[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Wasn't it only Christ's 'soul' that supposedly ascended to heaven? Or are we supposed to believe that a body levitated off into space now?

Nope, not just his soul. The whole kit'n'kaboodle. Soul in resurrected body. He had a physical body because he invited Thomas to poke his finger in the nail holes and his hand in the spear wound in his side. Now that's one thing I never really understood unless it was just to prove something to Thomas because I thought resurrected bodies were supposed to not have any imperfections like holes and wounds.

Anyway, yes he was taken off in a cloud in his entirety.

Originally Posted by tadah

Even if this is true can someone tell me what it will change? Anything? It will affect nothing so why the fuss.

Well if it was the physical bodily remains of Christ on earth then yes it would affect a heck of a lot of Christians who believe in the resurrection and ascension.

As it is, it could even be some relatives of his for all we know and they could have the same DNA (which I'm still curious about the source of) and it's a fascinating archeological find jut as the tomb of Tutenkhamun or this new one recently found in Egypt that there doesn't seem to have been much said about.