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My Presbyterian church has a beautiful wooden cross suspended from the ceiling, but no body.

Because the important thing is that he is risen, not that he was crucified.

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This is interesting. I grew up catholic but never attended Catholic school so I could be getting some information wrong. I believe I was taught though that the most important thing was that Jesus died and suffered for our sins so that we could go to heaven. Somewhere along the line I was told that Jesus suffered in hell for all our sins after being crucified so that we could go to heaven. Not sure if this is the actual catholic teaching, but we definitely spent more time discussing his suffering than his rising. There is a whole month called Lent where catholics spend time "suffering" in a small way to remind themselves of Jesus's suffering. Then there is a long time at Easter where they rejoice that the gates to heaven are open, but the actual ascension is just one day of reflection. So catholics basically spend a lot of time remembering his suffering and rejoicing that they can go to heaven, but do not dwell excessively on the fact that Jesus's body rose from the dead to go back to God. They believe it, but I guess growing up it didn't seem like a huge feat since Jesus was god after all and came from God to begin with so was just going back home.

Curious now. What are protestant's taught?[/quote]

Also I think as an adult I spend more time focusing on easter and spreading the good news than I did as a child. As adults I feel the church asks me to bring others to Christ, but as a child I don't think there was a lot of emphasis on this. Our ccd class always gave out a Lenten chart to keep track of our "suffering" during the month and we spent one week discussing the stations of the cross, one week discussion the last supper, and one week discussing our Lenten sacrifices every year. Then for the eight week easter time, we spent time discussing the resurrection, Pentecost, and ascension, but there weren't as many projects for the kids to do. I am curious what children are taught during the easter season in protestant churches since apparently that is what they dwell on.[/quote]

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