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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 04:41 PM Aug 2021

Man 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 Christ’s 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

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Man dies after getting buried alive to recreate Jesus's resurrection (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP
Lazurus come forth exboyfil Aug 2021 #1
WOW... hlthe2b Aug 2021 #2
My understanding is Jesus was put in a cave with a boulder in front of the opening. blueinredohio Aug 2021 #3
Yeah that's the image I've always seen. underpants Aug 2021 #7
That's the text. Igel Aug 2021 #14
Legend has it he was already dead when he went into the tomb, too. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2021 #16
That's it, they forgot to make him dead first! Ligyron Oct 2021 #19
"Did it work?" left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #4
Yuppers. That Jesus fella, he sure got a fine tuned sense of humor. 3Hotdogs Aug 2021 #5
Literalists. elias7 Aug 2021 #6
And yet the clear intent was for all of it to be taken quite literally Major Nikon Aug 2021 #15
"his followers realized his attempt (...) had failed" Grokenstein Aug 2021 #8
WINNER! lindysalsagal Sep 2021 #17
Good. SamKnause Aug 2021 #9
I thought this was going to be The Onion or BigmanPigman Aug 2021 #10
I thought it was going to be Florida Man Bayard Aug 2021 #11
Check on him in another few days and see if he is still dead.. Chainfire Aug 2021 #12
I tried to re-enact Jack and the Beanstalk when I was a kid. Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #13
They didn't pray hard enough.... lindysalsagal Sep 2021 #18

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
3. My understanding is Jesus was put in a cave with a boulder in front of the opening.
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 04:48 PM
Aug 2021

He may have lived if he would have chosen the cave.

Igel

(36,082 posts)
14. That's the text.
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 09:43 PM
Aug 2021

The tradition.

The archeology.

A bit o' cultural awareness wouldn't have been amiss here.

Ligyron

(7,892 posts)
19. That's it, they forgot to make him dead first!
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 07:52 AM
Oct 2021

otoh …

Maybe if they’d just waited another three days, he might have rocketed out of the ground like a human pop tart.


elias7

(4,187 posts)
6. Literalists.
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 05:00 PM
Aug 2021

These are stories, folks. Parables, metaphors, poetry meant to inspire and emulate, not attempt to recreate.

Midnight Writer

(22,972 posts)
13. I tried to re-enact Jack and the Beanstalk when I was a kid.
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 06:35 PM
Aug 2021

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.

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