So It's Friday The 13th

Do we care?

I don't, particularly, but as Karla was saying,

if you believe you better behave!

(not literal)

12 Odd and Creepy Real Things That Happened on Friday the 13th

https://www.rd.com/list/friday-the-13-history/https://www.rd.com/list/friday-the-13-history/

Dep. Dogge told us about this:

On Friday, Oct. 13, 1307 …

The French rounded up thousands of Knights Templars and tortured them as heretics. Some wonder whether this was the beginning of the whole Friday the 13th mythology (if it is a myth …). An interesting piece of history trivia indeed.

On Friday, Oct. 13, 1972 …

A plane crashed in the Andes. Twelve people died instantly, and survivors resorted to cannibalism. You probably didn’t know these things are considered bad luck.

On Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 …

A 13-year-old boy in Suffolk, England, was struck by lightning. The lightning reportedly hit at 1:13 p.m., or 13:13 in military time. The boy survived unharmed. Check out some bizarre origins of other superstitions.

On Friday, April 13, 2029 …

Asteroid 99942 Apophis is forecast to pass Earth a scant 18,000 miles away, closer than any of the satellites we’ve put into orbit.

(God knows what will be going on by then!)

On every Friday the 13th …

The world’s economy apparently loses about $900 million because people are afraid to work and travel on this date, says Donald Dassey, founder of the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute. Next, read about these crazy conspiracy theories that turned out to be true.

Those are a few examples.  Hm.

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While Western cultures have historically associated the number 12 with completeness (there are 12 days of Christmas, 12 months and zodiac signs, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 gods of Olympus and 12 tribes of Israel, just to name a few examples), its successor 13 has a long history as a sign of bad luck.

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th

"According to biblical tradition, 13 guests attended the Last Supper, held on Maundy Thursday, including Jesus and his 12 apostles (one of whom, Judas, betrayed him). The next day, of course, was Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ crucifixion.

The seating arrangement at the Last Supper is believed to have given rise to a longstanding Christian superstition that having 13 guests at a table was a bad omen—specifically, that it was courting death.

Though Friday’s negative associations are weaker, some have suggested they also have roots in Christian tradition: Just as Jesus was crucified on a Friday, Friday was also said to be the day Eve gave Adam the fateful apple from the Tree of Knowledge, as well as the day Cain killed his brother, Abel."

Well, some of that seems pretty extra-Biblical. 

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13 Freaky Things That Happened on Friday the 13th

As you can see by all the linked stuff so far, there is no end of stuff to read on the subject.  I bet you could even find much more scholarly material if you looked harder than I did!

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So much for all of that.  I don't really believe in luck or chance.  I believe that the world and life are so complicated that it all looks random sometimes.

I do believe in attachments, associations and even generational curses, if you will.  It's hard looking back at history to even guess at what was at play when stuff happened on the thirteenth.  

In general, I think it's bad practice to be in fear, of numbers, black cats, ladders or anything else.  Fear is like despair.  It leaves the Almighty out of the picture. Both are sin.  

The healthiest thing to do is to face life, the future and all, putting trust and belief where it belongs.  It's good to be optimistic.  Your heart and brain and dreams will thank you.  You will do better work.  You will get along better with other people.

You knew I was going to preach at the end of this, didn't ya! lol.  I can't help it.  I feel that if my words count for anything at all I should tell the best truth I know.

So Father, please reign over this Friday the 13th! May it be a blessing to us all.