Zombies in the Bible?
Zechariah 14:12
And the LORD will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Zechariah 14:13
On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will fight their neighbors hand to hand.
There are several other biblical passages that allude to a plague that will decimate mankind in the end times.
Many people take the bible as the truth, and also see it as a book of prophecy. Could we have received warning of the impending rising of the undead from antiquity? We don’t have to go far to rationalize this. Prophets in ancient times may have seen exactly what happened, but didn’t understand the science behind it to describe it accurately. They may have seen the biological cause engineered in a lab and unleashed upon the world, but could only use simple words to describe it.
There are currently so many end times prophecies that it can make your head spin. Almost all of them don’t point to an exact cause of the apocalypse, but the bible seems to point to the undead several times
Revelation 11:6
These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
Revelation 11:8
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
Revelation 11:11
But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.
Ezekiel 37:10
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet–a vast army.
The bible is rife with resurrection, the dead coming to life, and stories and illiterations to the end of times. Perhaps, the plague God uses to wipe the earth clean is a plague of Zombies. You can also point to end times prophecy references of Locusts and say that zombies could also be considered as a locust, devouring all life. At this point, all we can do is speculate and prepare. We don’t know how or when the world will end, but we can be ready if it is survivable.
***Notes***
The end of the world can be described several ways:
1. A literal end, where the entire world is destroyed.
2. An end to the way the whole world sees itself.
3. A massive culling of the world’s population so that it is more in balance.
4. A massive culling of the world’s population so that it can be enslaved by those in power. (See Conspiracy)
Comments (89)
big bear29 on 02 Jan 2011 at 5:54 pm #
The way that it is described in this article makes it sound like the outbreak will acctually be a release of some kind of zombie bio-weapon . If you think about it , it would be the perfect weapon . Send some one into an enemy nation , release the virus and sit back as the population gets turned and decimates the country . Then you can go in after the worst is over and clear out the undead and you would likely be seen as a hero so long as no one knows that it was you that released the virus .
Semper Cogitant on 02 Jan 2011 at 8:46 pm #
Wow, rapture and zombie apocalypse rolled into one. Scary times. In that case we’d have to worry about being good and moral Christians while slaughtering zombies and trying to survive. That would be difficult to say the least.
Of course in this context we could look at those passages as evidence of past zombie outbreaks. Clearly the John that wrote Revelations experienced a zombie outbreak and was warning us of what was in store.
Clifford "Ozzie" Nicolen on 03 Jan 2011 at 7:06 pm #
Heh, I was reading the Book of Revelations just a couple of days ago and I saw a couple of creepy things like this.
Pretty weird stuff in that Book. Wish it was more explanitory. It says somewhere that there will be 7 years of peace before the end of the world, and in the 1990′s, there was alot of peace. I think it’s already happening.
I think the zombies will come late this year, and by 2012, it’ll all be in the crapper.
Woody on 03 Jan 2011 at 9:48 pm #
Just a brief question to all you zombie fanatics out
there..personaly im very synical and sceptic about all this
but..lets say theres a Z-day.. Would we not have a thing such as
Armoured tanks and such? Even a simple humvee fitted with a simple
50 CAL could reap havoc..One in 11 people in the world owns a
firearm…Would that not mean that we would quite easily kill of
the zombies should they just walk and stumble around? even in a
gigantic group they would be harmless for a tank would simply roll
over them.. Not to mention a rifle such as the AS50 can easily
shoot trough dozens of zombies with one shot? a hole the size of a
football surely will put them off in some way.. I think the idea of
the Z-day is awsome..Personaly ill be weary..yet sceptical….yet
all you zombie fanatics..You all underestimate the military far too
much..Why does the military never prevail in the hollywood movies?
think for a second..It would make a shit movie! but the fact is..a
milion zombies wont do a thing against a single tank..Even if it
runs outa feul just the men in the tank could kill a shitload of
zombies with the standard issue M4 the crew has on them.. Last but
not least! Aircraft carriers! The infection wont spread on them..So
that leaves us with the simple task of setting up a buffer zone and
killing everything from there..Problem solved! Dear zombie
fanatics! i hunger for a reply from you all! prove me wrong! Take
care all! Woody 19 years the Netherlands
Samantha on 04 Jan 2011 at 5:15 am #
Thank-you! There are so many, even in Matthew.
Carlos B. on 04 Jan 2011 at 8:41 am #
There’s a lot of speculation. In the near future though,
the passage Zechariah 14:13 can be interpreted already, in the
existing economical strife. Sometime 2 years ago, my uncle said in
jest, that there will come a time when we’d all be starving and
homeless. And when we’d see family on the street they’d try to take
our bread cause they’re hungry to. Alas, those times are here now,
if one was surprised at the evil in the world, this desperation to
survive unemployment and hunger will drive your neighbors to attack
you in your home for the little you have. It’s on the news as we
speak and 59% of the population is unemployed or sunk beneath
constitutional minimum wage necessary to survive. I’ve seen
neighbors in an apartment building rob each other, break in, all
that. Now, I’ve always been a huge fan of zombie movies, follower
of folklore and I have the fear in me. But when it comes down to
it, I think the most damage will be done by living breathing human
nature.
Clifford "Ozzie" Nicolen on 05 Jan 2011 at 5:57 pm #
Carlos B,
I agree. there’s some crazy stuff going on now, and when the zombies do come along, it’ll be a minor nusiance beside all the insanity.
Woody,
I’m gonna be nice to you before all of us “Zombie Fanatics” rip your to shreds like the beasts we’re against.
I don’t know mach at all about guns, but I do have a little reasoning and common sense. Imagine a bunch of guys stuck in a tank with a million undead surroundning them.
They’re in a tank, so they probably aren’t carrying much ammo for their rifles are they? Certainly not at least a MILLION rounds! and you’d have to be pretty lucky to kill two zombies in one shot, let alone 12.
A “simple” Humvee with a 50 CAL. mount wont reap anything but backfire.
The military wont do much when there’s no one around to stop them from being corrupted. The military could just turn into a bunch of looters once all the power has run from the government. Your best friends could turn into your worst nightmares when the dead walk.
