I spent two years in Canada, not a single time was Good Friday ever mentioned

Apr 10, 2020
12:14:46pm

jhingman All-American

As we were tracting or street contacting, even on Good Friday itself. Yes a mission could help understand that cultural significance potentially, but depending on where you serve it may not.

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Why is it so hard to get Utah employers to get

byukarl

4/10/20 11:51am

Our culture doesn’t get it. I don’t think it’s anybody’s fault.

Superman21

4/10/20 11:53am

So no business owners in Utah spent 2 years in another country learning about

JAGA97

4/10/20 11:57am

Serving a mission doesn’t help you focus/learn about other cultures

IceBlueCoug

4/10/20 11:59am

Hmm. Maybe it's been too long. I seem to remember spending nearly every single

JAGA97

4/10/20 12:06pm

But a missionary experience is so narrow and limited that it’s hard to understand.

IceBlueCoug

4/10/20 12:11pm

Which is still way more than most.

califcougar

4/10/20 12:13pm

And who has a more personal experience without actually being from that culture?

JAGA97

4/10/20 12:20pm

I spent two years in Canada, not a single time was Good Friday ever mentioned

jhingman

4/10/20 12:14pm

In Brazil where half the country is Catholic, I think the only Good Friday thing

KingDave

4/10/20 12:19pm

Most Christians focus on the death of Christ and The Church focuses on His resurrection

IceBlueCoug

4/10/20 11:57am

That doesn’t answer his question

coolcats

4/10/20 12:00pm

It’s probably the same answer to question of

Superman21

4/10/20 12:04pm

Why not both? Greater love hath no man than this. Seems to be an act worth celebrating

scootsy

4/10/20 12:10pm

Same reason you don’t see crosses in our buildings, the resurrection and the Living Christ is the main focus of

IceBlueCoug

4/10/20 12:13pm

Obviously. I’m saying it should be both.

scootsy

4/10/20 12:15pm

It would serve you well to give this BYU podcast a listen:

RealComfortableJeans

4/10/20 12:35pm

I'm not really sure what you are trying to say.

JuicyJam

4/10/20 12:00pm

Yes, most people get the day off. I haven’t worked a Good Friday in 20 years. The market is closed today, it’s an

Texas Hammer

4/10/20 12:03pm

No doubt it is a holiday some places. I got the day off when I lived in Texas.

JuicyJam

4/10/20 12:06pm

I had the day off when i worked in Utah for a company headquartered in NC

Texas Hammer

4/10/20 12:08pm

it was scheduled to be a day off school in TX this year

byujag

4/10/20 12:13pm

The only time I’ve seen it celebrated in Oregon was my wife’s last employer

KingDave

4/10/20 12:07pm

Most people don't get the day off

ColoSpgs

4/10/20 12:09pm

Might be the case in Texas, not in Illinois or California. Most people still

califcougar

4/10/20 12:18pm

He’s actually try to say he’s more sophisticated and enlightened and less

Big Daddy D

4/10/20 12:24pm

Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m saying. You got me Big Daddy. Can’t get much by you.

Texas Hammer

4/10/20 12:28pm

We should get it off. March April May is a big gap of holidays.

SLC-Warrior

4/10/20 12:03pm

I will give a big amen to this.

Superman21

4/10/20 12:05pm

Person on East Coast- Doesn't everyone get Friday off for Easter?

PJMort

4/10/20 12:14pm

I was clueless about Good Friday being a holiday until I went to work for

tevye

4/10/20 12:37pm

I assure you that like most things, this is not a “Utah thing”. There are

RealComfortableJeans

4/10/20 12:38pm

Tell them it's like if they had to work on July 24th. Maybe they'd get it.

BlueBlitzkrieg

4/10/20 1:23pm

I grew up in Idaho and spent many summers in Utah, I still don’t get it.

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