Good Friday ---> Easter

Disclaimer: I’m not a Christian, so the following text may not be absolutely true and accurate and that is subjected to changes and alterations. 

Actually I didn’t realize yesterday was Easter. However, I enjoyed the entire weekend because I handed in my World Religion assignment on Friday and presented on that day itself.

So, it left me with nothing else but a brief Calculus 3 quiz today and a Calculus assignment due on Wednesday! Well, good luck to Darl who’s presenting today.

Good Friday! When I was wandering around Wisma Help Level 9 on Friday, I heard someone asking, “If Jesus was crucified on Friday, then why is it called Good Friday?”

Obviously, that someone was not a Christian. Actually, the question made sense much if you were an outsider/non-Christian to be exact.

Hey, that’s where World Religion comes into play. Before I took up this subject, many questions about religions left me pondering forever. And one of those was the question that person provoked.

So here’s the thing. This may not be accurate but this is what I’ve read about.

When Jesus was crucified, it was thought that all sins of Christians would eventually be atoned. Therefore, Jesus’s death was actually a voluntary death rather than an unworthy/unjustly sacrifice.

It also means that Jesus was taking the punishment and guilt of everyone by sacrificing himself, so that human beings could find redemption from punishment. That made Jesus a Christian martyr, thereby making the Friday where Jesus was crucified a GOOD Friday. See? Right?

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Well, the depictions above holds the stereotypical thinking of Easter Day I think, at least for me. Speaking of Easter Day, I would think of beautifully decorated eggs and maybe a rabbit mascot. That’s what Christianity made non-Christians perceive this wonderful day to be with their great promotions of the day with eggs and stuff.

There’s more to this day than meets the eyes. This day is actually 2 days after Good Friday, thought to be the day where Jesus was resurrected and later ascended into the sky. So, Christians celebrated this day of resurrection, collectively known as Easter Day/it can also be called Resurrection Sunday. ;)

Or maybe there’s more to it. Definitely. Where did the bunnies and ornamented eggs come from? I’m too lazy to delve deeper into that issue. We shall allow the Christians to answer this question, which is never even near to the border of my knowledge.

Ciao! ~