Superstitions

Superstitions about lucky and unlucky days are just as common as those about numbers, and Friday probably has more than any of them centering about it. In ancient Rome, the sixth day of the week was dedicated to Venus. When the northern nations adopted the Roman method of designating days, they named the sixth day after Frigg or Freya, which was their nearest equivalent to Venus, and hence the name Friday. The Norsemen actually considered Friday the luckiest day of the week; nut the Christians regarded it as the unluckiest. One reason for this is that Christ was crucified on a Friday. The Mohammedans say that Adam was created on a Friday, and according to legend, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit on a Friday and they died on a Friday. Superstitious people feel that when you combine the unlucky number 13 with the unlucky day Friday, you’ve really got an unlucky day!

Islam

In the early part of the seventh century, a young Arab felt himself divinely inspired to found a new religion and go forth as its prophet. This great man whose name was Mohammed, sowed the seeds of a faith that has become one of the three foremost world religions. Mohammed called his religion Islam (which means submission to the will of God). It is known by this name to its more than 315,000,000 followers. The true believers are called Moslems. Islam is based largely on the Jewish and Christian religions. According to Mohammed, God revealed himself to man through his chosen prophets, among them Mohammed. God gave the Laws to Moses, the Gospel to Jesus, and the Koran to Mohammed.

Supreme Buddha

The followers of Buddha came to consider him a god and set up images of him and worshipped them. But Buddha himself didn’t believe there was s supreme god. He believed and taught that the soul of man passes after death to a higher or lower organism, according to his good or bad deeds during life. This transmigration of the soul into another body goes on through many circles until all desires is overcome. Then the soul enters Nirvana, or a state prefect peace. In order to reach this state, man must follow the Eight-Fold Path of Right Faith, by observing Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Thinking, and Right Meditation.