13 Things to Know about Friday the 13th
It’s Friday the 13th, and that means….
1. For some folks, National Geographic has found, Friday the 13th means a tough day at the store. “It’s been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do,” said Donald Dossey, founder of the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, NC, in an article on Friday the 13th.
2. So how did this all happen? According to Time magazine, some historians say it all began because 13 people attended the Last Supper. Others note, however, that the superstition dates at least to 1700 BC, as ancient Babylon’s Code of Hammurabi omits the number 13 in its list of laws.
3. Fridays have been considered unlucky since at least the 14th century, and Black Friday has been associated with stock market crashes since the 1800s.
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I was born on the 13th as was my dad ;the first letter of our last name, M is the 13th letter of the alphabet…I could go on, but "luck" is not Christian
-ScarfaceIf you have Christ in your heart…….then luck or any other contrivance doesn't matter!
The presence of true faith is the absence of all that is negative!
This superstition comes as a result of what King Phillip IV known as Philippe le Bel and pope Clement V did to Templar's on October 13th, 1307… Thousands arrested and murdered in farce trials, disowned, disbanded, excommunicated and very few expeleld…For Philippe it was as usual about the dough. He was broke and indebted completely to the Templar Order who were Goldman Sachs of that time… For pope it was their dough too but also power reshuffle between other orders within Roman Church as he was the first of Avignon popes. Jacques De Moley the grand master after 7 years of hard imprisonment and tortures went to fire-pyre on 18 March 1314 at the northern most point of Île de la Cité (where Notre Dame is) by Le Pont Neuf. His dying words were: "‘Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us – God will avenge us." Le Roi Philippe le Bel – King of France died eight months later on November 29th 1314 in a freakish hunting accident and pope Clement V died a month later on April 20th 1314 from rapidly growing tumor and in terrible pain. He also burned not only in hell but on this earth too. After his body was laid to state a fire erupted in the church his body was in almost completely consummating his corpse…
-DespevilleFriday the 13th and all other RCC superstitions are hoaxes. My grandchildren are going to school today and will challenge those who believe in superstitions by asking questions. Even the 9 year old who understands and says she is going to have fun with it. All this past week the kids have been talking about it so we had the opportunity to discuss the facts and fictions regarding many superstitions. When children are taught what the Bible teaches they will not accept what the world teaches.
-msjallenProverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old (mature), he will not depart from it.
As a follow-up the children had a great day at school today.
-msjallenI never connected with triskadekaphobia; it all seems silly to me. I still honour Frigga along with Odin, Thor, Sif, Freya, Hod, Njoerd, and the other Asatru gods of my Viking ancestors, though I also acknowledge the existence and validity of the other deities for their followers. But superstitions that are useless get tossed by the wayside; I consider Japan's association of 4 with death and unluck, and 8 with life and luck, more interesting than unfounded fears of Fridays or the number 13. I fully support the idea of 'constructive discourse and competition' including private discussions that exchange information and education between faiths and religion-based sports teams; these drastically limit how religions can harm each other while still allowing faiths to develop and grow.
-MalikTousI turned 13 years old on Friday the 13th and lived through it, so I don't lend any credence to superstitions. I'd rather leave my fate to God.
-DisgustedIndeed but you cannot leave what is not yours in the first place. John 3:27
-DespevilleRight, vrece, because they have not been taught. There were Friday the 13ths in my life and my children's life where we had problems but to never attribute them to the 13th or anyother "day". We have problems because of our sin nature everyday and when we use Bible Doctrine promises and principles that we believe then we get through each day through His power; not ours.
-msjallenJust a couple of the 7,000 promises in God's Word…
Psalm 31:3 For You are my rock and my fortress; for Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.