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So, I am sure everyone knows that today is the day celebrated by Christians worldwide for the crufixion of Christ, which allowed for the sins of those who accept Him, to be wiped away. Well, at this time of year, many people do different types of things. Some people in the Philippines reenact the Passion, I believe that catholics have a special mass, and many other people do other things. This year, I am going to fast this whole weekend, starting at midnight, until 1 pm Sunday. Why I choose that time is because my church is having a free Easter feast on Sunday :D. Anyways, I am not doing this fasting because I feel that i need to be sorrowful and giving up crap and all that. I am doing it because its a chance for me to get closer to God, and build a better relationship with Him.

Anyways, any one doing anything special for Good Friday, or Easter?

So, I am sure everyone knows that today is the day celebrated by Christians worldwide for the crufixion of Christ, which allowed for the sins of those who accept Him, to be wiped away. Well, at this time of year, many people do different types of things. Some people in the Philippines reenact the Passion, I believe that catholics have a special mass, and many other people do other things. This year, I am going to fast this whole weekend, starting at midnight, until 1 pm Sunday. Why I choose that time is because my church is having a free Easter feast on Sunday :D. Anyways, I am not doing this fasting because I feel that i need to be sorrowful and giving up crap and all that. I am doing it because its a chance for me to get closer to God, and build a better relationship with Him.

Anyways, any one doing anything special for Good Friday, or Easter?

Not really.
Although on the Sunday I'll still eat Easter eggs. I may be an agnostic but what the hey, it's chocolate.

Ilaer

I'm hoping to get nailed ;)

Okay people, I think it's nap time for all of you.


Didn't really do anything for Good Friday, never really ever have. I always saw Easter Sunday as the more important date *shrugs*.

So, I am sure everyone knows that today is the day celebrated by Christians worldwide for the crufixion of Christ, which allowed for the sins of those who accept Him, to be wiped away. Well, at this time of year, many people do different types of things. Some people in the Philippines reenact the Passion, I believe that catholics have a special mass, and many other people do other things. This year, I am going to fast this whole weekend, starting at midnight, until 1 pm Sunday. Why I choose that time is because my church is having a free Easter feast on Sunday :D. Anyways, I am not doing this fasting because I feel that i need to be sorrowful and giving up crap and all that. I am doing it because its a chance for me to get closer to God, and build a better relationship with Him.

Anyways, any one doing anything special for Good Friday, or Easter?

simple, i will be a good little nihilist
good= apathetic

It's just another friday to me. In fact, I might even say that the death of christ would be a reason to celebrate, not fast.

We celebrate too. We believe that in dying he took the blame for our sin and he came back to life the next suday, so...

I have to raid the chocolate reserves in the house now.

Anyways, any one doing anything special for Good Friday, or Easter?
I'm going home to see my family (I should already be on my way...) to celebrate Easter with them.

Hope you have a pleasant weekend, may He guide you in your spiritual quest to get to know Him better. ;)

Anyways, any one doing anything special for Good Friday, or Easter?

My fiance is coming in from out of town, so we'll have a quiet dinner tonight at either a fish or pasta joint, visit with friends on Saturday, go to my church's Easter Breakfast and mass, then head to my brother's for enough food to feed an army. (Good to be Italian on holidays, lemme tell you.)

But boy, you really have to watch out for those Buddhists, blowing shit up all over the world.

Those damn Buddhist insurgents :rolleyes:


well today i have track practice and then later some pizza for dinner and probably mass

Thanks Kat, for fixing the thread up. I was about to ask why the thread was closed, but I now see why. :fluffle:

Hijack split off.

Hijack split off.

Sorry about that. I'll send you an Easter Egg in the post.

I'm afraid I'm not doing anything special for Good Friday this year, except quiet reflection. I've got a huge amount to be grateful for, and so will continue to offer my thanks for all that I have.

Good Friday is a very important day to celebrate. While Easter is also very important, the key is that Jesus died for us on Good Friday. It was today that saved our souls. Easter is a time for rejoicing, because not eve Satan could stop the power of Christ.

Good Friday is a very important day to celebrate. While Easter is also very important, the key is that Jesus died for us on Good Friday. It was today that saved our souls. Easter is a time for rejoicing, because not eve Satan could stop the power of Christ.

There's a very interesting theological question of whether Judas is the hero of the New Testament, because without him we would have no Good Friday, and without that, we have no Christianity.

