What's so good about it?
Reading Mr. Carlin made me think of a few things. One of which is 'Good Friday'. Now, I'm not a Catholic or anything...but...
Before I go on, let me state for the record that I think organized religion is crap. I believe in God, I think of Jesus as a really gorgeous, older brother/mentor-type and I'm not scared to admit it. I don't look down at people who do go to church, it's just not for me. However.....
What da hell is with this 'Good Friday' stuff? Yeah, yeah...I know the story. I got that. What I don't get is why it's called good. According to the story, Friday is the day Jesus was nailed to the cross and crucified. What in the name of all that is holy is good about that? Good for who? Us? Oh, please. Put yourself in his position and then explain to me what's so good about it. It stirkes me as shamefully selfish to call it "good" Friday. I, myself, would never ask anyone to go through something like that for me, let alone call it "good" if they did it anyway. If ya wanna call any part of that 'good', how about "Good Sunday"? That's the day he rose, after all. We could even go so far as to call it "Great Sunday". It would make a hell of a lot more sense...don't ya think?
If you still insist on calling it 'Good Friday', at least be honest about it. Call it what it is...'Good for me, bad for Jesus Friday'.
Because, it really was.
Ya know-this is exactly the sort of thing that keeps me from joining an organized religion. Hypocrisy, well-meaning, yet horrific conundrums like this and no reasonable or logical explanations.
And I call myself bent-headed....
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