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Not getting into a religion argument, I have my opinions, others have theirs, I'm fine with it either way. Let's just focus on it as a story / legend if needs be rather than a big argument about if it's true or not. Please?
I've just been helping my daughter with her RE homework, in which she's been writing a diary from the PoV of one of the disciples. And it's made me question my understanding of Easter Sunday.
I thought it was supposed to be the day of the resurrection with the tomb being opened and found empty, but she swears it was (also) the day he reappeared to the disciples and then ascended to heaven. I thought he hung around for a while and ascended on Ascension Day which is in a few weeks time?
Anyone 'know' - answers either from an educational or belief standpoint equally acceptable at this point.
You’re right in terms of the NT timeline - Easter Sunday and the Ascension are separated by several days or weeks in the story.
It's all about a Cadbury egg hunt is it not? With a rampant rabbit.
Was the ascension not 40 days later or something?
Get her to do it from Judas's point of view. Very much the Rag 'n' Bone Man of the big twelve.
Ascension is 40 days after Pascha (Easter), so it always falls on a Thursday. Pentecost is then 10 days later. Hence ‘pente’ or 50.
That's what i thought but she says not and she's been having lessons about 35 years more recently than me..... but the lessons could be wrong (unlikely in honesty given it's a church maintained school) or she might not have paying proper attention (distinctly more likely)
I promise you that what I have just said is entirely accurate. 🙂
good enough for me!
If only there was a definitive account somewhere.
That would be an ecumenical matter.
She isn't necessarily wrong, it depends on which book in the NT is used.
In Acts, the ascension is 40 days after the resurrection, in Luke it is implied it happens on the same day as the resurrection.
From previous discussion I suggest Saxon rider knows his scripture.
You sure you don't want an argument about religion? I'd have great fun with that bit of homework
Wallop - jaggy bunnet right on the head!
Mary Magdeline doc on bbc4 touching on this topic just now.
2000 year old Chinese whispers of religious/political propaganda, innit
Not exactly, no. But to each their own.
Three_Fish has it.....chapeau 👍
"I promise you that what I have just said is entirely accurate"
You are Jesus Christ and I claim my 5 pieces of silver
Well, if nothing else, this thread will serve nicely as a updated forum popularity litmus test.
Crack on people.
Surely you claim your 5 fish?
Surely you claim your 5 fish?
And presumably then then make them into 5000?
would never happen nowadays, he'd need 3 days to get his sourdough starter culture started (swabbed from a sandal, no doubt)
Your understanding is the accepted view in all the churches I have ever been to. The resurrection and ascension are different events in time with different symbolism and significance.
My son had an RE GCSE question that was essentially unanswerable as three of the four options in the multi-choice could be interpreted as correct. But I guess that's the game nowadays - we can't have too many kids doing well at school...
5 loaves 3 fish
but the lessons could be wrong (unlikely in honesty given it’s a church maintained school)
Don't assume that teachers at a church maintained school know any more about religion that what they googled the night before during lesson planning.
But I guess that’s the game nowadays – we can’t have too many kids doing well at school…
So we get people arguing we are dumbing down education, and other people claiming the system is rigged to stop people doing well. Which is it? Or is that maybe just ill considered knee jerk moaning?
5 loaves 3 fish
Hmmm, that's got me thinking - I quite fancy a fish finger butty for lunch.
With salad cream or ketchup?
ketchup makes an excellent alcohol free substitute for sacramental wine
Low sugar and salt versions also available for i-christians.
In Acts, the ascension is 40 days after the resurrection, in Luke it is implied it happens on the same day as the resurrection.
you're not.... saying the bible is inconsistent are you? never..
Why wouldn't it be?
Don’t assume that teachers at a church maintained school know any more about religion that what they googled the night before during lesson planning.
This x 100
And, I would add, quite a few other subjects as well.
you’re not…. saying the bible is inconsistent are you? never..
How shocking. It could almost make one think that the idea of reading everything in the Bible literally was never meant to be...
My son had an RE GCSE question that was essentially unanswerable as three of the four options in the multi-choice could be interpreted as correct. But I guess that’s the game nowadays – we can’t have too many kids doing well at school…
In a situation like that they would have been free to answer with whichever option they believed was correct. They'd all be right in their own way, but having stated their position that have to stick to it, they'd all also be able to tell all the others they were wrong even if they ticked the same box but didn't do so convincingly enough. However from that point forward the answer given would define them, and determine a whole swathe of future live choices, relationships and ultimately their entire sense of self. Even if they change their mind.
[edit. Oops. Sorry. That was supposed to be posted in the Brexit thread]
With salad cream or ketchup?
Ketchup you heathen. I think FF sarnies are the only reason I have it in the house.
It could almost make one think that the idea of reading everything in the Bible literally was never meant to be
I read a book, not written by SaxonRider, that said the same thing about the interpretation of the Bible.
No fish eu is keeping them.
There is a synopsis of Easter here
http://blog.adw.org/2011/04/a-chronological-sequence-of-the-resurrection-events/