{"id":24060,"date":"2014-05-29T16:15:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T20:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=24060"},"modified":"2014-05-29T16:15:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T20:15:13","slug":"warp-speed-jesus-ascension-day-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/05\/warp-speed-jesus-ascension-day-limerick.html","title":{"rendered":"Warp Speed Jesus (Ascension Day Limerick)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Jeff Carter wrote the following limerick<\/a>, inspired by my post \u201cAscension Deficit Disorder\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It is a part of our Christian creed<\/p>\n

that our Jesus ascended, indeed,<\/p>\n

but he \u2018aint, to this day,<\/p>\n

escaped the Milky Way,<\/p>\n

unless, that is, he\u2019s attained warp speed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jeff Carter wrote the following limerick, inspired by my post \u201cAscension Deficit Disorder\u201d: It is a part of our Christian creed that our Jesus ascended, indeed, but he \u2018aint, to this day, escaped the Milky Way, unless, that is, he\u2019s attained warp speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":24061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,42],"tags":[823,5677,6589,13561],"class_list":["post-24060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible","category-humor","tag-ascension","tag-jesus","tag-limerick","tag-warp-speed"],"yoast_head":"\nWarp Speed Jesus (Ascension Day Limerick)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jeff Carter wrote the following limerick, inspired by my post "Ascension Deficit Disorder": It is a part of our Christian creed that our Jesus ascended,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/05\/warp-speed-jesus-ascension-day-limerick.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warp Speed Jesus (Ascension Day Limerick)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeff Carter wrote the following limerick, inspired by my post "Ascension Deficit Disorder": It is a part of our Christian creed that our Jesus ascended,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/05\/warp-speed-jesus-ascension-day-limerick.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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