Good friday

[Maiden Japan 007]

why do they call it good Friday if its the day Jesus died?

[Julian]

That, I have no idea about.

And welcome back, Maiden Japan! Long time no see!

[Maiden Japan 007]

That, I have no idea about.

And welcome back, Maiden Japan! Long time no see!

yea its been a while

[Wesley]

I think it might be because he died for a good cause, and so we remember his sacrifice and honor him today, rather then feel sad about what happened. That said, I really don't know much at all about religion, so I might be wrong.

Also, welcome back MaidenJapan!

[.Blue Dwarf.]

It made all the scriptures/prophecies/whatever come true?
Or what Wesley said.

Not sure.

[Megadog]

Good Friday has no set date. If it were, lets say, the 15 of April, then it would be good Thursday/Saturday the next. So the real question is, what do we do when we get good Friday the 13th?

[SpiderPumpkin]

So the real question is, what do we do when we get good Friday the 13th?
We stop being superstitious, that's what we do :P

Regarding the topic, I just found this:
http://www.kencollins.com/question-11.htm
Dunno if it helps much.

And welcome back, Maiden Japan! :D

[.Blue Dwarf.]

Good Friday has no set date. If it were, lets say, the 15 of April, then it would be good Thursday/Saturday the next. So the real question is, what do we do when we get good Friday the 13th?


That sounds like fun.
And if you can remember this far back, that happened in 2001. And 1990, or so my dad says...
(EDIT: By flipping through an online calender it looks like it's not going to happen again until 2063. Could be wrong about that though... And there were probably easier ways to check...)
So yay.


Anyway... Time to let this thread die...

[.Blue Dwarf.]

EDIT: Yay, I found a list of years!
1770, 1759, 1781
1827, 1838
1900, 1906, 1979, 1990
2001, 2063, 2074, 2085, 2096
2131, 2142, 2153
2210, 2221, 2283, 2294
Huzzah!


Edit: Oops, I meant to press edit... Too late since I posted this already.