Friday the 13th

[Jae]

Just wanna know who here really believes in the whole bad luck thing on fri. 13th? Has anyone ever had an experience that confirms the superstitions that make today what it is?

***** Anyway I can remember one fri. 13th where my parents sent me to the shop to by something. Rahtid all fi reach the shop an' cyaan find the money. I retrace my steps like a billion times. Needless to say I got the *** whuppin' of my life. I never usually lost money, so I just thought dammit it was cuz it was fri. 13th.

[Drew]

don't believe in this. nor does anything bad ever happen to me on a friday 13th. then again, ya'll should know by now i ain't a believer.

[Temptress]

I’m not a superstitious person, I don't believe in myths. I've never blamed a day of the year for anything bizarre or dreadful that has happened to me…… I’m not gullible like that.

[acidblade]

i think it is, i jus turn on my external drive and my computer restarted :icon_eek:

[Purple Queen]

Never had anything bad/strange happen to me on friday 13th ever before...as a matter of fact...most times if I can recall correctly,it's usually a good day for me....

[Temptress]

I usually never realize its Friday the 13th till someone superstitious points it out.

[Liquid Bunny]

I believe.

Next door to my house is a little flat, an old couple use to live there but they were murdered on a Friday the 13th several years back, i was kid then. The police report said that the killer used thier blood to make all sorts of demonic markings on the wall.

In the nights u hear really strange noises and lots of cats are always over there. Apparently the old lady had a liking for cats (go figure... but it just makes it kinda eerie).

The kids in my neighborhood an i use to always want to go over there to see how the inside looked. No changes were made to the house, its just there dilapidating, so that strook or curiosity even more...

One day we deceided to "rock papaer scissors" to see who would be brave enough to go in. And dis ute name Ric went in there.. he snuck in thru a side window that was broken and spent about 10 seconds max in there before he ran out screaming... he was soo horrified. We all ran from the house to the road and he was frantic ..we all just stood there lookin @ him. He started taking off his clothes... and he had some blotches all over his back and on his chest matter of fact, if i remember correctly some parts of his skin just started to peel off... it was kinda creepy for us as kids...

His family moved away after that and citizens appealed to have the house demolished...which never ended up happening.

The whole ordeal was kept on the hush caz we didnt want any negative publicity.

[Purple Queen]

LB...in that case,you may have reason to believe...no one can take that away from you,especially since it's not a story you heard or read,but instead actually experienced.That must have been soooo scary!! Out of curiousity,can you remember sleeping just fine that night/for several days after that?

[Chicokid]

I have never had bad experiences on "Black Friday" neither have I heard people here having such experiences.

[Liquid Bunny]

:(

:eusa_wall ok so i have a vivid imagination... does it count if it was a dream i had on friday 13th?

[Purple Queen]

:icon_frow LB....After mi all a sympathise wid yu...now yu a tell mi seh a yu vivid imagination....yu good...can guh inna di book writing / movie-making industry:eusa_clap :rofl: :rotflm:

[Temptress]

All I'm saying is that weird things happen every single day so its not as if all the other days of the year things are cookies and cream but only when its friday the 13th crazy things occur.

[Purple Queen]

All I'm saying is that weird things happen every single day so its not as if all the other days of the year things are cookies and cream but only when its friday the 13th crazy things occur.

True dat...and in that case,God knows I'd prefer every Friday 13th...versus the other days in the year...at least then I'd know what to expect.

[nuhsenutten]

just another day......is usually when ppl get preoccupied when bad stuff starts to happen

[tahtah_4755]

I don't believe in any superstition... And BTW bad tings happen to me every day so if something happen today mi naw go know di differnce...

[nuhsenutten]

today might just be a good day!

[Malloc-X]

I believe.

Next door to my house is a little flat, an old couple use to live there but they were murdered on a Friday the 13th several years back, i was kid then. The police report said that the killer used thier blood to make all sorts of demonic markings on the wall.

In the nights u hear really strange noises and lots of cats are always over there. Apparently the old lady had a liking for cats (go figure... but it just makes it kinda eerie).

The kids in my neighborhood an i use to always want to go over there to see how the inside looked. No changes were made to the house, its just there dilapidating, so that strook or curiosity even more...

One day we deceided to "rock papaer scissors" to see who would be brave enough to go in. And dis ute name Ric went in there.. he snuck in thru a side window that was broken and spent about 10 seconds max in there before he ran out screaming... he was soo horrified. We all ran from the house to the road and he was frantic ..we all just stood there lookin @ him. He started taking off his clothes... and he had some blotches all over his back and on his chest matter of fact, if i remember correctly some parts of his skin just started to peel off... it was kinda creepy for us as kids...

His family moved away after that and citizens appealed to have the house demolished...which never ended up happening.

The whole ordeal was kept on the hush caz we didnt want any negative publicity.

u seem to have a lot of free time to make up these stories, u need 2 jobs a day and a night one to keep u busy. i would love to live in that house though, no one would bother me, and me and the duppy dem would be frenz

[Twinkie]

u seem to have a lot of free time to make up these stories, u need 2 jobs a day and a night one to keep u busy.
:eusa_snoo I was jus thinking the same thing:eusa_snoo

Bun a superstition anyone going the session tonight?? I'm wearing a mask that's not really a mask that most people would think is a mask...:icon_lol:

[Xenocrates]

...anyone going the session tonight??

