what is supposedly resurrected at resurrection?

by iblowmynoseatyou 60 Replies latest jw friends

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  hillbilly

  it's 'sposed to be a miracle stooopid!

  ~Hill
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  Paralipomenon

  My understanding is that the Borg does not teach that a resurrection happened when Jesus died. What they teach is that when the earthquake happened (at the moment of Jesus' death), it cracked open alot of the tombs, flung the corpses out and the people who saw this are the ones being talked about when they say "they came out from the tombs..."

  I remember that. Maybe the resurection after armagedon would become a corpseapult as well.

  All the angels would be killing themselves laughing.

  "Look, here comes grandma!"

  *toss*
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  eclipse

  LMAO!!!!!
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  Frequent_Fader_Miles

  what happens with born dead or aborted babies. i suppose they can't be resurrected in their mother's womb. they also can't live outside their mother's womb. they also can't be resurrected several years older. so are they resurrected at all?

  This debate bugged me as well. They say Jehovah recognizes an unborn child as a "life", but then turn around and say babies won't be resurrected. Some go even further to say that a stillborn child will not be resurrected because it never took a "breath of life".

  How is that supposed to make sense?
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  twistedsister

  So Cindi, it would then be a "trust in Jehovah" (nod to sspo) kind of scenario?? Cuz I'm so good at that whole trust thing! lol

  Leah
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  Cindi_67

  So Cindi, it would then be a "trust in Jehovah" (nod to sspo) kind of scenario?? Cuz I'm so good at that whole trust thing! lol

  Leah

  Basically. I remember seeing a picture in the Awake or Watchtower depicting the resurrection and of course you have the child coming to greet her/his mother or vice versa, the daughter coming to greet her old age mother, or a son greeting his father, but I noticed far into the picture I saw what looked like a young couple. They were looking at each other and his hand was on her face. That one really striked me and I asked is this a couple that were married? I believe I asked somebody and I was told "you never know, we just have to wait and see". I wish I had that magazine. I would scan it and show it. But I've gotten rid of a lot of magazines so I don't believe I have it anymore.
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  twistedsister

  Cindi I think I remember that one - seems to me I asked the same question at one point - I lost my fiance to a car accident - he was only 22 - and I couldnt believe that even after he was "resurrected" his life would virtually be over. I needed answers and I got the same response "we will just have to wait and see what Jehovah has in store for us". Not a very satisfying answer for a 22 year old that had just lost her fiance.
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  TD

  They say Jehovah recognizes an unborn child as a "life", but then turn around and say babies won't be resurrected. Some go even further to say that a stillborn child will not be resurrected because it never took a "breath of life".

  It bugged me too, but not so much because it didn't make sense. Since no JW could possibly know one way or the other, it struck me as a terribly cruel thing to do to a woman who has lost a child in this fashion. What could possibly be wrong with allowing JW women to have this hope?
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  hmike

  The book of Daniel states:

  "Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt." (12:2, NIV)

  Revelation 20:13 states that "The sea gave up the dead..."

  People of ancient times knew people perished in fires, at sea, or were eaten by animals, and they knew even whole bodies deteriorated into dust. This didn't seem to be a problem, as there are no exceptions based on what happened to the body. This would contrast to cultures that embalmed the body to preserve it for the afterlife, wouldn't it?

  I think the idea is that if God created Adam out of dust, he certainly could re-create a body out of dust. And since matter is not destroyed, the original atoms of the body are out there somewhere. Perhaps whatever remains of the original body can be reconstructed into a human form, and the soul and spirit returned.
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  AGuest

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