--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > Yes, he meant 40 days until the Ascension. > > So, it has finally been established that Mary Magdalene was the first to > see the risen Christ along with James' mother. There may have been > others who were with Mary at the empty tomb, but the risen Christ > appeared to Mary first and then to James' mother. So, the two went to > the apostles and told them they had seen the risen Christ. None of the > Apostles were present to see the empty tomb for themselves. They were > told about it by Mary, the first to see the miracle of the resurrection.
I guess it's just what some people think of as "fun," but personally I can find zero interest in any of this. To me it's like hearing a bunch of people debating a nitpicky plot point in "The Lord Of The Rings," as if their opinion *mattered*, or as if the nitpick about a work of fiction *mattered*. The Bible is arguably *just* as fictional. It's as silly as people talking about similarly nitpicky plot points in the Bhagavad-Gita, *also* a work of fiction. It boggles my mind that people can debate it as if it weren't. I have to think that what's going on is dueling egos -- "*My* opinion about this fictional story is RIGHT, and all others are WRONG." What a waste of life...
