Many people think that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, that's irrational as are other faith based belief systems.
Friday
Many bad things happeded in the bible on Friday. Adam and Eve got kicked out on a Friday, Noah's flood happeded on a Friday, the Tower thing fell on a Friday. Does it say that in the Bible? Jesus was crucified on a Friday. We know this because they had to get the Crucifiction finished before the Sabbath started. Also Friday was named after the Norse goddess Freya, who was the goddess of love, and the Pope didn't want people to get mushy on a fictional god (although she was just as fictional as his god),and said that Friday was the witch's sabbath. Friday wasn't a day to be messed with.
13
Beside the fact that friday is the 13th day of the week (starting from sunday and going back again) Many other religions didn't like 13. In Norse Mythology there was a party for the gods, but when the 13th god showed up, things went wrong
Also, the Last Supper had 13 people at it.
The ancient Egyptains believed that life was 13 steps, and on the 13 steps you die. However they thought that death was cool.
Fear of Friday the 13th has caused loss of money, and accidents happen on Friday the 13th more then any other day because superstitious people are scared and make mistakes.
Good things that happened on Friday the 13th
Here's what the Committee for Skeptical Enquiry has to say.
At the end of the day, skeptics hope to at least set the public record straight for the maligned number 13. After all, 13 American colonies united to make a very successful country. And looked at objectively, the 13th comes out looking pretty good as far as days of the month go. Some very successful people-including Harrison Ford, Alfred Hitchcock and Stevie Wonder-were born on the 13th, and Friday, October 13, 2000, marks the third anniversary of British fighter pilot Andy Green's new land speed record in the Thrust SuperSonic vehicle, which broke the sound barrier in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.[1]
External links
- CSICOP's Friday the 13th Superstition Bash Every Friday 13th the Committee for Skeptical Enquiry hold cool parties when they do stuff like crossing the path of a black cat to show they're not scared of superstition.