People who know me knows I am a fan of the paranormal, sci-fi and fantasy world. I drooled over Edward and thrilled with Harry. I am a voracious reader of romances involving vampires, werewolves and witches, sometimes involving all three! I haven't, to my shame, attended any comic cons, but mainly because no one else will go with me.
Why the obsession? These characters, one and all, are superior in some way. The vampires are hot and OOZE sex appeal and will live forever. The werewolves are hot and aggressive and will live forever. Witches have powers to do serious crap...and will live forever. See a theme? Now zombies...they're a different story. What is there to like about zombies? They're gross, stinky, falling apart and are DEAD. There is nothing sexy or appealing about them, and yet they're "trendy" right now. Warm Bodies is a movie currently playing right now about a zombie romance which is as weird as it sounds. I can't imagine kissing something that's nasty, although some of my ex-boyfriends have come close.
With that context, I had a discussion with my hubby about why Jesus is not a zombie (don't ask how this came about, but please keep in mind this is a typical type of discussion between the two of us). First of all, a zombie is someone who is dead but animated, otherwise known as "undead". They're actively decaying and at some point will literally fall to pieces. Most of the time they don't know what the hell is going on, and shuffle around at the bidding of the bad person who called them up in the first place. Jesus died, yes, but He was brought back to life. He was breathing and NOT decaying and pretty cognizant for somebody who was just tortured and crucified and stabbed to death. He is The Man...and not undead. God gave Jesus some holy CPR and that's all there is to it. NOT undead.
SO there you have it. Jesus is not a zombie. For those of you who are preparing for the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse, please feel reassured that Jesus will not be at the front lines directing your own horrible, painful and slow demise- y'all are doing fine on your own with that.
