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Why good friday is not considered a 'happy day'

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Given that it is the day on which Christians remember the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, Good Friday is not seen as a "happy day."

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It is a gloomy and depressing day of contemplation, lamentation,

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and confession for the sins that caused Jesus to suffer and die on the cross.

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Christians hold that Jesus gave his life voluntarily to atone for humankind's sins,

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and they view his death as an essential component of the redemption narrative.

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This does not lessen the agony and sorrow of his suffering and death,

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and Good Friday is a day when Christians reflect on the magnitude of Jesus' sacrifice and their own sins.

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Therefore, rather than being a day of joy or celebration, Good Friday is a day of melancholy remembering and thought.

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