Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forum
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
8 replies, 4998 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (8)
ReplyReply to this post
8 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Jesus was not a zombie. (Original Post)
cleanhippie
Apr 2015
OP
edgineered
(2,101 posts)1. good definition - this is the image from wikipedia
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)2. Jesus was a revenant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenant
A revenant is a visible ghost or animated corpse that was believed to return from the grave to terrorize the living.{1} The word "revenant" is derived from the Latin word, reveniens, "returning" (see also the related French verb "revenir", meaning "to come back" .
Vivid stories of revenants arose in Western Europe (especially Great Britain, and were later carried by Anglo-Norman invaders to Ireland) during the High Middle Ages. Revenants were also known in Old Irish Celtic Mythology as The 'Neamh Mairbh'. Though later legend and folklore depicts revenants as returning for a specific purpose (e.g., revenge against the deceased's killer), in most Medieval accounts they return to harass their surviving families and neighbours. Revenants share a number of characteristics with folkloric vampires.
Many stories were documented by English historians in the Middle Ages. William of Newburgh wrote in the 1190s, "It would not be easy to believe that the corpses of the dead should sally (I know not by what agency) from their graves, and should wander about to the terror or destruction of the living, and again return to the tomb, which of its own accord spontaneously opened to receive them, did not frequent examples, occurring in our own times, suffice to establish this fact, to the truth of which there is abundant testimony".{2} Stories of revenants were very personal, always about a specific individual who had recently died (unlike the anonymous zombie depicted in modern popular culture), and had a number of common features. But like zombies, revenants were undead and typically malevolent creatures.
A revenant is a visible ghost or animated corpse that was believed to return from the grave to terrorize the living.{1} The word "revenant" is derived from the Latin word, reveniens, "returning" (see also the related French verb "revenir", meaning "to come back" .
Vivid stories of revenants arose in Western Europe (especially Great Britain, and were later carried by Anglo-Norman invaders to Ireland) during the High Middle Ages. Revenants were also known in Old Irish Celtic Mythology as The 'Neamh Mairbh'. Though later legend and folklore depicts revenants as returning for a specific purpose (e.g., revenge against the deceased's killer), in most Medieval accounts they return to harass their surviving families and neighbours. Revenants share a number of characteristics with folkloric vampires.
Many stories were documented by English historians in the Middle Ages. William of Newburgh wrote in the 1190s, "It would not be easy to believe that the corpses of the dead should sally (I know not by what agency) from their graves, and should wander about to the terror or destruction of the living, and again return to the tomb, which of its own accord spontaneously opened to receive them, did not frequent examples, occurring in our own times, suffice to establish this fact, to the truth of which there is abundant testimony".{2} Stories of revenants were very personal, always about a specific individual who had recently died (unlike the anonymous zombie depicted in modern popular culture), and had a number of common features. But like zombies, revenants were undead and typically malevolent creatures.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)3. I have a lich field. Should I be worried?
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)4. I'll have to dig out my old monster manual.
How many hit points would that give him? I have a +1 sword and balls of Vekna, so I should be ok.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)5. Hold me closer, necromancer.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)6. Stop dissing my saviour!
You can't PROOVE he isn't a zombie. I reject your arrogant logic and dictionary definitions. My interpretation is just as credible as yours.
You know as little about zombies as you do theology.
Besides, are you really willing to throw away all of the inspirational stories and beautiful artwork just because you don't believe?
/
LostOne4Ever
(9,597 posts)7. For my fellow gamer atheists and agnostics
[center] [/center]
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)8. That one always gets me
and is something I can actually relate to.