Don’t take this the wrong way, and don’t let all these “Zombie Fanatics” make fun of you. If they do, don’t take it to heart. Read up, buddy!
Jack on 06 Jan 2011 at 2:54 pm #
I’m going to have to disagree. Not with what evidence can be found in the battle but the issue of modern battle equipment. Take the instance of a tank provided above. Yes we can cower in a tank, and yes a modern tank can actually carry a fairly large supply of ammunition. The concern here is tank shells work as a concussive blast, which is extremely effective against the weak life force found in a human.
We have to rethink how we fight though. No amount of bodily damage to the torso or limbs will kill a zombie, and the concussion from an explosion won’t be enough to kill a lot of zombies in a massive horde. We should be concerned because the military found in every country all over the world is geared for human to human fighting, and that is a very weak form of combat against zombies. We will be easily overrun if it comes to that.
On another note, I don’t think the higher ups will be looting. Rather, they will be abandoning responsibilities to hide out and protect themselves as well as their families. Within a few days-weeks I imagine most governments would go into hiding, leaving the world to it’s panic.
By the way, I’m writing a zombie blog which also discusses zombie and other apocalypse theory. Please stop by if you’re interested!
Angryvikingman on 06 Jan 2011 at 5:21 pm #
If the tank runs out of fuel and ammo and is surrounded, how are you going to get out and away from it? You’re not, you’re going to dehydrate to death inside the tank. Tanks can wreak havoc, and kill a LOT of zombies, but only if you do it intelligently. For a tank to work as a zombie killing juggernaut you need a few things:
Fuel
Ammo
a second team in case of problems
The second team would function only to extract the tank team if they became stranded, ran out of gas/ammo, or had zombies on top of it when the tank team wanted to get out, like when they got to a safe area and there were still zombies on top.
Equip the tank with loudspeaker system to attract the zombies, wait till its butts to nuts with zombies and squash as many as you can till you hit half a tank of gas, then use the guns. After that gtfo of dodge and have the second team clean off the top.
Clifford "Ozzie" Nicolen on 06 Jan 2011 at 5:38 pm #
Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I plan to not even be in the situation where I need to face off against a million zombies in a tank.
Even if you run over a crap-ton of zombies in a tank, you probably will just cripple most of them because you wont be getting that crucial brain damage. If you actually are in that situation and you succeed in even crippling some zombies, you’re gonna have to get some moppers to kill the left-over zeds. Besides, what in the heck are you doing to have to be in a TANK fighting zombies unless you’re in a heavily populated area that you’re trying to regroup in?
I think you guys should group to central areas of the US(or any continent that you live in)where it’s not as heavily populated. I’m in Nebraska in the far country and we never see people that much. Focus less on killing zeds, and get the heck out to nowhere.
Ariana on 06 Jan 2011 at 5:43 pm #
Interesting. Zombies could be a possability, anything is possable. As for survival- or weaponry- couldn’t almost any blunt object be used as a weapon? Because if there were a Zombie Apocalypse, ammo for guns could run extremely low judging by how many people are in the world and how much bullets are available. Any ideas? I’m writing a zombie series and wouldn’t mind opinions. Thank you.
Angryvikingman on 07 Jan 2011 at 12:00 am #
@Ariana
Run low on ammo? HA! I consider myself running low on ammo when I hit less than 20K rounds. Which I do need to buy some more .223…
I suggest you go through the archives and read the plethora of information available on this site. There is everything you could possibly want to know on here, and some things are endlessly debated or at least commented on AT LENGTH. You can find information on here about almost every kind of weapon, and variations there of. You just have to be willing to read the comments.
This is a great source for info, just give credit where credit is due.
Angryvikingman on 07 Jan 2011 at 12:01 am #
Also, I promise there is at least one bullet for every person on the face of the earth.
Semper Cogitant on 07 Jan 2011 at 1:04 am #
@Ariana – There are more than a couple billion rounds of .223 (aka 5.56mm) ammunition produced a year in America alone. I think I’ve read that our Army buys about 1.8 billion rounds of that a year alone. On top of that there are millions of civilians using it regularly (including many of here on ZAC).
All common calibers have to be produced in the hundreds of millions a year, or even more. There will be no shortage of ammunition, ever, if you are using common calibers.
jay on 07 Jan 2011 at 12:39 pm #
ive heard/read that befor very intresting .
are you still stock piling that ammo angryvikingman?
Angryvikingman on 07 Jan 2011 at 1:06 pm #
I’m collecting ammo for private use. ”Stockpiling” doesn’t apply. I am only 1 man, so I can only shoot one bullet at a time and I only target shoot and hunt.
HangMan on 09 Jan 2011 at 7:02 pm #
I’m with Viking on this one, I don’t stockpile. It implies use for more then one person, sorry but my munitions are exactly that. MINE. I have enough to get from here to a nearby supply station of munitions and weapons, after that though. Stockpiling will be an understatment.
Clifford "Ozzie" Nicolen on 24 Jan 2011 at 12:48 am #
I’m a kid. No guns, no machetes, no protection. :( Better learn to run fast.
Angryvikingman on 24 Jan 2011 at 1:24 am #
Nope, just faster than the next person. lol!
big bear29 on 24 Jan 2011 at 1:39 am #
Screw that , running is for skinny people . I’m a big guy , I can carry a lot but I can’t run that far , so I drive where I need to go . What I’m about to tell you is for informational purposes ONLY . My oldest brother used to repo cars and my middle brother used to be a car thief so I know how to get a car running if I have to . I used to help my brother repo cars sometimes .
You take a screw that is slightly larger than the slot that you put your key into in the ignition of a car . You screw about an inch to an inch and a half in with about the same amount sticking out . Then you take a claw hammer or crowbar and get the screw between the claw part , then set a piece of two by four between the crowbar and steering column and pry hard . This will rip out the guts of the ignition but leave the actual ignition switch in the steering column . Now look inside the ignition switch and you will see a rectangular slot in the ignition switch , just stick in a straight screw driver or a knife blade and turn it and the car should fire right up .
