eliot Rosewater

mca47 wrote:

On the day Jesus got tortured and killed...why call it "Good" Friday?
Shouldn't relgious types call it "Kind of a crappy" Friday or something similar?

Duh, he died for YOU...isn't that good

Cosmo

Pacomc79 wrote:

no, actually that's the Easter Beagle. The Great Pumpkin comes out on October 31st and flys around the world bringing toys to all the good girls and boys.

The early Catholic Church was competing for "souls" so to speak so they used the Pagan holidays and adapted some of thier rituals to fit church teaching.

It's just an observance after all.

It's kind of fitting really as this is all about the life cycle. Death and Rebirth. It's appropriate it would happen in the spring.

That, and it works out really well for the Easter Portion of Handel's Messiah. Spring Growth and outstanding baroque music.

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I guess that explains it... because if THAT doesn't sound like a Pagan time table formula... I don't know what does. It also explains the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs. Both appear to be Neolithic fertility symbols... rabbits, eggs. And the Spring celebration... I can see ancient man hoping for a fertile land for their upcoming crop... and basically, survived the long cruel winters of Central Europe.
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And I bet the Peeps we see on the store shelves today.. were actually produced in Neolithic times.

Eliot Rosewater

Snake wrote:

IM REALLY OFFENDED BY THIS THREAD!!!!!









not really its a good question. I kind still dont understand it. But I guess its because thats the day Jesus died for our sins and stuff. But yea Im sure it wasnt to "good" at the time.

Of course it was good. As Cross says - it's what made him. He would have been nothing without the alleged crucifixion.

Cosmo

Eliot Rosewater wrote:

Of course it was good. As Cross says - it's what made him. He would have been nothing without the alleged crucifixion.

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And maybe... it's good for us. I mean, Jesus died for our sins, right? That means we can get away with all kinds of the shitty stuff we do to each other, say to each other and believe in because all is forgiven in the end.
I mean, it got Hitler off the hook, didn't it?

jeffbr

Cosmo wrote:

And I bet the Peeps we see on the store shelves today.. were actually produced in Neolithic times.

Yup, their half-life is measured in millenia.

Jack_C_Gregory

I think it has to due with the people who put him to death. I think the idea behind it was, it's a good thing he's being punished, hence good friday. Well, that's what they told us in grade school.

Snake

Now I can see this getting bad

im out

Peace and Love people!

mca47

I think holidays need to be renamed for what they are.

Good Friday = Kinda crappy Friday
Christmas = Pretend you like your family, materialistic present day.
Halloween = Type 2 diabetes day.
Valentines = Guaranteed sex day.
Easter = Dead people come alive with chocolate day.
St. Patrick's day = Green vomit day.

Flannel Shirt

I agree....
Today is the day a relegions savior, the son of God, was tortured and then murdered. Kinda strange to call it "Good Friday".

Horribly Terrible Most Awful Friday seems more fitting.

Cosmo

Flannel Shirt wrote:

I agree....
Today is the day a relegions savior, the son of God, was tortured and then murdered. Kinda strange to call it "Good Friday".

Horribly Terrible Most Awful Friday seems more fitting.

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Well, if you look at it from the 'Better Him than me', perspective... it's good.
But, I believe the greater good in all of this is that... well, maybe we should take the teachings of Jesus and live our lives by them. Not as some sort of condition in return for a reward... but, just because. To me... that whole 'Believe in Me and I will take on all of your sins' thing... well, it just don't seem fair. I mean, why should a guy like Hitler get go to Heaven for believing in Jesus... and the 6 million Jews that he is responsible for go to Hell for not believing? Seems like if Jesus hasa say in the matter... well, he'd give those Jews a break.
I don't know. I guess that's why I don't go to church anymore. But, that won't stop me from wishing everyone a Happy Easter.

idratherbe

Cosmo wrote:

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And I bet the Peeps we see on the store shelves today.. were actually produced in Neolithic times.

Post of the day! Peeps & Twinkies... gotta love 'em I guess.

~peace~

Eliot Rosewater

Cosmo wrote:

I found out how they figure out when Easter is:
The First Sunday.. after the First Full Moon... after the Spring Equinox.
...
Does this mean that Jesus rose from the dead on the First Sunday... after The First Full Moon... after the Spring Equinox of 31 A.D?
if that's the case... why not have Easter on that date?

Because not only the people who wrote the bible are idiots, but also the people who took it from there..