Zombie Resurrection

[TripletDaddy]

Last night we are having Family Home Evening and reading a BoM childrens' story to the Puffy Check.

Grandpa was reading and we were sitting there listening. Afterwards, we quiz the kids and see what they retained, understood, and whether they have questions. It is a Sunday evening ritual and the kids seem to enjoy it, although I think it may be a bit of a ruse because they know that afterwards they get ice cream.

Anyhow, my son asks, "Dad, when people are resurrected, will they come out of the ground like zombies? How do they get out of the coffin? Do they break through the grass?"

I had no answer. It dawned on me that I actually have no idea and really can't explain what we believe on this particular matter. Seems like the scriptural accounts we are given are of entombed corpses, not buried corpses.

I'm considering curtailing the Q&A portion of future FHE sessions. In the alternative, a policy requiring that all questions must be submitted in writing 2 weeks in advance.

[Indy Coug]

Show them a Star Trek transporter scene. It's gonna be like that.

[RC Vikings]

I'm gonna be pissed if I'm stuck in that coffin.

[Indy Coug]

I'm gonna be pissed if I'm stuck in that coffin.

That's the fate for those that lie on their temple recommend interviews.

[TripletDaddy]

Show them a Star Trek transporter scene. It's gonna be like that.

We gave them the typical answer: "We don't know...it isnt important...etc"

I felt embarrassed to tell them that, actually.

Afterward I joked with my wife that I should show the kids the Thriller video but my wife said that they might think I was serious.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I'm gonna be pissed if I'm stuck in that coffin.

I was delighted to discover that many coffins include a small drawer in which to place the decedent's keepsakes. I've requested that mine be filled with M&M Peanuts, just in case.

And during my mission, Hartman Rector, Jr. visited the "Bone House" in Hallstatt where the skulls and bones of many hundreds of the local dead were neatly stacked. He said that "I'd love to be here on the morning of the resurrection." So apparently there will be a lot of bones and stuff flying around trying to find the proper match. I'm hoping it's more like Terminator 2 when the little bits liquefy and slowly ooze together into a cohesive whole.

[Indy Coug]

I was delighted to discover that many coffins include a small drawer in which to place the decedent's keepsakes. I've requested that mine be filled with

A fully charged iPhone with a Plants vs Zombies app?

[Uncle Ted]

Show them a Star Trek transporter scene. It's gonna be like that.

If your atoms are going to be put back together like that of the Star Trek transporter then I have to wonder why the church is so down on cremation. Maybe it takes longer to gather up your atoms if they have been vaporized?

[Indy Coug]

If your atoms are going to be put back together like that of the Star Trek transporter then I have to wonder why the church is so down on cremation. Maybe it takes longer to gather up your atoms if they have been vaporized?

Rapid oxidation proves problematic when it comes to the reconstruction of long protein chains.

[happyone]

I was delighted to discover that many coffins include a small drawer in which to place the decedent's keepsakes. I've requested that mine be filled with M&M Peanuts, just in case.

And during my mission, Hartman Rector, Jr. visited the "Bone House" in Hallstatt where the skulls and bones of many hundreds of the local dead were neatly stacked. He said that "I'd love to be here on the morning of the resurrection." So apparently there will be a lot of bones and stuff flying around trying to find the proper match. I'm hoping it's more like Terminator 2 when the little bits liquefy and slowly ooze together into a cohesive whole.

My mom was buried with a can of diet coke and a tobleron(SP) bar

[UtahDan]

If your atoms are going to be put back together like that of the Star Trek transporter then I have to wonder why the church is so down on cremation. Maybe it takes longer to gather up your atoms if they have been vaporized?

I read not that long ago that atoms so completely recycle that each and every one of us is composed of at least a few atoms that were once part of William Shakespeare, though probably not Elvis (not enough time has passed). The truth is that there is nothing whatsoever left of the vast majority of people who have ever lived so I can't conceive of what importance being buried vs. being cremated could have as respects a resurrection. If it really does matter, then we need to start doing mummification right away.

[Moliere]

Rapid oxidation proves problematic when it comes to the reconstruction of long protein chains.

God struggles with this sort of thing.

Signed,

Adam & Eve

[Indy Coug]

God struggles with this sort of thing.

Signed,

Adam & Eve

Which is exactly why we're in the mess we are now. Thanks for proving my point.

[Uncle Ted]

My mom was buried with a can of diet coke and a tobleron(SP) bar

My grandma was buried with a deck of playing cards in her hand.

[TripletDaddy]

I was delighted to discover that many coffins include a small drawer in which to place the decedent's keepsakes. I've requested that mine be filled with M&M Peanuts, just in case.

And during my mission, Hartman Rector, Jr. visited the "Bone House" in Hallstatt where the skulls and bones of many hundreds of the local dead were neatly stacked. He said that "I'd love to be here on the morning of the resurrection." So apparently there will be a lot of bones and stuff flying around trying to find the proper match. I'm hoping it's more like Terminator 2 when the little bits liquefy and slowly ooze together into a cohesive whole.

If our version of the Resurrection is literal, then I think the best place to be during that time would be on a boat. Yes, there would be bodies surfacing all over the place but all the women would have perfect bodies and they will all be soaking wet, possibly wearing white clothes.

"Why, Mrs. JJ Astor, let me help you off with those soaking wet items....."