Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th has long been considered a unlucky day. There are others that are optimistic and choose to shrug off the superstition and go buy lottery tickets with the number 13 in it. Perhaps it was the movie Friday the 13th that has influenced and made believers in the fearfulness of this day. What do you say?? Does Friday the 13th bother you??

Did you know:
many buildings and skyscrapers do not have a 13th floor

tables are not normally made to allow 13 people. At restaurants when 13 individuals are in one party there will be 2 tables set up.

The ancient Mayans of Central America was considered the most advanced culture in all of the Americas. The Mayans considered the number 13 sacred

The ancient Babylonian code of Hammurah omitted #13 in list of laws. The list was wrote in 1,700 B.C. They believed the number 13 to be unlucky.

The number 13 has had a bad reputation for centuries. Some have referenced The Last Supper as the most famous example of the ominous nature of the number 13. The disciple who betrayed Jesus, Judas, was the 13 ^th person to take a seat at the table. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is said to have taken place on a Friday (thus the celebration of Good Friday). This, coupled with the 13 people present at the last supper, give Friday the 13 ^th an added weight in scores of cultures.

Whether or not 13 is lucky or unlucky or just as ordinary as any other number may never been known. All we have is our opinions. What is your opinion??