I'm hoping to get nailed ;)

That's horrible. You deserve to get hammered for that excruciating pun.

That's horrible. You deserve to get hammered for that excruciating pun.

Oh come now...

Anyway...I'm actually working at the grocery shop today. Good Friday, two days away from Easter...they are going to need ALL the help they can get!

There's a very interesting theological question of whether Judas is the hero of the New Testament, because without him we would have no Good Friday, and without that, we have no Christianity.

Judas wasn't a hero, I mean it could have been anyone else that did it. The point was that Jesus was betrayed, arrested, and then sent to his death.

The best thing about today? I got drunk.

Yay atheism :)

Wasn't this thread closed?

Katganistan performed a jack-ectomy and resurrected it.

Wasn't this thread closed?

We're driving to my future in-laws' house either tonight or tomorrow. We'll probably have a nice dinner for Easter, and his mom likes buying Easter gifts as well. They aren't big church-goers, so my reflection on Easter will probably be my own.

Of course, Lent ends then, so I'll probably have some of the things I gave up for Lent. =)

How screwed up is it that ya'll celebrate the day your savior got nailed to a couple boards?


Yeow.

How screwed up is it that ya'll celebrate the day your savior got nailed to a couple boards?.because it is the sacrifice of death that appeases the christian god and makes him forgive the original sin of adam.

because it is the sacrifice of death that appeases the christian god and makes him forgive the original sin of adam.

Well I don't care to get into that, but it just strikes me that if I were in Jesus' place I'd be a bit creeped out by it all.

So, I am sure everyone knows that today is the day celebrated by Christians worldwide for the crufixion of Christ, which allowed for the sins of those who accept Him, to be wiped away. Well, at this time of year, many people do different types of things. Some people in the Philippines reenact the Passion, I believe that catholics have a special mass, and many other people do other things. This year, I am going to fast this whole weekend, starting at midnight, until 1 pm Sunday. Why I choose that time is because my church is having a free Easter feast on Sunday :D. Anyways, I am not doing this fasting because I feel that i need to be sorrowful and giving up crap and all that. I am doing it because its a chance for me to get closer to God, and build a better relationship with Him.

Anyways, any one doing anything special for Good Friday, or Easter?
Nothing special besides eating with my family sunday

Some Catholic traditions just don't die.

I will eat fish (no other meat) today.

Well I don't care to get into that, but it just strikes me that if I were in Jesus' place I'd be a bit creeped out by it all.why? it's just a few nails through your limbs and a little dying. for a real god that's nothing to worry about....

Hijack split off.

I assume you meant the debate we had going?
Darn it.

By split off, I hope you mean it wasn't simply deleted. Is it possible to place it in a new thread for continuing the discussion, especially as I didn't see any since my last post was made?

Ilaer

I believe that catholics have a special mass

Actually, Good Friday is the only day of the year when there is NO Mass. At any other time of the year, in any minute or even every second, there is a Mass going on somewhere. (at least theoretically, it might get messed up occaisonally by special cirumstances) On Good Friday, many Catholic churches have some special service, but there is no Eucharist and the services leave out several other parts of the Mass.

I assume you meant the debate we had going?
Darn it.

By split off, I hope you mean it wasn't simply deleted. Is it possible to place it in a new thread for continuing the discussion, especially as I didn't see any since my last post was made?

Ilaer

It doesn't matter; I found it.
Thank heavens it wasn't simply deleted.

Ilaer

Well I don't care to get into that, but it just strikes me that if I were in Jesus' place I'd be a bit creeped out by it all.

If I were Jesus I'd be creeped out that two billion people were following me and taking my teachings completely out of context, then celebrating me because I got nailed to a cross just for being a street-preaching hippie.

I assume you meant the debate we had going?
Darn it.

By split off, I hope you mean it wasn't simply deleted. Is it possible to place it in a new thread for continuing the discussion, especially as I didn't see any since my last post was made?

Ilaer

It wasn't deleted; it's called God, the Universe and Nothing (thread hijack from Good Friday!)

It wasn't deleted; it's called God, the Universe and Nothing (thread hijack from Good Friday!)

It doesn't matter; I found it.
Thank heavens it wasn't simply deleted.

Ilaer

As you can see, I saw.
And now I want to go on a see-saw. Great.

Ilaer

I ate a lot of red meat today, that was quite special.