It's Good Friday

[YoursSINSerely]

Anybody doing anything fun?

My family is coming for the weekend. I'm excited, but first I have to go to work!

 

[Handley_Page]

Anybody doing anything fun?

My family is coming for the weekend. I'm excited, but first I have to go to work!

On a religious Holiday ? Terrible!

 

[JunkDreams]

I will be going to church and singing in the choir like the GOOD girl I am, LOL!

 

[YoursSINSerely]

On a religious Holiday ? Terrible!

Not really.

 

[jomar]

Work a little this morning then visit family for the weekend.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Worked in the garden harvesting tomatoes, now working on a new writing project I call THE FINAL SOLUTION...murder/horror thriller.

 

[lovecraft68]

Anybody doing anything fun?

My family is coming for the weekend. I'm excited, but first I have to go to work!

Not quite a day that applies to me. But for the majority of people it is significant so Happy Easter!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Maunday Thursday services last night. Tonight? I'm not sure. HM isn't really feeling up to par so we may just cocoon. Sunday is at Mom's.

 

[3113]

Well, I was thinking of getting crucified so that I could come back from the dead on Sunday, but...nah. I'm just not in the mood to show off this year.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Not quite a day that applies to me. But for the majority of people it is significant so Happy Easter!

Dear Reader

April 1st is LOVEBOATS important holiday.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Well, I was thinking of getting crucified so that I could come back from the dead on Sunday, but...nah. I'm just not in the mood to show off this year.

A bunch of Phillipinos are. Primitive, IMO.

 

[3113]

A bunch of Phillipinos are. Primitive, IMO.

Another one for the BDSM category.

 

[sr71plt]

I don't think the point of Good Friday is to "have fun." If you do, consider it as any other Friday.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Another one for the BDSM category.

Down deep in my staunch Lutheran heart, I have to believe that even though the 'official' RCC line is that this is heresy, down deep in their hearts, the Curia gets off on self-imposed, guilt-ridden suffering. So yeah, definitely one for the BDSM category--but I ain't writin' it!

 

[lovecraft68]

Dear Reader

April 1st is LOVEBOATS important holiday.

Right day wrong month.
May first is more my holiday.

 

[stephen55]

Well, I was thinking of getting crucified so that I could come back from the dead on Sunday, but...nah. I'm just not in the mood to show off this year.

As an atheist I'm out of my field but didn't Christ come back on the third day, as in Monday?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

As an atheist I'm out of my field but didn't Christ come back on the third day, as in Monday?

It works like a package holiday, Stephen; the day of arrival counts as part of the deal. Day 1, Friday: get crucified; Day 2, Saturday: relax in tomb cave; Day 3, Sunday: arise and return.


(P.S. An atheist supporter of Harper and his NeoTory Minions of Godly Government? Watch out, or Stockwell Day will send a caveman riding a dinosaur to take care of you.)

 

[3113]

As an atheist I'm out of my field but didn't Christ come back on the third day, as in Monday?

See that's what I'd think, but apparently Friday counts as Day one (the day he got arrested, beaten up and died), Saturday as Day two and, on Day three (Sunday) he got better.

Oh, and apparently he ate his Last Supper on Wednesday not Thursday. Apparently this has been a point of contention. Was it Tuesday? Was it Thursday? Was it Passover? This guy did the research and says it was, indeed, Passover and a Wednesday.

 

[English Lady]

I went to church this morning and then on to the open air act of devotion too. They put a huge wooden cross up in a local park, it's very moving.

Good Friday isn't fun, but I love it. Having the time to reflect on what Jesus did for ME is heart-breaking and awe inspiring and just down right humbling.

And Easter Sunday is just around the corner....

 

[voluptuary_manque]

See that's what I'd think, but apparently Friday counts as Day one (the day he got arrested, beaten up and died), Saturday as Day two and, on Day three (Sunday) he got better.

