Some people subscribe to the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number and fear Friday the 13th because they mistakenly believe that any mention of the number 13 causes bad luck. A notable example is Arnold Schoenberg, an Austrian-American composer who was born on September 13, 1874 and dreaded the usage of the number 13 because of the dark influence he felt that it wielded over his life. He was a great composer and contributed greatly to American culture, but he allowed his irrational fear of the number 13 to control him to such an extent that he refused to use the number 13 in any of his compositions.

Schoenberg’s virulent triskaidekaphobia led to his downfall when he believed a note from an astrologer on his 76th birthday in 1950 that stated that the year was especially critical in regard to his fears despite the genius he displayed in his profession and the pseudoscientific nature of astrology. According to the astrologer, the year was critical because it not only represented a multiple of 13 in the numerological sense, but the two digits that composed his age (7 and 6) added up to 13 (7 + 6 = 13). Schoenberg was immediately thrust into a mental abyss of fear and dread because his astrological and numerological proclivities had not taken his age into account, and he died on July 13, 1951. Arnold Schoenberg became victim to the superstitions that have tormented human beings since the beginning of time because they know not a Savior that can save them from the forces of hell or because individuals refuse to accept Jesus as their Redeemer.

The great apostle Paul wrote about this in his letter to the Colossians: "⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. ⁹ For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, ¹⁰ and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority." (Colossians 2:8-10). In his letter to the Galatians regarding the spiritual liberty that Jesus granted us through His death on the cross and His resurrection from the grave, Paul wrote: "¹ It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1).

ps. my brother helped me write this.

wow thats cool. all i can say is im glad im not afraid of friday the 13 because my b-day lands on it sometimes

Very nice post very enjoyable to read notturningaside ! I wish I had such vocabulary in my posts very well written ! Genius *says in old husky voicr*!

#operationtimetravel

interesting, not like I cared about the 13th in the first place.

notturningaside wrote:
Well he was born and died on the 13th.

notturningaside wrote:
bless you

Blue Tornado wrote:
lol

Blue Tornado wrote:
bruh

Cassie wrote: s o m e t i m e s?

and yes, this is how some of us have such impressive post counts, we literally had topics on everything, including topics, and threads dedicated to single conversations

Strange how only triskaidekaphobia exists, and not sixophobia, or eighthundredtwentyfourophobia or something like that.

How is this fear even possible...

SGirven wrote: I dunno... you should ask who made it.

Khriz Kool Katz wrote: lack of human brain cells.

Blue Tornado wrote: xd

Khriz Kool Katz wrote: wow. I'm surprised you spelled triskaidekaphobia correctly. But... there is hexaphobia, Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, Hippopotomonstroses-quippedaliophobia, etc.

jodiaz wrote: I was looking for that.

jodiaz wrote: Mhmm

jodiaz wrote: That's nothing. I can spell
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsiliconivolcanoconiosis

Khriz Kool Katz wrote: I did NOT think that these were actual words....but google proved me wrong.lol

Faithful Servant wrote: Visit us at our website, www.wrong.lol
Sorry, just messin' with ya

Faithful Servant wrote: Oof google

Khriz Kool Katz wrote: cool.

Khriz Kool Katz wrote: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a word coined by the president of the National Puzzlers' League as a synonym for the disease known as silicosis. It is the longest word in the English language published in a dictionary, Oxford Dictionaries, which defines it as "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust". So you spelled it wrong..

Faithful Servant wrote: heh.