Posted on 03/12/2009 5:59:57 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
Good evening, puppypusher...I thought of you when I saw him. And...he’s an Air Force dog!! Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am.
I’m looking forward to the weekend,I hope our weather continues to improve.Its been cold and in the 30’s the last few days but spring is coming.
Good evening, rabs. Ready for the weekend?
Howwww Deeee...
Not quite.
I've got two homework assignments, a quiz, and some other work in between me and going home to prepare my family's tax returns (augh).
But I'll make it...I think...
Good evening, my....got all your hours in? Friday off?
Yup. I am all set.
Fantastic pics, Ma!
Thank you for the thread!
*HUG*
Good evening everyone!
Hi dere.
Hows doin?
Friday the 13th
Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky?
One of the most commonly held superstitions in our so-called civilized, educated society is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, and since, in this equation, each is held to be unlucky, added together, their sum can only equal double trouble.
The modern basis for the aura that surrounds Friday the 13th stems from Friday October the 13th, 1307. On this date, the Pope of the church in Rome in Conjunction with the King of France, carried out a secret death warrant Against "the Knights Templar". The Templars were terminated as heretics, never again to hold the power that they had held for so long. There Grand Master, Jacques DeMolay, was arrested and before he was killed, was tortured and crucified.
Superstitions swirling around Friday as being lucky or unlucky have existed since ancient times, beginning with the northern nations. Ancient Romans dedicated the sixth day of the week to their beautiful, but vain, goddess Venus, so, when the Norsemen adopted the Roman method of naming days, they naturally adopted Venus as their name for the sixth day of the week. Their closest translation for Venus, Frigg, or Freya, eventually evolved into Friday, a day they considered to be the luckiest day of the week.
From a religious standpoint, Muslims tout Friday as the day Allah created Adam, legend has it that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, the apple, on a Friday, and later died on a Friday, and Christians consider Friday as the day on which Christ was crucified by the Romans.
The Scandinavian belief that the number 13 signified bad luck sprang from their mythological 12 demigods, who were joined by a 13th demigod, Loki, an evil cruel one, who brought upon humans great misfortune. The number 13, in the Christian faith, is the number of parties at the Last Supper, with the 13th guest at the table being the traitor, Judas. When Christians combine this day and number, the combination can only hold special significance.
Whether or not a person considers Friday the 13th as unlucky, he or she must understand that this superstition, as well as others, merely stem from beliefs or practices man used, and continues to use, to explain, and to protect himself, from events beyond his control in his complicated world. He worked, and works only with the bag of knowledge he has on hand.
Only when factual, scientific bases for these beliefs are unearthed, and people do not dispel the beliefs, but instead cling to them, the beliefs become superstitions. Today's beliefs may very well be tomorrows superstitions.
kick butt!
Any good "reading" lately? Good editing?
Woo Hoo!!! Friday’s here!!!
DeMolay went on to do many wonderful things for many young men.
;-)
Good evening, philly....what a cool picture. The line forms here!
Ihope you are well.
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