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Today, of course, is Good Friday - a lexical feature I can't seem to understand.
If Christ is actually tortured and crucified on this day, it should be anything but 'good' which the oxymoronic noun denotes? How did this lexis come into the English language, and why, in an absurd way, have we allowed it to depict one of the most gruesome incidents in the history of western civilisation?
Does it have any bearing to the word 'God' as in 'goodbye' - meaning 'may God go with you'? Surely, therefore, it makes more sense to call Easter Sunday 'Good Sunday' - as in God's day - and to call today 'Black Friday' - which is essentially what it is/was.
Hmm. Perplexing...
Can anyone shed light on the origins - the etymology - concerning Good Friday and educate this poor simpleton?
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