I am telling you how to do this for informational reasons only . Not so you can go out and start jacking cars .
Angryvikingman on 24 Jan 2011 at 1:51 am #
@ Big Bear
LOL! I’m pretty sure I covered that in “Post Zday Vehicles”. I really want to get some of us together for a ZAC TACT this year, but I’m hesitant since everyone fucking bailed on me after I spent all that time and money on prep. Then we can all do sprints in tac gear! IDK how far I can run in my stuff, but I know its at least 100 yards. All my crap feels about the same weight as my old football gear, but I know it has to be heavier toting 3 guns, ammo, and 4 knives.
wheelgunner on 24 Jan 2011 at 2:20 am #
How does the Viking move, one wonders aloud. I keep forgetting how much crap you carry around. If I could go to ZAC TAC or not would depend upon when you held it. May be worth coming just to watch you run in all that crap.
big bear29 on 24 Jan 2011 at 10:54 am #
@Angryvikingman
I know that I wouldn’t be setting any records in terms of distance or speed . One of my legs is messed up to the point that I won’t be able to run for a full hundred yards and on top of that my dad smoked like a chimney since before I was born and after years and years of being around that my lungs suck . I used to be able to hold my breath for a minute and a half when I would swim under water now I’m lucky if I can hold it for thirty seconds . I can’t run worth a damn but I’m like a pack mule , I can load myself down with gear and hike further than most people can with a fraction of the gear and I’m used to walking long distances on foot . I’ve had enough experiences where I would travel so far that I would get blisters on my feet the size of quarters . Its real fun when they start poping and you can’t do jack about it except bleed into your boots . Plenty of times I would put on white socks and later I would be taking off red socks .
I know that I wouldn’t be able to attend ZAC TAC this year . I got to much crap going on right now and money is tight . If you do hold another one this year make them pay a deposit so that it will help cover the expenses and if they wuss out they don’t get any of it back . I read the posts about lasts years zac tac , it sucks that everybody bailed on you .
joker on 07 Feb 2011 at 5:39 pm #
if i were in a zombiepocalypse, i would just grab a sword or blunt object and a shield and some armor from a museum or something, then i wouldnt have to worry about running out of ammo because of the sword or being bitten because of the shield and armor
joker on 07 Feb 2011 at 5:40 pm #
actually scrap the armor it would slow me down all i need is shield and sword
wheelgunner on 09 Feb 2011 at 3:22 pm #
Joker, be sure and pick up a bastard file, whetrock, oil, and cleaning cloths while you are on your spree. They may not run out of ammo, but maintenance goes with the territory.
Alex-363 on 17 Feb 2011 at 2:43 am #
Easy to solve pick a gun up and put those call of duty skills to work hahahaha
Travis McKnight on 24 Feb 2011 at 5:35 am #
This post is rather entertaining and would make a great end of the world scenario. A zombie Apocalypse would be a rather preferable, and seemingly fitting end to the world.
While mankind’s extinction isn’t a sought after idea, for the religious fundamentalists who interpret their wives tales literally, a zombie outbreak would be the most useful. It will test the faith of those who have it, and for the rest of us, we get to play an epic game of survival.
This proposition certainly seems better than a nuclear holocaust.
big bear29 on 25 Feb 2011 at 8:14 pm #
The Apocalypse
The world doesn’t quite end during this point of time . It is only the beginning of what chaos that hasn’t already been started .
Found this written on a pic on motifake and it seemed rather appropriate and accurate .
People can survive a zombie apocalypse but a nuclear apocalypse is pretty much unsurvivable in the long run . If the nukes don’t get you the radioactive fallout will .
Read a funny book once called The Oblivion Society . These couch potatos survive the nuclear apocalypse by sheer dumb luck and end up wandering across the country looking for any other survivors , all the while being mutated by the radiation and a weird energy drink they all tried . The brains of the group said all they have to do to find other survivors is find a small isolated town that wasn’t worth nuking . And the smart ass of the group responds I used to live in a town like that , they nuked the shit out of it .
jimmy on 01 Mar 2011 at 8:52 pm #
im going to make a couple of reply comments to you guys here to kill a zombie first you have to blow off any moving body parts theyre already dead so the brain dont work o yea even after all that theyre still not technically dead again since the heart was neer beating you couldnt tell second a tank would work untill you run out of ammo and gas of course then your srewed a humvee wouldnt be as efficient being so open your best attack would be an attack from the sky zombies cant get there anything explosive is going to do alot of damage but weve only got a limited amount of ammo so what do we do when we are completly out the zombie apocolapse is u winnable and if you dont believe me make a zombie try to kill it see how many rounds it takes before the damn thing stops moving dont get me wrong we could hold out for awhile but eventually we dont have any more bullets or grenades or gas so we do what use a sword what happens when your surrounded and as for it being a man maid disease what if you kill one and any blood in the body gets on you guess what welcome to the world of zombies please someone disagree with me becaue out of all my research its a suicide mission that will end us
big bear29 on 02 Mar 2011 at 11:53 am #
@jimmy
1.The brain is the control center for every organism on the face of the planet . If you destroy the brain it would no longer be able to control its own body and it would be nothing more than a piece of rotting meat on the ground . Nothing can survive without the use of its brain .
2. If you did any research you would know that you could use something like grain alcohol as a fuel source and it isn’t that hard to make . After all thats what ethanol is and people used that and other things to fuel their cars during the second world war when fuel was scarce for civilians .
3. Making bullets is not that hard so your little comment about the ammo running out is rather ridiculous . Plus there is enough ammo made in the US alone every year to kill off the entire US population many times over .
4. Aerial bombardment will only work if the zombies are clustered fairly close together . If they are spread out they will likely only be maimed by the explosions . There are several topics on this site devoted to this particular debate .
5. If it is a man made disease simply getting the blood on you might not be enough to get the virus . Diseases can be spread by a wide variety of methods . Thye can be airborn , they can be spread by bite or the exchanging of bodily fluids (STD’s) or it can be from contaminaited food or water sources . If it was spread by getting the infected blood to mix with the blood of a victim it would have to get on an open wound or into an orifice or open pore (eyes , mouth , nasal cavity) .
