...where were they going, to Mars maybe?
2006-09-17 04:38:57 · 13 answers · asked by lenny 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's a great question. I'll be interested to see how the fundamentalist/literalist crowd will answer this one. Ascension into heaven made sense in the 1st century because, as I'm sure you are aware, heaven existed just above the sky (which was a hard dome that held back the waters that are in heaven). The dome would have rolled back for Jesus to pass through. I'm not sure what the worldview was at the time of Muhammed, but I would assume it wasn't much different.
If Jesus did indeed ascend into the sky, and assuming that he traveled at the speed of light (although it is impossible for a macro body to travel at the speed of light, God can do anything, right) he still would not have reached the end of our own galaxy, much less the edge of the universe. Perhaps this is why he hasn't come back to earth yet - he is still rocketing through outerspace. Nice question.
2006-09-17 04:45:33 · answer #1 · answered by Tukiki 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both Muhammad and Jesus did not ascend to heaven alive. Both of them died just like all other humans.
2006-09-17 04:43:30 · answer #2 · answered by A K 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think people of the time must have thought heaven was in the sky. Now we have better scientific understanding this ascent is described either in poetic terms or pseudo scientifc terms such as entering another dimension.
2006-09-17 04:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by Chris C 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In many religions, heaven has traditionally been regarded as sky-ward. The term "heaven" itself refers to the sky (e.g. "the starry heavens above").
2006-09-17 04:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by Nate 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heaven is in this diminsion it is the first heaven and the sky is the third heaven I believe.
2006-09-17 04:42:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the only direction you can go to get off the earth.
2006-09-17 04:52:30 · answer #6 · answered by jewel_flower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question...though you probably won't get any fundaMENTALS to answer you in any coherant manner.
2006-09-17 04:47:52 · answer #7 · answered by Medusa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just a symbol.
2006-09-17 04:41:56 · answer #8 · answered by Stanley Z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morning Spam...
Yes it is the launching of the lord.
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2006-09-17 05:42:17 · answer #9 · answered by Pablito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heaven is there and u are right they both did went
2006-09-17 04:41:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