And I don't know what you're talking about, so the feeling is mutual.
Again, Paul equated paradise with the third heaven. So, that is where Jesus and the thief on the cross went when they died.
Exactly.
Yes Paul did, so it is possible that Abrahms Bosom instead of simply shutting down was brought up to heaven. The Bible doesn't say specifically so I won't equivocate.
Butr if you look at Pauls utterance on this, look closely at the little words. Specifically "to" and "into". Paul was caught up to teh 3rd heaven, and in the thrid heaven he was brought into Paradise which is in the third heaven. But if you study the grammatics you will see Paul did not equate heaven with paradise but implied by grammar that paradise is within the 3rd heaven.
and Jesus could not have ascended to heaven when he died!
John 20:17
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
If Jesus had ascended to heaven spiritually before He told Mary this- He lied!!! specially when Peter clearly shows Jesus went to preach to the souls in prison.
1 Peter 3:18-20
King James Version
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Unless you are trying to tell us that heaven is also called a prison.
No, Jesus understood paradise as also being called Abrahams Bosom where the righteous souls went awaiting Jesus to pour His blood on the heavenly mercy seat . I posted several Jewish references showing that Paradise was also called Abrhams Bosom in the culture of Jesus day.