6. Max Brooks and Hollywood movies are not research material and it sounds like that is where you got most of your info .
7. I’m not trying to make fun of you but you need to work on your punctuation because you had all your sentences running together in one giant paragraph and it was a little hard to follow .
LaMOE on 05 Mar 2011 at 12:23 pm #
Woody,
You need to read World War Z by Max Brooks. Pay special attention to the Battle of Yonkers and you will know why tanks and machine gun mounted humvees are a bad idea.
big bear29 on 07 Mar 2011 at 11:00 am #
@LaMOE and Woody
Don’t put to much faith in the Max Brooks books , the guy is a hack and a piss poor researcher and vastly under estimates the effectiveness of modern military weapons . I’m not saying that they would be completely effective just that they wouldn’t be the impotent weapon systems that he made them out to be . A 50. cal machine gun being fired at head height would take out a minimum of a half a dozen zombies with each shot fired . If there were ten guys with 50. cals and plenty of ammo they could potentially hold the freeway so long as they don’t panic .
In the battle of Yonkers max brooks created a battle scenario and set it up so that the military would be operating almost at their very worst . They didn’t clear the surrounding buildings , they didn’t have snipers and heavy weapons in those buildings , they brought a bunch of weapons and gear that they had absolutely no need for , they used the wrong strategy for fighting the zombies , made absolutely no use of claymores or any other kind of mines that would have killed plenty of zombies if deployed properly and they didn’t bring enough ammo for the mission . I could probably list more ways that max brooks fumbled this story but no other ideas come to mind at the moment . While it would take time for the military to shift gears and adopt a new strategy for fighting the undead I don’t believe that it would be the monumental FUBAR that max brooks made it out to be .
Angryvikingman on 07 Mar 2011 at 12:04 pm #
I haven’t ever read any max brooks stuff, and I don’t think that I ever will. I’d be suprised if the guy had ever picked up any of the equipment he suggests. He probably based all his research off of stuff that he thought looked cool or functional, but had never carried or used it in the real world. Personally, I think that 2 .50 BMG machinegun nests could hold one end of a bridge as long as the ammo kept coming, so you could realistically defend a waterfront location or island city like New york for a good long while so long as no infected were thinning the ranks from within. The .50 BMG bullet is bigger than 2 12 gauge shells stacked up, and the projectile creates a wound cavity bigger than the human body, so if you even hit the zombie in the chest, it wouldn’t get back up. Either that or it’d just be a head and neck pushing along with its tongue. If you’re not near an island that you can use as a fortress, then just set up a good defensive perimeter and create choke points to bottleneck the zombies so that your .50 BMG can drop a few zombies with each shot. Even smaller calibers would do well in choke points. Just remember, no plan is fool proof. Always have a few back up plans.
big bear29 on 07 Mar 2011 at 6:01 pm #
Max Brooks is a hack . In his battle of yonkers the military faced off against more than a million zombies on a tightly packed interstate and yet with bombers , attack helicopters , tanks , bradleys , humvees , mlr’s and a ton of soldiers they only managed to kill a couple thousand of the undead .
I’m sorry but if a zombie takes a 40mm grenade to the chest not only will it be reduced to charred pulp but so would any other nearby zombies . He also made the use of bombers seem like a waste of time . If you send in three B-1 bombers loaded with cluster bombs you could utterly destroy the hoard without having to fire a single bullet . And since the zombies are pretty mangled at this point rather than endanger your soldiers by having them sort through the carnage to kill any remaining zombies you could just call in another air strike and have them plaster the Z’s position with napalm to fry the bodies .
This idiot tried to make the M1 abrams out to be some kind of impotent weapons system . He talked about how they only have three canister shots per tank and all the rest are DU-AP rounds and that the DU-AP wouldn’t do anything to the undead when they are shot with it . I’m pretty sure that a 120mm tank cannon will leave a pretty big hole in a lot of zombies if they get shot with that sucker , in fact they are probably just going to fly apart due to the speed of the round passing through their rotting body .
He also tryed to make the apache out be a useless weapon system , as if it can’t do anything to the undead . That thing has a 30mm chaingun that fires explosive rounds , it would have no problem what so ever turning them into paste and thats not even taking into consideration the rockets and missles that it carries .
Angryvikingman on 07 Mar 2011 at 9:20 pm #
They change the load out on tanks to be mission specific. A million zombies packed on a street all mushed together shambling all slow would be hella easy to flatten. Just a couple air strikes and most of them would be gone.
big bear29 on 07 Mar 2011 at 11:33 pm #
Yeah and none of that was apparent to the Great Max Brooks . Apparently the moron felt the need to rag about how ineffective land mines are as well . Granted if you used them in the traditional manner they wouldn’t do squat , but like a lot of weapons they are rather flexible in the ways they can be used . Anti-tank mines can have the pressure switch modifidied to go off when a person steps on it or you could rig it up to be detonated by remote , like a lot of land mines , which would make them rather usefull for taking out large clusters of zombies . Bouncing betties can be altered so that they aren’t launching up to crotch level to blow away your testicles , but instead flying up to head height to fire off a 360 degree shotgun blast in the face of all the surrounding zombies .
I once heard of a new type of land mine before alot of the international community started getting on the anti land mine band wagon . This was supposed to be a new type of smart mine . It had a plastic casing and components so it was next to impossible to detect . And it didn’t make use of just the traditional pressure trigger that so many used , this thing was equipped with a combination of thermal and motion sensors and it would only arm itself when a “human shaped” target entered its detection range . If I remember , the mine went out of favor before it could really go on the market so they were never used . But a weapon like that would prove very effective against zombies since you could set it up to only go off when a cold dead human shape approaches rather than a warm living human . And with the amount of modern explosives that they shoved into that thing , a couple pounds of c4 or semtecs , you can be sure that it would take out any nearby zombies .
big bear29 on 08 Mar 2011 at 5:42 pm #
The only reason that I would recommend that people read the Max Brooks books is so that they would know what strategies not to use and what advice not to take . Because if you do what max brooks says you are dead .
