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What happened to Matthew's zombies?
#11
RE: What happened to Matthew's zombies?
I've asked this question before. They either pretend not to understand the question or they ignore it completely. Poor little Jesus-sheep. Sad
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#12
RE: What happened to Matthew's zombies?
We can't say for sure. The Bible doesn't always give us the details for every question. What we do know for sure (taken from reading below/the text): Tombs were opened by an earthquake when Jesus died. Many bodies of dead saints were raised from the dead. They came out of their graves after Christ was resurrected. They went into Jerusalem and appeared to many people. They were alive.

To speculate, they could have been taken up to heaven soon after, or they finished out their lives and died and are awaiting the final resurrection (like Lazarus).

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If it could be proven beyond doubt that God exists...
and that He is the one spoken of in the Bible...
would you repent of your sins and place your faith in Jesus Christ?



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#13
RE: What happened to Matthew's zombies?
You know that "for sure," huh?


Jackass.
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#14
RE: What happened to Matthew's zombies?
They went to Rome and built a place called the Vatican . . .

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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What happened to Matthew's zombies?
(March 31, 2014 at 2:23 pm)orangebox21 Wrote: We can't say for sure. The Bible doesn't always give us the details for every question. What we do know for sure (taken from reading below/the text): Tombs were opened by an earthquake when Jesus died. Many bodies of dead saints were raised from the dead. They came out of their graves after Christ was resurrected. They went into Jerusalem and appeared to many people. They were alive.

To speculate, they could have been taken up to heaven soon after, or they finished out their lives and died and are awaiting the final resurrection (like Lazarus).

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Heil Jesus, lord of the Zombies!
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#16
RE: What happened to Matthew's zombies?
[Image: zombies-gif.gif]
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#17
What happened to Matthew's zombies?
(March 31, 2014 at 2:46 pm)Minimalist Wrote: [Image: zombies-gif.gif]

Careful, if you keep posting scary images like that, Alpha Male might put you on ignore so he won't have nightmares!
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#18
RE: What happened to Matthew's zombies?
Not an issue. I have no trouble shitting on fundies in absentia for my own amusement.
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RE: What happened to Matthew's zombies?
(March 31, 2014 at 12:57 pm)Tonus Wrote:
(March 31, 2014 at 12:50 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: The only mention of it i can recall on the spot is during a debate where William Lane Craig said he wasn't sure if that was supposed to be a historical account or apocalyptic imagery...
When in doubt... ALLEGORY.

It would be cool if there was a way to measure what percent of the Bible was considered literal versus allegorical over the ages. Was it ever 100%? Maybe it started at 75% or so and increased to 99.4% and these days it is somewhere around 42.9% real and 57.1% allegory.

It would be cool if there was just one Christian group, instead of tens of thousands, so what was meant as metaphorical or not is really hard to decide. Nowadays basically if someone can prove something is just impossible or heinous if taken literally, Christians are more likely to call it a metaphor. Still, there are people like Ken Ham who insist it's all the literal, inspired word of Yahweh. No exceptions.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: What happened to Matthew's zombies?
(March 31, 2014 at 9:28 am)xpastor Wrote: In Matthew's account of the crucifixion he tells us that just as the moment of Jesus' death
Quote:At that moment the temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook. The rocks split. Tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs. After Jesus was raised to life, they went into the holy city. There they appeared to many people. (27:51-53)
In all my reading during years, decades, as a Christian I have never seen anyone try to deal with this question, and to be truthful I never thought of searching for an answer.

So, what did happen according to believers?

Did these "zombies" die again?

If so, how long did they live before returning to the tomb?

Or did they get taken up bodily into heaven like Elijah and Jesus in the bible's three-decker universe?

Or what?


Reading the bible is akin to reading a James Bond Novel
The existence of the gods - and James Bond are equal - they are all fictional characters created by humans

And James Bond saved the world far more times than any god in the bible did - in fact the god destroyed more often.

But - for an intelligent - educated - and logical person - expecting that such passages in the bible MIGHT be true - is comical. Why is it that there is NO mention of such things in any of the writings of the historians of the day? Remember - this is the golden age of Rome. THE bible itself mentions lots of scribes - but there were also lots of historians - some who lived in and around the supposed events - and never mention them.

Remember - according to the bible - there were MULTITUDES of followers around the christ - he was supposedly known about by Pilate and Herod.
And a living god - never bothered to leave behind proof of his existence - when even the pharaohs of Egypt were able to do that!


Actually - the catholic church - representing the majority of xtians - already has accepted evolution - and admits that the bible does not have to be believed as actual events. They even accept that the earth obits the sun now too!!!!! All you have to do is send them money - they don't care if you believe the bible or not!
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