why is it that we have to eat white meat on good friday?
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I don't, I'm a BADDOG. I eat what i want, when i want.
482057
Depends: Eastern Orhodox's Good Friday or the regular Good Friday?
224322
Jesus himself said "You must eat my flesh and drink my blood to enter the kingdom of heaven" It is a spiritial food, not a food to curve our hunger. Only the devil himself would ask a deceiving question like that.
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There is nothing wrong at all, with many or most of our holidays being agricultural in nature.  \n\nThat does not mean that Christians can't also celibrate them in they're own ways.  As I believe you said, you celebrate the idea of Santa.  He is fun.  And yet there is no Christian symbolism with him, but that is ok, you also celebrate Christ's birth.\n\nAs far as holiday's also being agriculturally based, that is ok and good, we all have to eat.  And so we enjoy the times that things are planted and harvested, and rejoice in God's creation.\n\nMany of the early festivals in the Bible are based on harvests, plantings, etc.\n\nJesus had wine at the last supper.  An agricultural product.
470252
It is thought that it was originally called God's Friday but we call it Good Friday because Jesus was crucified on the cross for our salvation and the redemption of our sins.
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Jesus Christ was executed on the Friday before Easter.  He was executed on a Friday.  That's why it is called Good Friday.
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Since the earliest days of the Catholic Church, on every Friday throughout the year, Catholics are required to do some kind of penance. Most Catholics do not eat meat on Friday as a penance. As far as research says, no Pope introduced it, but it gradually became a practice. \nAbstaining helps us refocus on what is important and it cuts out the things that might have seemed important. By abstaining, we have better ability to concentrate on God. \n\nDuring the Season of Lent, however, the Catholic Church asks Catholics to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Catholics also should carry on the tradition of not eating meat on Fridays through Lent. \n\nOne belief of why meat was chosen is because most people feel that giving up meat (beef and chicken) is an inconvenience. \n\nThe Church asks us to inconvenience ourselves sometimes to serve as a reminder that they should always have God as a top priorty and pleasures as a lesser priorty. \n\nAnother belief is that in many poorer countries, beef is a specialty. For us to give it up, helps us to remember about people who are less fortunate than we are.
269100
Easter is on the first Sunday after the first full moon after vernal equinox.  This is why the date varies from year to year.  Good Friday is simply the Friday before Easter.
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In my opinion it is called Good Friday because this is the day when it is remembered that Jesus Christ died on the cross so that we may all have eternal life and if we ask all our sins will be forgiven.\n\nSad he had to go through so much torture and we will never fully appreciate what he did for us.
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The bible was written by man and has been interpreted and twisted many times over.  Nobody really knows what the original books looked like.  Some of these things were surely taken out of context.  You can take anything and twist it into something it isn't.  Also lets face it times change.  Many believe the part of the bible (forgive me I cant give you an exact place) that tells you not to eat certain things such as animals with a split hoof (pork) were written for the protection of the people at the time.  Can you imagine what food poisoning rates must have been like before the fridge and stove?  Not to mention the safety practices of the FDA keeping our meat safe for us.  So the church asked us not to eat unsafe things.  Food poisoning still happens but I don't believe that I am going to hell for eating the pork chops in my freezer.  (of course some religions hold this belief very dear...please excuse me no offense intended) With religion you must have faith in what you believe.  God also gave us the wisdom to choose what we believe.  Are you asking us to tell you what to believe?  It sounds like you are having issues with your faith and are unsure where to place your belief.  I suggest you seek counseling within the church.  They can answer these questions for you.
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I feel your pain . . . I am a Catholic, a convert, actually, and I see this as well.  But, it is not only in the Catholic faith . . . I see it among all Christians, and I suspect it is the case with most religions (I'm just not exposed to much outside of Christianity).  Many Catholics are what I consider to be "cultural", like people talk about cultural Jews . . . they were born into a long line of Catholics, they follow the teachings of the church on the outside, but on the inside the Devil has free reign.  Not eating meat on Fridays has, unfortuanly, become a way of showing that we are "good" Catholics.  It's like Jesus told His disciples . . . pray in your inner chamber, make sure you look well when you are fasting, so that only God knows your sacrifice (sorry, my concordance is packed away, and my Bible quoting skills are lacking, but it's in there!).  Many, many people do exactly what the Jews in Jesus time were doing . . . making a show out of serving the Lord.  Just as then, we are called to sacrifice in private while preaching the Gospel. But we often fail.  It's very frustrating to me as well (not that I'm all that holy either).