Andy on 19 Mar 2011 at 9:56 pm #
Man, I love you guys, I really do! Angry, good topic as always, by the way. I still say, as I always have, that the military is not what you see in George A. Romero movies. Did that guy murder his own genre, or what? Humans, smart and organized, will survive. As for the bible, well….I can’t really argue with you about your source, now, can I? Keep it up, y’all!
James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil on 20 Mar 2011 at 6:48 am #
The bible? Anyone that believes that badly translated collection of myths and lies has discarded all rational thought, independent thinking, and self-respect. It has been edited, re-written, and altered to serve different political and religious agendas with no respect for the truth or even attempting to eliminate glaring contradictions.
The entire thing is an insult to the intelligence of a rational individual. But then, so is all religion.
big bear29 on 20 Mar 2011 at 8:33 am #
Have you ever noticed in the zombie movies where they are showing an area that has been over run that there will always be military vehicles like tanks and humvees that look like somebody blew them up . How the heck does this happen , did the zombies quit being stupid just long enough to start throwing molotovs and grenades . Are there zombies snipers out there with anti tank rifles , maybe a couple with RPG’s . Whenever it shows the streets they are either completely clogged with cars or there are none at all . I can understand it if the car ran out of gas and had to be abandoned so the driver could get to safety . But what I don’t get is when they show a compete and utter lack of cars , are the Z’s stealing them and going for a joy ride , did they all magically vanish , what the heck happened to all the cars .
Just felt like ranting , I’ve seen to many stupid zombie movies recently .
andrew24 on 21 Mar 2011 at 9:14 pm #
What would happen to all the young people an new born babies that were brought into this world an can’t be protected by there own mother or family when there would be alot of inocent lives takin if there was going to be a million zombies coming down upon them an if it did happen I would buy a boat an bring survivol gear an plenty of food with me but I would do my best to protect the ones I love an care about, I would go down fighting but at least I would feel like a hero an risk my life for them my name is andrew an I live in cedar park texas:)
Hysteria on 25 Mar 2011 at 10:33 am #
Response to Woody ah but what if the Zombies could Run at you and Sprint at you? You would be totally helpless just look at the movie 28 weeks later. You’d be running for your life but they would eventually cath up. This is why I practice gun shooting and I’m just 13
Pastor on 30 Mar 2011 at 8:33 am #
This is all very entertaining to me to read. Im a a closet zombie movie fan. I dont think I can contribute much to the zombie discussion though. What I can do is speak a bit on the original post as it concerns the Bible. I am an ordained minister and am studying for a masters of divinity.
It is important to know that the time Revelation speaks of, is the climax that the whole Bible is leading up to. The things that go on during this time have great purpose. The greatest theologians in history and today do not understand all the specifics for sure. But this we do know, the most significant thing going on during this time is that Jesus (the one who did all the miracles, was crucified, was God the Son) will return. And when he does, it will not be as a passive lamb as before. It will be as a lion. At this point if you are not His friend, He will count you as His enemy.
It si fun to think about all these senarios that might happen with the zombies, but if you are really going to prepare for something in the future, prepare for your judgement by the one who created you. Seek Him while He may be found.
Taylor on 31 Mar 2011 at 7:33 pm #
I have learned and taught that the Rapture comes and takes all the Christians, then the Antichrist comes and deals with all the non Christians for 7 years. That’s when I think the zombies will show up. I would recommend being a Christian so you don’t have to go through that. God would never put his Christian children through that. :)
Angryvikingman on 31 Mar 2011 at 8:31 pm #
From what I was taught, and what I read, the 7 years of tribulations happen prior to all the faithful being reclaimed.
I’m prepared either way, so I’m not worried.
wheelgunner on 03 Apr 2011 at 11:32 am #
From what I was taught, it’s the Faithful who will be reclaimed, just being Christian not being a one way pass straight to heaven. One thing I never can stand about Christians is that seft assurd self enteredness that they do not have to exist like their fellow man, and prepare themselves for eventuallities. I’m not declaiming the Faith, or anything, they theologic debate is welcome, but “walking by faith” does not mean that you have to close you eyes and walk head first into a brick wall. Perhaps only the Faithful being reclaimed is a testimate to how illprepared the writers knew they would be. They had some long range thinkers in those days.
Angryvikingman on 03 Apr 2011 at 11:47 am #
The Bible also says that only 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Isreal will go to heaven too, but that doesn’t stop them from believing that they’re just gonna waltz in there like they own the place. AND the dead don’t go to heaven, they wait in the earth until the rapture. Christians like to be contradictory.
wheelgunner on 03 Apr 2011 at 2:42 pm #
Comes from being run by Romans. They liked things that way.
aaronre77 on 05 Apr 2011 at 12:50 pm #
Woody, non-fiction as it may be, you should read 2 books by Max Brooks. World War Z, and THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE, Complete Protection from the Living Dead. If not to get some insight on what a zombie future could possibly look like, then for the entertainment value.
Abelil55 on 08 Apr 2011 at 3:55 pm #
Think about this…. You can’t kill a zombie because it’s already dead if it missing halve it’s body it’s still going to crawl and the bullets will just go right through it and charge… Also In revelations show that there is a plague that a person will not be able to reach death because the end of times…. So when zombies “are” around and we kill our selves with a gun or anyway we will turn into a zombies still…. There is no escape to it…. What happens if it’s not a bio weapon and natural found in our solar elements like astroids remember in the past civilization most people studied the stars…
SoVieTDesCeNt on 10 Apr 2011 at 6:17 pm #
Everyone seems to portray zombies happening at one place at one time. Reading through many entries involving our modern warfare which without electricity won’t last, many say they r set. With seven years of he’ll on earth may mean seven dffrnt threats each year and I would bet not all at the same place. There’s many ways zombies can be brought to reality jst ask god, hypothetically the holy spirit could do it himself, there’s a movie about heavens angels possessing the human race in order to preserve it. Watever type of zombie we all agree destroying the brain is necessary, and dnt forget rule number one in zombieland, double tap. Saying ur ready may mean u will be one of the most scared if fiction becomes truth. Stay with ppl u trust, and have an escape plan were all essentials r held and meet at that lace when the time is right. Dnt forget in the movies and in the holy book, there are dismal amount of survivors if a plague breaks out. Y ru the lucky ones?
