Greta wrote:Walker wrote:Good Friday.
What's so good about it.
Seems more like: Torture Friday. Or, Execution Friday.
Heh, I've wondered the same thing ... but we saw all those Fridays off work, and behold, it was very good.
Did they actually use the word “good” in the pagan days?
Good Friday is a Christian celebration. It is not a pagan celebration. Christian reasons for the use of the word are more relevant.
In pursuit of understanding rather than the game of pitching and catching denigration …
Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary wrote:Origin and Etymology of good
Middle English, from Old English gōd; akin to Old High German guot good, Middle High German gatern to unite, Sanskrit gadhya what one clings to
The Good Books says:
Genesis 1:31King James Version (KJV)
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
This biblical verse uses “good” as a description of creation.
Since the day Good Friday has a biblical association, and is also used by God to describe creation, then the associated reference is holy.
Therefore: in seeking the purpose of the word good as used in Good Friday, begin with the supported assumptions that: the word has a positive meaning since it is a celebratory day, that the word is involved with life and not death, creation and not destruction (biblical reference of God’s words), and that attachment is involved.
The question then becomes, what is the creation and the life celebrated on Good Friday?