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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But then came along Christianity, and brought tristadekaphobia with it, so we’re stuck with 12.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This sparked my interest, so I had to look it up. For anyone curious, seems that Jesus having 12 disciples seems to be one possible origin.

Seems weird since one of the 12 betrayed him, and maybe a thirteenth disciple would have exposed the plot and Jesus would have avoided crucifixion, thus sparing the world centuries of oppression and war.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

The thirteenth was Mary Magdalene but we can't have a woman disciple.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

My fundamentalist dad told me it was because the first passover (when God killed the first born son of every Egyptian household that didn't have lamb's blood) landed on Friday the 13th. Take that with a grain of salt.