• SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Because in traditional Christian mythology, heaven is in the sky. This was a very common belief in the area at the time, occurring in Roman and Jewish mythology as well. It was used as a sign of approval of the gods or deification of the individual.

    Similarly, hell is down.

    If you’re above the sky, you’re out of bounds.

    They could have just had him disappear while making an obnoxious noise, like the TARDIS. That would have avoided all of this confusion.

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      11 months ago

      This was a very common belief in the area at the time, occurring in Roman and Jewish mythology as well

      Only Greek, Roman, maybe Jewish. Not Christian.

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        Millennia of Christian art, multiple biblical passages, and phenomena like the ascension form the basis of my statement.

        Heaven is up.