We all love puns

[Scooter]

As we just passed Beltane:

[Bicycle Bill]

So appropriate for today .....



May the Fourth be with you!!

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[Bicycle Bill]

What comes after Star Wars Day (May the 4th) and Cinco de Mayo (the 5th of May)?

The Revenge of the Sixth.

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[Joe Guy]

Maybe if Iraq my brain I'll come up with something.

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[ex-khobar Andy]

Judas couldn't see him either. He was too busy eating his carry-out.

[Bicycle Bill]

uhhh ... according to the Bible, Jesus was crucified on a Friday and arose from the tomb three days later on what we now observe as Easter Sunday.  He showed himself to his disciples and followers over the next forty days, which means his ascension into heaven would have been on a Thursday – and that is, in fact, when most Christian denominations observe the Ascension — Ascension Thursday, 40 days after Easter.
(although the Gospel readings for that following Sunday do make brief reference to the Ascension, so I can understand the confusion).

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[Joe Guy]

Judas couldn't see him either. He was too busy eating his carry-out.

Does anyone know what the apostolate?

[Scooter]

his ascension into heaven would have been on a Thursday – and that is, in fact, when most Christian denominations observe the Ascension — Ascension Thursday, 40 days after Easter.

Many if not most Christian denominations move the feast to the following Sunday as a matter of practicality, when they can expect more than a handful of people to attend to observe it.

As usual, you spoil a joke with your nitpicking, which in this case turns out to be wrong.

[Bicycle Bill]

his ascension into heaven would have been on a Thursday – and that is, in fact, when most Christian denominations observe the Ascension — Ascension Thursday, 40 days after Easter.

Many if not most Christian denominations move the feast to the following Sunday as a matter of practicality, when they can expect more than a handful of people to attend to observe it.

As usual, you spoil a joke with your nitpicking, which in this case turns out to be wrong.

Bullshit.  Just Google "Ascension 2021" or "Ascension Day" and see what you come up with.

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[Scooter]

Roman Catholic parishes in a number of countries that do not observe the feast as a public holiday have obtained permission from the Vatican to move observance of the Feast of the Ascension from the traditional Thursday to the following Sunday, the Sunday before Pentecost... This is in keeping with a trend to move Holy Days of Obligation from weekdays to Sunday, to encourage more Christians to observe feasts considered important. The decision to move a feast is made by the bishops of an ecclesiastical province, i.e. an archbishop and the neighbouring bishops. The switch to Sunday was made in 1992 by the church in Australia; before 1996 in parts of Europe; in 1997 in Ireland; before 1998 in Canada and parts of the western United States; in many other parts in the United States from 1999; ... The U.S. ecclesiastical provinces which retain Thursday observance in 2009 are Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia.

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Similarly, The United Methodist Church allows the traditional celebration on Thursday to be moved to Sunday.

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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.):

The Ascension of the Lord falls on Thursday, May 10, 2018. Churches are invited to observe the Ascension on Sunday, May 13, 2018.

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United Church of Christ congregations celebrating the Ascension on Sunday here, here, here, here and here.

Episcopal churches doing ditto - here, here and here.

Perhaps you should have followed you own advice.

And here's some of mine, unsolicited: the typical atheist will almost always know more about Christianity than the typical so-called Christian, because they will have actually taken the time to study it before deciding to reject it. Knowing this will help you avoid making an ass of yourself in future.

[eddieq]

OAN Breaking News:

Holy war breaks out at the Plan B forum (so named because they are all evil liberals that want to kill babies). Confusion over the birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ creates a distraction so that our true savior, Donald Trump, can have His presidency stolen from him. These are facts, backed up by youtube and parler posts.

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