REAL debate thread for RELIGION

[Mercutio]

Originally posted by Esswen
I thought the cartoon was irreverent, cynical, insensitive, (funny) and it leans towards why Good Friday might be named this way, based on what I've heard (and thought sounded reasonable) that Christ's resurrection was 'good news'.

Ergo, Good Friday celebrates Christ (prospectively) demonstrating that physical death is not an end to life.

(Am I allowed to mention Tolkien here? Who proferred the thought in The Silmarillion that death might be a release from a burdensome life.)

It's like a friend of mine once said, though, What do people think they're going to do with themselves for all eternity?

I'm not saying that this would be the reason Good Friday was named as such. Rather, it points out one understanding of the reason for the death of Christ.