We've pretty much beat the whole "ascension" thing to death but I just realized something and it's so simple and obvious.
🐸 Devocension? 🐸
Devolution = the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level
Ascension = the act of rising to an important position or a higher level
Where I used to live, my church would say "God is too big to fit into any religion." Religions aren't God, they are the path to God. You just do your best to connect with a Higher Spirit, and knowing Jesus makes it inspirational and easier.
Taking away from the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ and saying that it is merely inspirational and makes life is easier comes from someone who has never actually studied the words that Jesus spoke.
Was he a man that walked this earth? Did he die and raise from the dead? Was he the son of God or the living spirit of God in the flesh?
These questions lead to a much deeper reality than being merely inspirational.