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In response to "They should rename it "Bad Friday" then. At least the church will be free that day, sounds like. -- nm" by JaxSean

Yeah, it's a minomer. It's only "Good" because Christ died for all sins and the whole world now has redemption/hope -- nm

Posted by SyrDragon Mar 1 '10, 08:09

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Well they didn't think that *then*. I'm sure on Saturday they weren't "Hey, that was a Good Friday yesterday." -- nm - JaxSean Mar 1, 08:14 11
- Actually, at the time, a lot of people probably did. "That was a sweet crucifiction yesterday! Best in a long time." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 1, 08:33 1
  - "Spartacus's was better." -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 08:35
- They also didn't say, "aw, fuck, what's going on at the tomb? for real? we were just about to hunt for these here colored eggs." -- nm - TFox Mar 1, 08:19 5
  - And the rabbit said unto thee, "Go forth and spread thyne eggs. And wo unto thee who doth chocolate ears eat first." -- nm - King James the Bunny Mar 1, 08:24
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    - All that Roman persecution really put a damper on the celebrations :) -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 08:45 2
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        the first Nicene council was in 325 -- nm - 'lia Mar 1, 08:52
- holy saturday is the blessing of the food -- (link) - 'lia Mar 1, 08:19
- yeah, they were probably too busy freaking out and hiding from the Roman authorities to think much about it at the time... -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 08:18
- I'm sure the holiday name/term came a long time after -- nm - SyrDragon Mar 1, 08:18

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