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Lucky or unlucky, Friday is one of the most popular days in the week. TGIF is the commonly used acronym meaning "Thank Goodness It's Fiday!". There is even a popular restaurant that goes by the name, claiming that whenever you eat there it is Friday. The love for the day is undoubtedly engendered by the fact that in the Western World it is the last workday of the week. \nIn predominantly Moslem countries, Friday is a holy day, a day to gather in the mosques at noon for prayers and to spend the day in religious contemplation. \n\nThe name of the day is derived from yet another Norse God (in this case a goddess), Frigga. She was believed to be the wife of Odin and was the goddess of marriage and the hearth. The Roman's had named this day for their goddess of beauty, Venus. They called it "dies veneris". When the Germanic tribes invaded England they imposed their goddess upon the day meant to honor Venus. The day was called frigedaeg, it has been corrupted over the centuries (since the 500's) to be "Friday". \n\nSince early times a Friday that falls on the 13th day of a month has been thought to be unlucky. Historians posit that this may be because there were thirteen persons present at the Last Supper of Christ and that this number proved unlucky; the following day (a Friday) Jesus was crucified. Find out when Friday the 13th falls for the rest of the year. \n\nThe Friday crucifiction spawned another Eastertime holiday known as Good Friday. The appellation, "good", was likely a corruption of the word, "God". So that Good Friday was originally, God's Friday, the day Christians believe God showed his love for the world by relinquishing his son.
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Good Friday is always the Friday before Easter.  To properly understand the nature of Good Friday.  Some research is required to find out why Easter is scheduled the way that it is.\n\nAccording to Newadvent.org and an excerpt from the Catholic Encyclopedia, Easter will always fall some time between March 22 and April 25.  This would make Good Friday sometime between March 20 and April 23.\n\nSee the second paragraph in the link below under The Feast section for a more detailed explanation.
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Actually it's because in the early days of the church people were not getting enough protein in their diets so the church told them to eat fish once a week (it was the cheapest and easiest to obtain in that area at that time).  The Pope then made it a decree.
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It's not just from Paganism. It's about nature, and the yearly cycle. Think about it - harvest time is when there's more than enough food, so often people share it with the less fortunate. The food keeps for a limited time though, so in winter - at Yuletide - there's a big feast to use up the perishables that won't last until Spring. \n\nThen in Spring there's Eastre - at a time when birds are laying lots of eggs, and various plants are beginning to produce edible parts for the first time since the previous year. So people can finish off the emergency rations instead of saving them.
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Beats the heck out of Tofu. If I'm going to have something rotting inside me I want it to taste good going down. Don't get me wrong, I like my veggies but I gotta have my meat. Come to think of it, might just go and grill me a big steak right now. I'm hungry.
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Actually the Bible says we are allowed to eat meat. \n\nHowever there is a discussion about this in Romans 14. It basically says that eating meat is not bad in of itself, however if a person feels like it is bad, then it is bad for them and we are to respect that.\n\nAlso as for Daniel, he did not eat meat because the meat that was available to him was from animals that had been sacraficed to idols (other gods). (Dan 1:8-15)Daniel didn't want to eat that meat because he felt like it went against God, so he and 3 others asked that they only be given vegetables to eat. The king over them worried that they would not be as healthy if they did not eat meat, but they allowed it. At the end of a period of time, Daniel and those who ate only vegetables became stronger and healthier than those who ate the meat sacraficed to idols. It was asomething God did supernaturally to prove to the people He is God. But that was an isolated event. People today don't usually sacrafice animals to other Gods, but if they did, then yes, it would be wrong to eat that particular meat.