Jason on 28 Apr 2011 at 10:28 pm #
im pretty noticed about this zombie outbreak. If it happens ill just have to get prepared to die or to run
clancy McClavven on 03 May 2011 at 2:53 pm #
you know, you guys are right! I’m pretty sure that ancient prophets in biblical times knew about zombies, and were prepared with safe-houses, button-up barrels, and plenty of AR-15′s to go around! thats probably why they wrote about it in the bible, so that everyone would make sure to check out websites like this to be prepared!
wheelgunner on 12 May 2011 at 12:16 pm #
Actually, there were a few “clans” in the Middle East who put aside everything to train for Armagedon. They where eventually wyped out fighting there in battles they figured where the last battle.
Znewtz on 13 May 2011 at 9:17 am #
An APC ( Armoured Personal Carrier) Such as the Bradley Could easily take out a group of zombies.It Carries a good amount of ammo Unlike the heavy armoured M1 Tank it can take out huge groups without the Huge waste of a missile.It is Taller but Cannot take As Much damage it has Doors so you can Easily Get out Instead of opening your hatch to a zombie (Zombie:Thatssss a Niceeeee tank you have) It also Has a Hatch Instead of Opening your door to a horde.The 50.Cal MG Could take out groups the 50.Cal MG Is sometimes Equiped to a roof of a bradley So Another upside :D
josh on 16 May 2011 at 2:40 pm #
“Just a brief question to all you zombie fanatics out
there..personaly im very synical and sceptic about all this
but..lets say theres a Z-day.. Would we not have a thing such as
Armoured tanks and such? Even a simple humvee fitted with a simple
50 CAL could reap havoc..One in 11 people in the world owns a
firearm…Would that not mean that we would quite easily kill of
the zombies should they just walk and stumble around? even in a
gigantic group they would be harmless for a tank would simply roll
over them.. Not to mention a rifle such as the AS50 can easily
shoot trough dozens of zombies with one shot? a hole the size of a
football surely will put them off in some way.. I think the idea of
the Z-day is awsome..Personaly ill be weary..yet sceptical….yet
all you zombie fanatics..You all underestimate the military far too
much..Why does the military never prevail in the hollywood movies?
think for a second..It would make a shit movie! but the fact is..a
milion zombies wont do a thing against a single tank..Even if it
runs outa feul just the men in the tank could kill a shitload of
zombies with the standard issue M4 the crew has on them.. Last but
not least! Aircraft carriers! The infection wont spread on them..So
that leaves us with the simple task of setting up a buffer zone and
killing everything from there..Problem solved! Dear zombie
fanatics! i hunger for a reply from you all! prove me wrong! Take
care all! Woody 19 years the Netherlands”
one, the military will fall fast. for one reason because jest like the movies post will be set to evac. any servivers
2. there over 6 billion humans one the plaint even thought that most americans own guns being if your in a large city you will have to do two things 1.find help and 2. get out alive with almost the intire pop. of said city coming to eat you.
3. a 50cal. Is nice but unless you have them lined up like bowling pins your wasting ammo
4.the only way your going to find a tank is at a infested evac. Post, or you run into a group of awal solders that are jest as likely to shot you for running around.
Not to pick at you but think out your plan, and know what your weapons are
Angryvikingman on 16 May 2011 at 3:21 pm #
LOL.
Bike on 18 May 2011 at 10:38 pm #
In response to @bigbear’s first comment: it’s not that easy. You’d have to completely quarantine the whole country’s human to prevent it spreading through air, animals, and tourists.
Astra74 on 20 May 2011 at 5:45 pm #
BigBear29;
Bacteria survive without a brain?
We’ve all gotta be realistic here. If a zombie apocolypse happens, what are the chances that any of us survive? Sure, you all got guns, but what happens when the ammo runs out. To every one good shot you get, your gonna have a shot that wasnt so good.
Im still a teenager, and I’ve grown up around zombie books, movies and games. I kick ass on them, but I know that in real life I wouldnt.
Sure, we can all sit here and say ‘Yo dudes, Ima kill all the zombies with my Ak-47′ or whatever, but no, you’re not.
If a zombie apocolypse happens, then yeah fight, but dont go into it thinking we’re gonna win this, cos we sure aint
Dalton on 24 May 2011 at 5:03 pm #
I live near a gorge over looking the white river in northern Arkansas. If this zombie apocalypse happens, I’m takin the fourwheeler to the top of the gorge with canned food, water, fishing supplies, plenty of matches and lighters, my girlfriend, dog and a huge fucking arsenal including my 300 weatherby mag in which I can snipe from 650 yards all day. I will survive.
MrGrimm73 on 25 May 2011 at 7:10 am #
If you can’t find a tank…there’s always SEMIS. No guns, less u jerryrig one on it…but there are HEAVY. And MASS X VELOCITY = very dead zombies lol.
MrGrimm73 on 25 May 2011 at 7:12 am #
Shit, on second thought, go to a truck stop and/or truck dealer…and have you a convoy of Semi’s. Yes…i know they will eventually break from pulverizing so many zombies, but did i mention ZOMBIE DEATH CONVOY! lol
dave on 25 May 2011 at 11:27 am #
There is alot of talk on what u can do to kill zombies but not alot on what could cause them. Or the fact of what type of zombie there could be like slow moving faster moving and super strength. The movies show different kind what do u all think would be the type of zombie we would see.
