Why was the crucifixion necessary ?

[pgrimes15]

Incidently I was talking to the cousin I mentioned in the thread last night. Turns out that she did not realise that stars were suns or that our sun was a star. "What did you think they were ?!!" I asked in astonishment.
She thought they were all planets.

It just goes to show what we might consider common knowledge, is in fact not.

I don't know where you live, but when I was in school (quite a long time ago), the minimum amount of science required of high school students was appalling. If I recall correctly, there was only one year of "science lite" required in grades 9 through 12.

While I fully appreciate that many students will not be interested in nor would find necessarily useful studying specific disciplines (e.g. physics, chemistry, biology), however, that any educational system could fail to teach such basics as the nature of what we see every day/night is disappointing.

Not knocking your cousin, BTW, but rather the educational system that apparently failed her.

/derail

I am in the UK which was why her ignorance was quite a surprise. It made me think I was perhaps being a bit naive in my assumptions about the state of general knowledge in this country. Her response is one I would expect from someone in the heart of the US bible belt.

Regards

Grimesy