- Yeah yeah! :eusa_danc Been longing to try out my "Superman is dead" costume. Rock on! :icon_mrgr

[Bahama Mama]

A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in many superstitions around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen

Friday the 13th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th)

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[Twinkie]

- Yeah yeah! :eusa_danc Been longing to try out my "Superman is dead" costume. Rock on! :icon_mrgr
XENO....you ssssssssstill continue to amaze me!!

[Temptress]

- Yeah yeah! :eusa_danc Been longing to try out my "Superman is dead" costume. Rock on! :icon_mrgr


I'm wearing a mask that's not really a mask that most people would think is a mask...:icon_lol:


:eusa_thin Interesting..... Send me pics :icon_mrgr

[bernie]

who dat seh superman is dead??!!

[Malloc-X]

:eusa_snoo I was jus thinking the same thing:eusa_snoo

Bun a superstition anyone going the session tonight?? I'm wearing a mask that's not really a mask that most people would think is a mask...:icon_lol:

no badda go nuh session just come check me

[ramesh]

who dat seh superman is dead??!!Long live Superman! ....and Superboy....and Supergirl.....and Superdog....and......

[nester-san]

Friday the 13th Myth Busting


Friday the 13th

Jacques Demolay and the Knights Templar

Both the number 13 and the day of the week Friday have had varied "reputations" throughout the centuries - sometimes considered to be holy and at other times considered to be unholy. In the Western world, the superstition linking Friday the 13th with being unlucky is primarily associated with the final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques Demolay, and the date of Friday, October the 13th, 1307 AD

In 1099 AD the Roman Catholic Church - via the now infamous bloody religious wars of the Christian Crusades - regained control over the holy city of Jerusalem. However, the lands surrounding Jerusalem were still in the hands of the Moslems. According to traditional versions of the story, a warrior order of the Roman Catholic Church eventually banded together that was (allegedly) for purposes of protecting Christian travelers on their way to the holy city of Jerusalem. The warrior order was officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1118 AD, and they were at that time provided with a headquarters building located on Mount Moriah. This building was located on a site traditionally thought to be the former Temple of King Solomon. Thus, the warrior order became known as the Knights of the Temple, or the Knights Templar.

To make a very long (but incredibly interesting) story short, Jacques Demolay became the Grand Master of the Knights Templar in around 1293 AD During the two hundred years of their existence within the Roman Catholic Church, the Knights Templar had grown into a rather rich and powerful political force to be reckoned with. During Demolay's stay in office as Grand Master, the Templars had increasingly grown in disfavor with the current pope, Pope Clement V, and with the King of France, Phillip the Fair.

Betrayal
In 1307 AD the pope and the king arranged for the Templars to meet with them for a "friendly" convocation in Paris, France. Instead, Grand Master Jacques Demolay was arrested on Friday, October the 13th, 1307 AD (Old Style). Seven years later, in 1314 AD, Jacques DeMolay was burned at the stake for the crime of church heresy. Legend continues on that before Demolay died - he predicted to the king and pope that he would meet them both in heaven within the next year. Fact is... the king and the pope did die in the year 1314 AD. It is not known whether or not that Jacques DeMolay actually met up with these two rascals in heaven.

Heresy
As for the "heresy" surrounding the Knights Templar - I'd love the share the details with you. However... it's rather complicated and controversial - and I'm quite sure it would totally blow your mind. I will say that the "heresy" of the Templars was quite likely related to what might be called the integration or marriage of the "archetypal feminine" with the masculine Christian Trinity. (Was that vague and shrouded or what?) For more on the alleged heresy... you might, however, want to pick up a copy of Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code." Oh yeah... the rather fantastical theories - purporting the Templars to be some sort of (in literal terms as we understand it today) secret Satanists and/or worshippers of an idol named Baphomet - are based on hoax and distorted conjecture.

http://astrology.about.com/od/traditionalhistory/l/aa101300a.htm

[bernie]

Long live Superman! ....and Superboy....and Supergirl.....and Superdog....and......
ummm....is there something that you would like to talk about?
drinking is not the answer:eusa_ange

[Kirby]

hmm... 2day was teh first friday the 13th that something bad happened and it was really bad.

[Drew]

well the day came and went and not a thing happened.

[Gwadinka]

Nester :eusa_clap Pretty interesting post.
The fact is that at the times France was in a severe economic slumb (is that the right word?:eusa_thin ) and The Templars were as rich as Cresus. So Philip the Fair asked Jacques to lend him some money or else the Pope would declare the Templars an heretic organization and as such dispatched their order. Plus other precision at the time the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church was in France in Avignon.

Anyway Jacques refused, so the king sent his men to put them in prison and tortured them so that they would recognize the authority of the king as their spiritual leader. Jacques and some of the Tmplars who had remained faithful to the order were burnt and the malediction followed the descendants of Philip the Fair till the seventh generation leading to successive deaths of the kings and to the 100 yr war with England.

[nuhsenutten]

lol.....t'was a good day!

[Chicokid]

It was a very Good day for me on "Black Friday" :) :eusa_danc :eusa_danc