Angryvikingman on 25 May 2011 at 1:44 pm #
@dave
This has been addressed in many topics, but I don’t think that it has been addressed by any particular article.
fernando on 06 Jun 2011 at 12:56 pm #
Wow! this site is cool
First of all, in the matter of milittary against zombies, I gess we’d have to picture the Z-Day as a global rising of the dead. You can’t nalpalm the entire planet. I think that military action in a post Z-day world would limit, at least in the first few years, to colect survivors and maybe clearing up some areas in order to stabilish confortable safe zones, but to kill every single zombie in a shatered planet is a humongus task.
I imagine hordes of zombies would cral into military bases and panic the hell out of every available soldier. Aircrafts could even flight out, but ina a desperate atmpet to escape and not any kind of bomber. After all, remains the question: in a world of zombies, what are you gona bomb?
And bombing has yet another problem: you can be killing humans.
As said before, a good strategy would be to atract the zombies to a plain field and just the use this kind of blast atack. Something that could only be done by a small group of raging survivors.
fernando on 06 Jun 2011 at 12:57 pm #
The = then
Dusty on 28 Jun 2011 at 10:27 pm #
All i know is that anyone who really believes is gonna go out fighting and take a 2hitl load of them with us.
Brenda on 22 Jul 2011 at 12:23 am #
First, i like to say is :zombies are the dead. Even in the movies I would shake my head : They r dead, you need to blow them into million little stinken pieces . They dont have brains (its mush or gone )So how is shooting them in the head going to work? And if you do shoot the head off, wont the rest of the body still be moveing around. You cannot assume they will be like the movies slow, stupid and easy to kill. If God is behind them for existing, they will be very hard to kill, and there will be a reason for them coming. All I say is do not rely on the movies, I cannot see them eating brains, there will not be a reason to? I see them ripping us apart limb from limb, torture and possibly bashing to death. Just a thought
Susanna on 22 Jul 2011 at 2:29 pm #
First, I read Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, realizing the New Testament has instructions to new believers to not drink blood. This is a big thing with God. Now I’m reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
The first verse that came to mind was Rev. 3:1 ,”You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.” This is concerning churches
that are dead spiritually. Also a young man came to Jesus, wanting to follow him, but first bury his father. Jesus told him to let the dead bury
the dead.
Another time Jesus talks about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ( all in their graves for over 1,000 years). He then states God is the God of the living, not the dead.
When you read the bible there can different meanings. You may read,
” get up and go.” and think okay those people went somewhere.
Another day you may read the same verse and know the Spirit is telling
you personally to get up and go.
But this is certain,God is life. There is a spiritual world that parallels our own that we are a part of but don’t often see. Kind of an alternate universe. You can be spiritually alive or spiritually dead. God= life.
No God = no life.
znewtz on 23 Jul 2011 at 6:50 pm #
Zombies is very possible.What people need to think about is Who will keep the nuclear facilities stable.it would just release Radiation overload and explode.I dont like the way people make the m1 abrams out to be.Its not going to help in a zombie attack its to heavy.and wont kill all of the zombies it hits it will injure them and kill some.its shells are strong enough to take alot of zombies out but its a waste of ammo.the apc is the way to go.and your not going to go out their like dead rising 2 chuck greene kill them all with a drill attached to a spear thats crazy.thats what max brooks acted like.a virus will most likely be made by scientists.they are working on the ant zombie virus.thats all i have to say.
Woodrow on 30 Jul 2011 at 10:25 pm #
I’ll tell you the truth. What’s gonna happen is the Israeli military, or a corporation, is going to release a zombie disease to wipe out muslims living in Israel after a massive terrorist attack that kills about 60 or 70 government workers. But someone’s corrupt, and they’re going to ship the disease elsewhere, and out of either sheer hatred or sheer incompetence, America-a soon to be enemy of Israel-is drenched by the infection, only with no awareness. The disease spreads all over the world, but is quarantined in a buncha places. China, Russia, Germany, North Korea. Basically any of the ol’ enemies of the US of A with a decent police force.
While America and the rest of the world are burning, it’ll be the biggest landgrab in history for those nations. Russian and China will probably go into a nuclear standoff. The Middle East, where all the oil is, will be a site of a great Chinese invasion. It’ll be like Khan’s expansion of the Mongolian empire, except it’ll be Chinese Military vs a buncha zombies. Israel will still be a bastion of peace, but if China comes at them again, they will probably release the disease.
I got a headache, so that’s why I’m thinkin’ all this up. Plus, if you think about it, Israel is a nation good at making everyone mad at the moment. If you follow conspiracy theories, you’ll love this here read because it makes more sense than anything else.
Xion on 31 Aug 2011 at 11:48 pm #
I’ll take a whole bunch of guns,my friend,my boyfriend,a car,food,a first aid kit. My name is Xion and I’ll survive Z-day. If not well I don’t know.
noneyabuisness on 11 Sep 2011 at 4:09 am #
everyone tht does the research on this and prepares for a zday (including me) incase it does happen round this time (most likely is gonna be a zday in a couple of years but ya nver know) will likely survive …its gonna be all u skeptics tht will probably be the infected oh and if you wanna kno what parasites tht causse people to turn (yes theres more than one) look up 5 scientific reasons there could be a zombie apocalypse……just sayin
noneyabuisness on 11 Sep 2011 at 4:18 am #
oh and a word of advice if u cant find armor make your own simple really full face helmet (or football helmet wth visor)MX gloves ..reinforced biker jacket ..something hard to cover your legs..and spiked cleats
Andrew on 18 Oct 2011 at 6:25 pm #
Zechariah certainly shows an image of “zombie” like characteristics but I think your other passages miss that mark. Revelations 11 is about the two witnesses that are sent and based on their abilities of withholding rain and sending plagues like turning water into blood they are probably Elijah and Moses. They will be killed then resurrected on the 3ird day however I don’t think it is an image of the walking dead but life brought back in the dead. Also Ezekiel’s “dry bones” passage is not about zombies. First it is a vision and second the rising of the dead is about restoration and life brought back to them. When I think of a zombie rot and decomposition are brought to mind not life and restoration otherwise we could call Christ himself a zombie which he obviously does not fit. Zechariah however does seem to qualify for this zombie-like plague and certainly both Science and Hollywood has prepare us for such an event like this.
