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Look, Nerds, Jesus was NOT a Zombie

October 26, 2013 by UMJeremy 10 Comments

OK, I see on the Internets a photo running around.

And it is offensive.

It’s Halloween, I get it. But I contest this photo.

It is really really offensive. Hide your children or impressionable Bible College kids.

Here is the photo in all its wrongness:

zombie-jesus

See how terrible it is??

Oh, you misunderstand me.

No, not how sacrilegious it is to our Lord and Savior, comparing him to a Zombie. The terrible part is that they got the sacrilegiousness wrong.

Any real Dungeons and Dragons player would correct you. Here’s an image that shows how wrong that photo above (click on it to make it more readable).

jesus-lich

There. If you are going to be sacrilegious, and you pride yourself on being a nerd, at least do it accurately.

Thanks.

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  1. John Meunier says

    October 26, 2013 at 6:18 pm

    Never could get a party to survive The Tomb of Horrors.

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  2. Will Shelton says

    March 2, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    Hey, I was just wondering if you could clarify this picture a little. It says under the vampire heading that he transubstantiated the wine, but according to UMC.org, it says that the idea of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist is spiritual rather than literal. Can I get some clarification please? other than that, I enjoy the picture!

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    • UMJeremy says

      March 3, 2014 at 6:25 am

      Hey Will, thanks for the question.

      The picture is not mine: I just reposted it. If I did a UMC version, it wouldn’t reference transubstantiation because that’s not my tradition. You are correct that UMC see the Eucharist as spiritual (real presence) rather than literal.

      Thanks for reading and commenting!

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      • Will Shelton says

        March 4, 2014 at 7:13 am

        Ahhhh, okay. Thank you very much! As a United Methodist, I do want to thank you for this blog, it’s really cool!

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  3. Ben says

    April 2, 2014 at 8:09 am

    Thanks for this post! I am going to reference this with my youth this Sunday as we start our “Walking Dead” series. When you couple a zombie tv show reference to lessons about us being dead to sin, Jesus being resurrected and that crazy verse in Matt. (27:52) I have to draw a clear line about the fact that Jesus WAS AND IS NOT a zombie. I will brace for a resounding and simultaneous “Nerd Alert”…but guilty as charged! Just throwing you a preemptive H/T.
    PS- Thanks for the clarifying the UMC stance on the blood/wine part. They were gonna ask about that.

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    • UMJeremy says

      April 2, 2014 at 8:41 am

      Glad it was helpful, Ben! Thanks for the h/t!

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  4. Nate says

    April 20, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    I was surprised by the ending. Too funny!

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  5. Todd Bergman says

    October 30, 2015 at 3:06 pm

    Glad I clicked through to read this. I was worried that you were going soft in your old age. Or turning into a reactionist.

    Nicely played.

    Reply

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  1. Jesus was NOT a Zombie says:
    October 27, 2013 at 8:20 am

    […] Jeremy Smith wants to make sure that, if you are a nerd who is inclined to be sacrilegious as the Halloween season draws near (or at Easter, for that matter), you at least do it accurately. And so he shared this: […]

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  2. Easter: I’d Rather Be a Lion. | Roll to Disbelieve says:
    April 5, 2015 at 7:47 am

    […] A lot of atheist memes claim that the gospels’ account of Jesus makes him a zombie or a lich or something, but last Easter, after diligent study, I can conclusively tell you that he is […]

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