{"id":14587,"date":"2014-04-20T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T04:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=14587"},"modified":"2014-04-19T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T16:02:06","slug":"lest-we-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2014\/04\/lest-we-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Lest we forget"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not very big on tradition<\/a> – in fact, I find it pointless, likely a peculiar artifact<\/a> of our evolutionary past – but I savor the opportunity to repost this, so consider me a hypocrite if you like. Either way, take this little quiz<\/strong><\/a> yourself, or past it along to all those you know who want to pompously remind you of the True™ meaning of Easter. Or is it Eostre<\/a>?<\/p>\n

8. When\/Where did Jesus ascend back to heaven?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Jesus returns to heaven on the same day he arose, right after dinner, from a room in Jerusalem.
\nb. We don\u2019t know exactly, but it\u2019s at least 8 days after the resurrection, when the despondent apostles have gone back to being fishermen on the sea of Tiberias.
\nc. After his resurrection, Jesus spends at least 40 days of teaching his disciples in Jerusalem before ascending to heaven from the Mt. of Olives.
\nd. Jesus didn\u2019t ascend into heaven;<\/strong> he met his disciples in the mountains of Galilee and told them he would be with them always.
\ne. We don\u2019t really know;<\/strong> Luke is the only gospel writer who actually mentions the ascension.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The amusing undertone to this, as a supercilious wine-taster might declare, is that these questions refer to the<\/em> number one guy in christianity;<\/strong> these should be the most familiar passages of their scripture. If the testimony of all the witnesses in a court case was of this nature, the case would be thrown out immediately. Triumphant creationists think a “missing link” is sufficient to refute evolution in its entirety. But this kind of babble is completely ignored, by people who still expect to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n

Thanks to David Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/a> for the quiz, and Phil Ferguson at SkepticMoney<\/em><\/strong><\/a> for hosting it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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