ZombieMaker on 21 Oct 2011 at 4:59 pm #
I didn’t have time to read every single comment but I would like to remark on a few things.
To the guy who was so adamant about our weapons technology.
A lotta good that’s gonna do if you’re dead! All the guns, tanks, and ammo in the world are useless if there is no one around to operate them.
A zombie plague sneaks inside to the most critical individuals in society. The military forces and political leaders will be targeted first. Along with doctors and scientists. Then it spreads outward from there.
THOD on 26 Oct 2011 at 8:08 pm #
Not sure if this was discussed here however there appears in the “Epic of Gilgamesh” a line speaking of a “Zombie” apocalypse. Though that term i use very loosely considering what the word apocalypse truly means. Regardless, this text which predates the Bible has a brief mention of such a disaster. From the sixth tablet where the King Gilgamesh refuses the advances of the goddess Ishtar. She becomes enraged and demands that her father punish the world (specifically Gilgamesh) and when he refuses:
Ishtar spoke to her father, Anu, saying:
“Father, give me the Bull of Heaven,
so he can kill Gilgamesh in his dwelling.
If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven,
I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld,
I will smash the door posts, and leave the doors flat down,
and will let the dead go up to eat the living!
And the dead will outnumber the living!”
landon on 26 Oct 2011 at 10:45 pm #
Well I have guns ammo and live in a small town and I have a big truck so all I gota to is board the windows and park the truck by the door if I need something I shoor anything by the truck then get in run over the rest then go look for things I need in town I also know how to take gas out of other cars so I just take it as I pass other cars itl be easy for me anyone who lives in a big city will die if they don’t leave when it happens
LartanC on 31 Oct 2011 at 3:59 pm #
It’s very interesting to see that many of the people commenting on this seem to have very little military knowledge or experience.
Please let me explain something to you: right now, there are about three million military personnel in the United States. All equipped with varying degrees of weaponry from small arms to tactical nukes.
A lot of the discussion seems to be revolving around the M1A2 Abrams. For you morons who have never ridden in or done any research on the Abrams (kudos to those of you who praised the Abrams), about eighty rounds of ammunition is carried per tank on average for the 120 mm gun, which can take out a two story house from over a mile away. Add about six thousand rounds of 7.62×51 mm NATO for two machine guns, plus three thousand for the remote-operated M2 .50 caliber machine gun.
On top of that, the M1A2 Abrams can operate over several hundred miles without refuelling. It’s impenetrable to everything except a select few hyper-expensive weapons systems (which we own). Only the most stupid morons on the planet would be unable to take on thousands of zombies without difficulty.
You guys seem to have no faith in the intelligent, capable members of the United States military, like my dad. I’m pretty sure that between the Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Rangers, and SWCC we’d have the problem solved in no time. Even if 90% of them turned into zombies, the rest could complete the mission no problem.
It on 16 Nov 2011 at 10:27 pm #
For all we know the government can be the cause of a zombie apocalypse
It on 16 Nov 2011 at 10:30 pm #
First of all what if the virus is airbourne? How can guns protect us from that?
Mr. Marx on 23 Nov 2011 at 1:25 am #
Really if you take a zombie apocalypse as a act of god to wipe out man kind then the idea you can simply shoot the zombie in the head and its over is just a fairy tale. The terrifing thought is what if they dont stop? what if its just beat and battered corpses that keep moving forward to spread threw the globe until nothings left? your only fight is against time, fighting for every last moment til the inevitable fall of man. Civilazation will never again exsit and no weapon will save you, just delay your painful transformation. thats true terror
Ryanna on 25 Nov 2011 at 1:33 pm #
If you were driving in a zombie apocolypse, you should always check under the car, the back seat and if the car is a hatchback check the hatch. Also I’m sure a trunk would be a great hiding spot from zombies and you could smash out the back tail light and hold the gun in that hole. Make sure to have a way of escaping out the trunk or you may just die from dehydration. You could always find a car with the automatic trunk opener. Otherwise maybe a huge screw driver might come in handy to pop it open or crowbar. Those two accessories would make great to bash in a zombie head or two!
Raymondgodi1 on 26 Nov 2011 at 6:01 pm #
k people anything is possible as far as god is concerned the only ones that
Have any real chance are people like me that have faith and god had summoned
The city of zion is built by our children and the only weapon man has to stop anythieng undead is a sward and a blessing
Chris on 31 Dec 2011 at 7:36 pm #
It’s interesting to read up on everyone’s views on how to handle a end of the world zombie event. However, nearly everyone is focused on the grounds of killing the dead. Here is my question, what will you do in such an event and you are not prepared?
When it comes to zombies, it’s not about killing them at first glance. It’s about surviving to see the sun rise. Instead of relying on the military to save the day, focus on how you can stay alive long enough to be rescued.
Karen on 06 Jan 2012 at 5:15 pm #
This makes me laugh…i may not b going to church lately but i been taught long ago as a teen that the bible is full of metaphors…yes it says about the dead will rise but this refers to nonbelievers of god, their rotting flesh means their wicked ways of earthly materialism n rotting eyes as to refusing to see the truth,that he is lord our god. The fighting hand to hand of neighbors refers to the violence in this world of sin..the world is not just gonna come to a end….god will come back and take his own, the believers n those left behind will have the 7 years of trial n tribulation…where the nonbelievers are controling the world and not allowing the talk,teachings or worshipong of god…everyone will b tested, there will b those that still not believe or just not care n those that will turn to jesus..those that stand there grounds n suffer the consequences of becoming a believer will then b taken by jesus for the second coming…after the second coming is when this earth will b destroyed n created into a new hell…the devil,his followers,nonbelievers will then be roaming this new hell for eternity in suffering n pain…hence the bible saying this world will b destroyed in a ball of fire, a.k.a hell……
Mexicanzombiekilla on 12 Mar 2012 at 3:54 pm #
Im ready! Send them i have a machete to cut their heads off!!
chris on 26 Mar 2012 at 1:17 pm #
when is going happen???