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Originally Posted by zeek
Your cousin and his daughter are thinking of the story of the Ascension in terms of the modern scientific cosmology whereas the story was written in the context of a traditional cosmology. SerenityLives' father's views harmonizes nicely with the latter. It's the vision that The Infinite is within and surrounds the world of appearance.
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The ascension was written back when they knew nothing about the real cosmos, back when they pictured the earth like a three-layered cake. In that conception, heaven wasn't very far up ; close enough for Jesus to levitate to heaven.
Of course reality didn't and doesn't match that conception. Where Jesus went we don't know.