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Friday, August 13 2010
A friggatriskaidekaphobe (one of the Germanic pagan gods was Frigg, or Freyja, pronounced fry-yah, after which they named Freyja Day, from which comes the English Friday - see Sun Day, Moon Day, Tiw's Day) is someone who suffers from paraskevidekatriaphobia, defined as "a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th."
Ironically, for some of them, "Friday the 13th" may indeed be a self-inflicted "unlucky day" because they do things that they would not otherwise do, in ways that are not rational (like someone who worries that they are going to get sick - the worry makes them sick). They thereby invite problems and trouble on that day. If they behaved normally, the day would also be normal - with whatever good or bad would have happened.
What About The Bible?
There have been numerous opinions about how the Friday the 13th "unlucky day" idea originated. All of them are based on paganism, witchcraft and Satanism - not the Word of God. Friday the 13th on the Roman Calendar (see Pope Gregory's Calendar) that is used through much of the world today has no date connection to God's calendar of the Bible (see Bible Calendar, Bible Months and Do We Have The Original Calendar?). Despite that reality, some have invented a number of non-existent "Friday the 13th" events in the Holy Bible.
Myth: Eve gave the apple to Adam on Friday
There is no record what-so-ever as to what day of the week Eve gave the "apple" (the Scriptures don't say what kind of fruit it actually was) to Adam, and even if there was, what Adam and Eve did was not a matter of "luck" - they chose to disobey God.
Myth: The great flood began on a Friday
There is no record what-so-ever as to what day of the week the Flood began, but regardless, it was not a matter of "luck" - it was caused by the LORD (see The Floods Brought By Christ) to wipe out a humanity that had chosen to corrupt itself (Genesis 6:11-13).
Myth: The Temple of Solomon was destroyed on a Friday
There is no record what-so-ever as to what day the Temple was destroyed, but regardless, it had nothing to do with "luck." It was the LORD, Who not only permitted the destruction, but brought it about as a punishment for Judah's (see The Southern Kingdom) deliberate corruption of themselves.
Myth: Execution day was Friday in Rome
The Romans (see Ancient Empires - Rome) executed people all the time; the most famous crucifixion of all (see Crosses), that of the Messiah, was actually done by the Romans was on a Wednesday (see the Fact Finder question below).
Myth: Jesus Christ was crucified on Friday the 13th
Jesus Christ was not crucified on Friday the 13th - or any Friday (see the Fact Finder question below). More importantly, the sacrifice of the Lamb of God was not "bad luck." Jesus Christ came to be put to death for what we, humanity, have done - if The Messiah was not crucified, regardless of what day of the week it was, the world would have no Savior.
Fact Finder: How can we be absolutely sure that Jesus Christ was not crucified on Friday the 13th?
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This Day In History, August 13
554: Justinian's "Pragmatic Sanction" confirmed and increased the papacy's temporal power, and gave guidelines for regulating civil and ecclesiastical affairs in Rome and Italy.
1521: Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes captured and destroyed Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) after a three-month siege.
1535: French explorer Jacques Cartier discovered the St. Lawrence River.
1624: Cardinal Richelieu was appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII.
1704: French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany. The victors lost 6,000 soldiers compared with 21,000 French and Bavarian troops.
1787: The Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia (listen to our Sermon The Ottoman Empire).
1788: Prussia joined the Anglo-Dutch alliance to form the Triple Alliance to prevent the spread of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90.
1792: In France, revolutionaries imprisoned the French royal family.
1814: The Cape of Good Hope was formally ceded to the British by the Dutch.
1961: East Germany's communist government began building the Berlin Wall after more than 3,000,000 of its citizens fled to the west. The wall snaked 103 miles (166 kilometers) around West Berlin.
1964: The last hangings in Britain took place when two men were executed for murder at Liverpool and Manchester.
1996: Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicated there may be water on one of Jupiter's moons, heightening the possibility it could support a primitive life form.
