It's Friday the 13th and All Is Uncertain
On October 13, 1307, King Phillip gave orders to arrest the Knights of Templar in France. They were being charged with what were thought to be the unholy acts of spitting on the cross and stepping on it and denying Jesus Christ. The Templars were put through medieval torture tactics in order to get the confessions that King Phillip would consider satisfactory. He would burn Templars at the stake and forced them to go through other slow and torturous deaths.
This is one of many possible superstitions that have created the day that many dread, Friday the 13th. It is strange; there is not a single answer that is definitive in explaining why this has become a highly superstitious day that changes the way people do business and whether they leave their homes. There is never consistent science in determining the origin behind a superstition. This has developed a reputation for being the most foreboding day of the year.
It’s really unclear as to whether the current generation pays as much attention to the Friday the 13th superstition. It seems as though the greatest familiarity with that day and its mention is the series of subpar slasher films starring a hockey masked serial killer that they won’t stop releasing.
According to a research study conducted by the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute, it’s estimated that near a billion dollars in lost in business on Friday the 13th because of people’s phobias of this day.
It is my opinion that it is a mentality taken on by some people. There are so many things that go awry on a given day. No one truly wants to be the blame for their own misfortunes or bad deeds. That is where superstition comes in
The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of superstition is as follows: A belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation.
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