14 Apr 06
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/162/story_16298_1.html
Excerpt:
Good Friday is the one Christian “holiday” that the wider culture, even in America, has not taken up. It is the one holy day whose Christian significance cannot be bleached out to leave a commercially viable residue. Christmas can be for children and families, for shopping, for feasting. Easter can be bunnies and baby chicks, the newness of spring and a whole lot of chocolate. Even a couple of days marked out to honor saints in some Christian traditions—Valentine, Patrick—have been pretty much entirely taken over by a culture of romance and hedonism, sex and shopping.
Not this day. There is nothing marketable about Good Friday. Suffering, sacrifice, injustice, betrayal—what’s to celebrate? What’s to shop for? Who could pig out on a day like that?
14 Apr 06
Originally posted by lucifershammerTherefore Good Friday is largely ignored. Your so-called christian holidays have to adapt to an increasingly secular world or fade into oblivion. I bet a good percentage of people who call themselves christian couldn't even tell you what Good Friday is all about.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/162/story_16298_1.html
Excerpt:Good Friday is the one Christian “holiday” that the wider culture, even in America, has not taken up. It is the one holy day whose Christian significance cannot be bleached out to leave a commercially viable residue. Christmas can be for children and families, for shopping, for ...[text shortened]... betrayal—what’s to celebrate? What’s to shop for? Who could pig out on a day like that?
14 Apr 06
Originally posted by rwingettI reckon we should have schools do plays about it. Kinda like nativity plays, except not all the children survive....
Therefore Good Friday is largely ignored. Your so-called christian holidays have to adapt to an increasingly secular world or fade into oblivion. I bet a good percentage of people who call themselves christian couldn't even tell you what Good Friday is all about.
14 Apr 06
Originally posted by lucifershammerMy friends and I toyed with the idea of decorating a crucifix for Good Friday, but decided that would be tacky. So now we just go out for sushi.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/162/story_16298_1.html
Excerpt:Good Friday is the one Christian “holiday” that the wider culture, even in America, has not taken up. It is the one holy day whose Christian significance cannot be bleached out to leave a commercially viable residue. Christmas can be for children and families, for shopping, for ...[text shortened]... betrayal—what’s to celebrate? What’s to shop for? Who could pig out on a day like that?
14 Apr 06
Being someone who works in wine retailing, Easter is the second-busiest peak in sales for the entire year. That other pagan drinking holiday - Christmas! - is first 🙄 The northern european/north american rites of Spring are apparently still a great excuse to open a bottle of fermented grape juice.
14 Apr 06
Originally posted by lucifershammerAll I know is that the Catholics convinced my employers to make this day a paid holiday, so God bless 'em, and God bless the pope. Think I'll celebrate with a big ol' steak dinner tonite.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/162/story_16298_1.html
Excerpt:Good Friday is the one Christian “holiday” that the wider culture, even in America, has not taken up. It is the one holy day whose Christian significance cannot be bleached out to leave a commercially viable residue. Christmas can be for children and families, for shopping, for ...[text shortened]... betrayal—what’s to celebrate? What’s to shop for? Who could pig out on a day like that?
14 Apr 06
Originally posted by rwingettI wouldn't take that bet unless we agreed on exactly what a "good percentage" (30%? 20%? 10%?) is. 🙂 Not to mention that, since The Passion of the Christ, most non-Christians (forget Evangelicals) probably know what Good Friday is all about now.
Therefore Good Friday is largely ignored. Your so-called christian holidays have to adapt to an increasingly secular world or fade into oblivion. I bet a good percentage of people who call themselves christian couldn't even tell you what Good Friday is all about.
14 Apr 06
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Originally posted by bbarrProbably best. I'd consider it a waste of my time to go out of my way to be offensive.
My friends and I toyed with the idea of decorating a crucifix for Good Friday, but decided that would be tacky. So now we just go out for sushi.
If you are Christian, go to church. If not, enjoy the day off; go shopping; watch TV or (if you're really short of options) turn up at the office to tie up loose ends from the previous week.
EDIT: BDP seems to have got it.
15 Apr 06
Originally posted by rwingettYou're probably right....sadly so....
Therefore Good Friday is largely ignored. Your so-called christian holidays have to adapt to an increasingly secular world or fade into oblivion. I bet a good percentage of people who call themselves christian couldn't even tell you what Good Friday is all about.