Oh, and apparently he ate his Last Supper on Wednesday not Thursday. Apparently this has been a point of contention. Was it Tuesday? Was it Thursday? Was it Passover? This guy did the research and says it was, indeed, Passover and a Wednesday.

That's because the prophecy was that He rise on the third day, not after three days. Slight difference in wording and a large difference in meaning.

As to whether it was Maundy Thursday or Maundy Wednesday, what difference does it make? That isn't significant. The Resurrection is the important point.

 

[lovecraft68]

I went to church this morning and then on to the open air act of devotion too. They put a huge wooden cross up in a local park, it's very moving.

Good Friday isn't fun, but I love it. Having the time to reflect on what Jesus did for ME is heart-breaking and awe inspiring and just down right humbling.

And Easter Sunday is just around the corner....

You know I hate to sound like an ass and please don't take this personally, as I am not aiming this at devout Christians, but as an outsider looking in I have always had this observation about Good Friday/ Easter/ Holy week.

A lot of people joke and say that New Years is "amateur night" where everyone gets drunk.

Easter is like "amateur night" for the non practicing church members. They go Easter and they go Christmas. Rest of the year they stay home and forget all about God and church. To me they would be better off staying home on the holidays as well makes them look less like hypocrites.

 

[sr71plt]

Easter is like "amateur night" for the non practicing church members. They go Easter and they go Christmas. Rest of the year they stay home and forget all about God and church. To me they would be better off staying home on the holidays as well makes them look less like hypocrites.

Then there are those who take a lot of interest in what others are doing so they can be judgmental.

As long as they go at all, they are either still open to seeking or they are trying to please a loved one--either of which is a good reason for giving it at least this much effort.

 

[English Lady]

You know I hate to sound like an ass and please don't take this personally, as I am not aiming this at devout Christians, but as an outsider looking in I have always had this observation about Good Friday/ Easter/ Holy week.

A lot of people joke and say that New Years is "amateur night" where everyone gets drunk.

Easter is like "amateur night" for the non practicing church members. They go Easter and they go Christmas. Rest of the year they stay home and forget all about God and church. To me they would be better off staying home on the holidays as well makes them look less like hypocrites.

I don't offend terribly easy, which is shown by how long I've stayed around here and the fact I post on the GB! *LOL*

Easter is a time where people will go to church who never normally do. They might go for the wrong reasons like tradition or family or to get a tick in a box for church attendance but if they are there they are hearing the word and one time it might just hit home and they might actually come to faith.

I know what you mean, but Easter is such an important time in the church calendar, it makes sense that people will turn up for services like they do at Christmas.

 

[lovecraft68]

Then there are those who take a lot of interest in what others are doing so they can be judgmental.

As long as they go at all, they are either still open to seeking or they are trying to please a loved one--either of which is a good reason for giving it at least this much effort.

Not judging. Just making an observation. I take the people who go on any random Sunday much more seriously.

For the record I went last year for my very Catholic Sicilian wife (yeah I know what was she thinking) I went for her but couldn't help feeling like an asshole for sitting there.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Maunday Thursday services last night. Tonight? I'm not sure. HM isn't really feeling up to par so we may just cocoon. Sunday is at Mom's.

Ahh, the cleansing of the feet. I'm sure there's a foot fetish story in there somewhere for all of you writers.

I really enjoy the stories written in the Bible. It does make you sit back and wonder. I'm not quite sure... they might have all been on some really good drugs ya know.

I didn't mean for this to turn into a religious thread of the believers and the non-believers, but that's what makes the world go around.

I do believe that spring has sprung in the northern hemisphere and it's a time for rebirth for "whoever" created it. I like it! It's been a horrible, horrible winter, weatherwise. And, I'm sure our friends in North Carolina, and the mid-west are all counting their blessings to still be alive. My heart goes out to all of them who have lost their homes and their livelyhood.

Peace....to everyone. Enjoy your weekend.