How Many Jesus' are there?

Today was Good Friday. Good for me not only because I did not have any scheduled classes which means I get some headspace, but also good because it means that I would be able to hang out with some relatives and play the Bean Boozle challenge, which consists of eating jellybean that either taste like what thy are meant to or the horrible alternative, like smelly socks or booger or puke.

We got to talking, and though we are all of a Catholic or Greek Orthodox descent, me being both, we realised that our Jesus died at different times today. The Churches we went to ran at different times, which means that Jesus can not actually be at or die at three places at once - or can he? Just how many Jesus' are there? 

Each religion claims its own leader or God or whatever, yet each religion believes that its God or leader is the only God or leader. This is the case too with our religions, but it is peculiar that even though we believe in the same God or leader, we kill and resurrect him at different times and at different locations for our convenience. And the funny thing is that we were all wearing black which is the usual colour to wear for the funeral of Christ. Apparently Jesus had multiple funerals today. I wonder how he managed to make it to each one. 

It is just bizarre how religion works and how even the most sceptical accept things like this. I am a follower of Christ yet I cannot fathom why he needs to die and return three times in three different locations to the same followers. Why not make him die at least the same time in different churches if they seek convenience? At least it would be somewhat legitimised in that way. 

I found it to be a source of hilarity. My cousins and sat there discussing the times that 'our' Jesus died. 

"My Jesus died at 3 today."

"Are you serious? Mine died at 5!"

"My Jesus is the real Jesus. He died at 11, just the time every Jesus should die."

I wonder if this is the case with other religions in terms of other celebrations. How many of the same Gods or leaders do they have?

If anything I cannot wait to compete in boiled egg cracking competitions. My red boiled egg will conquer, this year - and that is all I and everyone else in the family will think about. Not the symbolism. Not our three Jesus'. Our boiled eggs, and if they will conquer. And that's the reality behind it all, that despite how much my parents try to push religion onto my sister and I, it always falls through. Like when I asked my mother why it was that we could not consume meat today. There was no decent explanation, nor was there one for three Jesus'. 

So how many Jesus' are there? 

Unknown. 

Do we create him for our convenience? 

Most likely.

Why do we not eat meat on Good Friday? 

Because we apparently commemorate Jesus giving up his life for us so we give up a prominent thing in our life - meat. 

Why is Good Friday named Good Friday?

It has something to do with sacrifices and nothing to do with Nicki Minaj. 

I suppose that while we give up meat today and deem it a Good Friday then so do the poor animals who have to go to the slaughterhouse. But no. We do not remember them because they are not in the chapter of a book written by old men. Not hating, just stating. Maybe one of our three Jesus' will spare the lives of these poor animals.