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I have to put this disclaimer in the beginning...because I know
that a lot of people in my circle are either super religious or super atheist,
I am just putting this out there because one, it was my first time thinking
about the particular concept--it’s a new concept to me, but not a new concept;
and two; I want to talk about it. So, whatever feelings you feel while reading
this post, share them with me, I would love to start the conversation up. :)
Okay, so my family
came home from church today and my 21 year old sister had an interesting and
entertaining story about my soon-to-be 10 year old sister's Children's Church
experience. So today in Children's Church, the topic was about the Resurrection
of Jesus Christ and the rebirth. So, apparently the teacher explained the
Resurrection in a way the freaked my sister out and she started to cry. My
mother was notified and I guess a big deal was made about it... FYI, I am really
bad at retelling stories.
Anyways, when I
heard this story, I completely understood why my sister was disturbed by the
telling of this tale! She was being told a story of a man, who died a brutal
death on the cross, then he was carried to a cave, and three days later rose
from the dead and came back to life with "new life."
If it wasn't a
story about Jesus, I would be crying hysterically too. Splattered all over the
media are continuous images zombies, werewolves, wizards, witches, evil
spirits, Monster High Dolls, and other mystical creatures that even as an adult
I can't help but to think of Zombie Jesus when thinking of the
Resurrection.
Now, I don't know
if any of my friends and family have ever heard of anything like this, but when
I made this connection, I was literally in complete awe. Why hadn't I made the
connection sooner--like six months ago in my Young Adult Lit class?? This would
have made for a perfect discussion topic and there are so many connection and
metaphors in young adult literature to are parallel with resurrection. And don’t
get me start on the whole end of the world concept (hint: zombie Apocalypse and
what the bible says about the end of the world in the books of Peter and
Revelation). Is your mind blown yet?? Is that the book nerd in me? Okay. But I
just thought I would but that out there.
I know that
zombies have a really negative connotation; they are these really scary, dead
but not dead being that has the ability to transform beings by "drinking
the blood". If that doesn't sound the spread of Christianity to you and drinking the "blood of Jesus" for communion--like many of you all did today on first Sunday-- I
don't know what does. But, I like I said this is was just a thought. I know that I could probably analyze and deconstruct this concept a little more, but I'm not. Just putting the idea out there. And fun fact: one of the nicknames for Easter is "Zombie Jesus Day". Pretty funny, right?
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