Man raised from dead at my church!

[JewishHobbit]

Well, it's at one of my old churches. My friend (and youth pastor) Duane texted me and told me about it this morning. Toward the end of service a person fell dead up by the alter and the pastor ran to check on him. He yelled for a doctor and a nurse came up and confirmed that he had no pulse. They called 911 while the pastor asked everyone to pray (and it's a big church) and before anyone got there to start working on him he shot up alive and well.

I just thought this was interesting enough to mention. It'll obviously mean nothing to people who don't know these people or don't believe in God but knowing Duane and the senior pastor of that church I'm excited. I don't know complete details just yet but it's pretty exciting. I might see Duane at a Super Bowl party later tonight so I'll hopefully get better details from him then.

 

[chaseter]

That's cool but lets not rule out the possibility of a zombie.

 

[Assassin]

tru dat

 

[Star]

it's definitely the start of the zombie apocalypse

 

[bunk]

He's probably a Packers or Steelers fan. I would come back to life too if my favorite team was in the big game.

 

[bored]

it's definitely the start of the zombie apocalypse

I always suspected the gentiles would be responsible for it.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

It's probably a hoax.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

All I am anymore is a man looking for his wife and his son.

Anyone that gets in the way of that is gonna lose.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Well, it's at one of my old churches. My friend (and youth pastor) Duane texted me and told me about it this morning. Toward the end of service a person fell dead up by the alter and the pastor ran to check on him. He yelled for a doctor and a nurse came up and confirmed that he had no pulse. They called 911 while the pastor asked everyone to pray (and it's a big church) and before anyone got there to start working on him he shot up alive and well.

I just thought this was interesting enough to mention. It'll obviously mean nothing to people who don't know these people or don't believe in God but knowing Duane and the senior pastor of that church I'm excited. I don't know complete details just yet but it's pretty exciting. I might see Duane at a Super Bowl party later tonight so I'll hopefully get better details from him then.

Just goes to show people are more worried about missing the Super Bowl than missing going to heaven.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Nah, he just wants to see the Captain America TV spot.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Nah, he just wants to see the Captain America TV spot.

Yeah that is a pretty bige event in the life of any true believer.

 

[Ghostvirus]

LOL! This thread is hilarious! Please tell me this is a joke. You don't really believe this do you?

 

[Wolfwood]

LOL! This thread is hilarious! Please tell me this is a joke. You don't really believe this do you?

Why? It's not out of the realm of possibility. Even if you don't want to go down the religious route I'm sure there could be a medical explanation for what happened.

 

[bunk]

Why? It's not out of the realm of possibility. Even if you don't want to go down the religious route I'm sure there could be a medical explanation for what happened.

There's always a medical explanation, it just isn't always apparent.

 

[Wolfwood]

There's always a medical explanation, it just isn't always apparent.

Exactly. We need to get Dr. House on the case so we can rule out lupus.

 

[Ghostvirus]

It was a complete act. I have no doubt. That is a classic church healer move.

 

[SuperFerret]

House is a hack.

Also, no pulse doesn't mean dead. There's a lot more than that, and people have been clinically dead for short amounts of time before regaining normal biological function.

Note: I am not discounting anything spiritual here, merely giving a medical explanation for what might have happened.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

my name is superferret and I'm mean.

 

[SuperFerret]

That is a classic church healer move.

That may be, but there are two issues with that theory.

First, not all churches do that type of stuff, and the creation of this thread implies that things like this are a rarity at JewHob's church, which implies that it's real.

Second, 911 may have been called. If there was no actual emergency, there will be legal ramifications, in which case, a theatrical church healer church would likely not call for someone to call 911.

my name is superferret and I'm mean.

My name is SuperFerret and I'm

 

[Hurm...]

Blame it on the A-a-a-alcohol

 

[JewishHobbit]

I'm not saying it's supernatural because I wasn't there to see the actual situation, but I just thought it was interesting. I'm certainly not ruling out the possibility though. I noticed a friend on facebook talking about it (the Librarian at my school who also goes there) and she mentioned that the nurse was doing some type of medical aid when he came back suddenly... so likely that has something more to do with it. If I don't see my friend Duane at the Super Bowl party tonight I'll talk to the school Librarian tomorrow to get the details.

But still, that's got to be one of the most interesting services they've had in a very long time. They are a very lively church (we're penticostal people after all) but people dying and coming back during service is a little outside our expertise

It doesn't surprise me though.

 

[JewishHobbit]

It was a complete act. I have no doubt. That is a classic church healer move.

You can believe what you want. You're wrong, but believe whatever makes you feel better about the situation.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Thank you so much for your permission.

 

[JewishHobbit]

House is a hack.

Also, no pulse doesn't mean dead. There's a lot more than that, and people have been clinically dead for short amounts of time before regaining normal biological function.

Note: I am not discounting anything spiritual here, merely giving a medical explanation for what might have happened.

Oh I agree with you. I'm not one to jump to "It's GOD'S hand at work, it's a MIRACLE!!!" and assume more likely that it's something more scientific, but I've seen enough to know that it's possible to be beyond explanation.

The very first question I asked the guy who came to me (who can be a bit out there in his faith) is if someone was working on the guy and he said no. Then I saw the Librarian friend of mine said yes... which confirms my suspiscions a bit more. Thing is, neither of them are liars so there's likely a lot of word of mouth. It is a huge church after all, but they should have both been present, and Duane being on the pastorial staff would likely have been right up there... so who knows.

I just can't wait to speak to the two of them in person and figure out the exact details.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Thank you so much for your permission.

You're welcome.