wouldn't you at least write about it, blog about it? Do you think there'd be some kind of historical accounting of that somewhere?
If so, why isn't there one SINGLE extrabiblical accounting of Jesus' resurrection nor the dead who rose up out of their graves and walked around town?
2007-06-02 11:51:55 · 25 answers · asked by Kallan 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lmao, I knew the intelligent ones would answer this!
2007-06-02 11:56:13 · update #1
fireball, my question qualifies a helluvalot more than your answers do on here. It's about the bible and why there's no record of Jesus. Funk & Wagnalls wasn't around during that timeframe. I want CONTEMPORARY proof. Got any?
2007-06-02 11:59:41 · update #2
crim, Jesus allegedly had over half a Million followers at the time of his resurrection. Are you telling me that by the sheer numbers alone there wouldn't be ONE surviving piece of contemporary evidence??? COME ON!
2007-06-02 12:34:27 · update #3
LOL!!
because Mary Magdelene was the only one who knew how to write and the church left her story (gospel) out of the teachings of the holy Bible.
I like that theory the best since the Bible is so screwed up
I would blog night and day since we have a team of highly trained teens in town who are ready to battle zombies should the need arise (ps that is not a joke-these guys really take it serious)
2007-06-02 12:04:27 · answer #1 · answered by FallenAngel© 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, first look at how many ancient texts survive already, not many if you count what was destroyed through time, but you cannot count them as they were destroyed.
Secondly, could the ones that experienced the even write? If they could not would a scribe believe them? Or could they afford to pay a scribe?
Thirdly, it was not a scene from Thriller or any other B rated movie. The dead were as they were in life, or at least that is what I believe as it did not have a gross factor listed in the text. My reason behind this is the Lazarus account. He had been dead three days, I believe, he should have been maggoty by then or otherwise unappealing.
Finally, if the dead were not movie quality as I believe only family and friends would notice that particular dead person and a parade would not be evident.
Come on indeed! I do not know how many followers Jesus had, but look at how many copies of Biblical texts do exist. Also, figure out how many scribes over the ages that existed, we do not have that many texts to show for it. Clay tablets, papyrus, velum, and stone. The do not stand the test of time with out great preservation or chance (I prefer divine, but let us not quibble over semantics.)
Matthew 27: 51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. 52The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
There is not a horde of dead rather many. They appeared to many people. We do not know who the many received the visit. If it were family and friends they might have just enjoyed the event. Perhaps the chronicle of the event in what became scripture was enough. If it was not friends and family how did they know the person was dead and worthy of a footnote in history. We also do not know if they died again, went back to the grave, or went up into heaven.
I am sure there are many events in history where there is only the one record to the event and it is treated as ... well...Gospel!
2007-06-02 19:06:22 · answer #2 · answered by crimthann69 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'd find my copy of The Monster Mash and crank it up load
They did the mash
They did the monster mash
They did the mash
It was a graveyard smash
It caught on in a flash
Now everyone is cool
Drac's a part of the band
And my monster mash
The hit of the land
When you get to my door
tell them Boris sent you
2007-06-02 18:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jameskan Video 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Exactly no mentioning of Lazarus or Jesus anywhere outside of religious texts. Also if zombies did appear I would blog about it till they invaded my house than it's every man for himself.
2007-06-02 18:56:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well, since dead bodies don't just spring back to life it didn't happen so of course there wasn't anyone around to write about it. It is a creation of the religion that espouses it.
2007-06-02 18:59:55 · answer #5 · answered by genaddt 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'd start having "Night of the Living Dead" flashbacks, and find an old farmhouse to hide out in...and hopefully find others hiding in the basement. :)
2007-06-02 18:57:33 · answer #6 · answered by Adam G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually sweetie, if the dead did that I would be too busy trying to fend them off with baseball bats (or running like hell) to worry about blogging.
2007-06-02 18:55:30 · answer #7 · answered by HP 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'd think they were filming the next Night of the Living Dead movie in my town.
2007-06-02 18:55:56 · answer #8 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
If what you say is true, you forget that in them olden days, very, very few people knew how to read and write. If someone actually did see Jesus rise up, most likely that person was illiterate and could make no written account.
2007-06-02 18:56:42 · answer #9 · answered by khorat k 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Zombies in Wisconsin. That's a typical sunday evening.
2007-06-02 18:56:41 · answer #10 · answered by benignmalaprop 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