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Related: About this forumMan dies after getting buried alive to recreate Jesus's resurrection
In a bizarre incident, a Zambian priest was left tied up and buried for three days in an attempt to recreate Jesus Christ's resurrection, but ended up losing his life. James Sakara, the 22-year-old priest of the Zion church in Zambia, told his congregation that he could resurrect in three days, and asked them to bury him alive.
He took help of three church members to pull off the "resurrection." Before getting buried, he quoted from the Bible and explained that Jesus Christs instruction to his disciples to "do this in remembrance of me" referred to his resurrection, and not just the use of wine and bread at Holy Communion.
Sakara's three aides tied his hands together and then buried him beneath the earth, and left him there for three days. When the three men returned to dig him up, they found him dead, and tried to hold spiritual rituals to bring him back to life. But when they couldn't revive him, his followers realized his attempt to recreate Jesus Christ's resurrection had failed.
While one of the three men who assisted the priest with the experiment turned himself in to the police, the other two are believed to be on the run from cops. Sakara reportedly left behind a wife who is pregnant with his child.
May his soul rest in Peace.
https://www.latintimes.com/priest-buried-alive-3-days-dies-wanted-rise-jesus-christ-483390
exboyfil
(17,996 posts)Well that didn't work.
hlthe2b
(106,340 posts)No words...
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)He may have lived if he would have chosen the cave.
underpants
(186,640 posts)Igel
(36,082 posts)The tradition.
The archeology.
A bit o' cultural awareness wouldn't have been amiss here.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Ligyron
(7,892 posts)otoh
Maybe if theyd just waited another three days, he might have rocketed out of the ground like a human pop tart.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,394 posts)Hee, Hee.
elias7
(4,187 posts)These are stories, folks. Parables, metaphors, poetry meant to inspire and emulate, not attempt to recreate.
Major Nikon
(36,900 posts)Grokenstein
(5,832 posts)So: still brighter than trump trash, then.
lindysalsagal
(22,374 posts)SamKnause
(13,804 posts)BigmanPigman
(52,250 posts)Borowitz.
Bayard
(24,145 posts)Chainfire
(17,757 posts)Faith conquers all, indeed.
Midnight Writer
(22,972 posts)I planted some "magic" beans and waited for a beanstalk to grow to the sky.
I got bored after a while and went in for lunch.
It's safer to believe in fairy tales than to believe in the Bible. And more fun.
lindysalsagal
(22,374 posts)Or, THE Lord wants them to get the hell over it and live their damn lives!