I don't understand why the resurrection is such a big deal when back in those days people came back from the dead all the time. The term "Dead ringer" comes from a medieval practice of hooking up a bell to a string that went into the coffin of a recently buried person, so if that person had accidentally been buried alive, (s)he could ring the bell and summon help--people who sat up listening for this bell all night were said to be working the graveyard shift. The bible even says everybody was a little surprised at how quickly Christ died, so it's pretty likely he wasn't dead at all, just in a very deep coma, and awoke later--like Edgar Allen Poe's wife. So why is his resurrection, considered to be such a miracle? It happened all the time!
2006-12-25 17:59:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Interestingly, the bell could not have been heard in any case - earth is a lousy carrier of sound - but it was still placed to comfort superstitious/paranoid families. Coma patients like Poes wife have detectable heartbeats and brain activity.. "Back from the dead" doesn't really apply in either example.
Assuming one believes the Christian tenet of resurrection, you're right, it's entirely possible that Christ was actually in a coma, and revived rather than returned from the dead. Nevertheless, for those who do believe, it's important to them to accept the biblical version as fact, and regard it as a miracle.
If you can't do that, fine. People believe what they need to believe to get by. That's OK by me, no matter how illogical it might seem.
2006-12-25 18:18:30 · answer #1 · answered by belmyst 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was beaten, scourged, crucfied, and impaled with a spear.
the Roman soldiers knew how to tell if someone was dead. Not only that, notice what happened at the moment of His death:
Mat 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Luk 23:44 ¶ And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
2006-12-26 02:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by revulayshun 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, if a professional soldier stabs you in the side, aiming at your heart, when you are not moving, chances are, that if you weren't dead (from all the deadly activity surrounding you that day) that you are then dead. This is not even an arguement the Jews would have considered... They just said the body was stolen, this is such a ridiculous arguement...
2006-12-26 02:03:51 · answer #3 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's considered to be a miracle because the authors of the NT rearranged Hebrew prophecy to make it seem so. It was part of their agenda of calming the messianic fervor of insurgent Jews. Ceasar's Messiah, Joseph Atwill.....
2006-12-26 02:07:14 · answer #4 · answered by Mudcat 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that is a very interesting point you are making.
I will definitely check back on this to see how it is going as I am interested in what others have to say on this.
Morgaine
2006-12-26 02:21:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that's actually quite interesting!
2006-12-26 02:10:12 · answer #6 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is one of the most silliest comparisons, and of course only aithiest will say "interesting".
2006-12-26 02:07:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Good point.
2006-12-26 02:03:09 · answer #8 · answered by Wrath of Sam 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
interesting.
2006-12-26 02:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
very cool!
2006-12-26 02:52:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