Good Friday
Good Friday is one of the most important days of the year for many people. It can be argued that it is far more important than even Christmas. Easter has always been a difficult event for me to deal with for a variety of reasons. Since my grandfather passed away I find it especially hard to sit through mass without bursting into tears. There is also a lot of things about my faith that are brought to light through the Easter story.
1st: the whole idea that Judas was the traitor and wanted Jesus to die.
I don’t believe this to be true; in fact I believe that the real villain is Peter not Judas. Judas did what he did in the hopes that they would just lock Jesus away and keep him away from the crowds. That is what Ciafas told him he would do… but then they killed him. Peter however had the opportunity to stand by his friend had and instead chose to deny him to save his own life. The ironic part is that Peter is the ‘stone pillar’ of the Christian church. How ironic that it is starting to crumble. It’s really a case of Judas stabbing Christ in the chest while Peter stabbed him in the back….which is better? I would rather the straight up in the chest
2nd: Mary Magdalene WAS Jesus’ wife. She should be the pillar of the faith. All his ‘boys’ took off on him but Mary was by him constantly.
I don’t want to get into too much more, b/c I don’t feel I can really say what I want here. It’s conflicting b/c I know there is a lot let out of the Bible for political and sexist reasons. It makes me angry that so much precious information has been kept b/c they want the masses to only know so much. The truths that have been left out, which are still being discovered are FACINATING! I have my own hybrid faith that works for me. I think I might explain it at a later date but I am not feeling very well right now and don’t want to half ass it like I have this one.
1st: the whole idea that Judas was the traitor and wanted Jesus to die.
I don’t believe this to be true; in fact I believe that the real villain is Peter not Judas. Judas did what he did in the hopes that they would just lock Jesus away and keep him away from the crowds. That is what Ciafas told him he would do… but then they killed him. Peter however had the opportunity to stand by his friend had and instead chose to deny him to save his own life. The ironic part is that Peter is the ‘stone pillar’ of the Christian church. How ironic that it is starting to crumble. It’s really a case of Judas stabbing Christ in the chest while Peter stabbed him in the back….which is better? I would rather the straight up in the chest
2nd: Mary Magdalene WAS Jesus’ wife. She should be the pillar of the faith. All his ‘boys’ took off on him but Mary was by him constantly.
I don’t want to get into too much more, b/c I don’t feel I can really say what I want here. It’s conflicting b/c I know there is a lot let out of the Bible for political and sexist reasons. It makes me angry that so much precious information has been kept b/c they want the masses to only know so much. The truths that have been left out, which are still being discovered are FACINATING! I have my own hybrid faith that works for me. I think I might explain it at a later date but I am not feeling very well right now and don’t want to half ass it like I have this one.