Crucifixion Or Cruci-Fiction
CHAPTER 9
"RESURRECTIONS" DAILY!
STRANGER THAN FICTION
With all the advancements in the Medical field since Christ; with
all the modern, scientific instruments at our disposal; hundreds of
people are being certified "dead", every day all over the world. Whilst
busy writing this, my attention is being drawn to the near murder of a
Mr. Barnabas who was being carried to the mortuary after being
"declared clinically dead". Not by inexperienced ancient Roman
soldiers, but by highly-qualified Medical men. The news item is
reproduced on the side, as is, as a New Year '84 shock!1 This with
another shocker from Ripley's: "BELIEVE IT OR NOT!" is also reproduced
at the end of this book, with a suggestion that some young journalist
keep his eyes open for people who have come back from the "dead", and
write an anthology, which might well-nigh become a best-seller. Here is
a list for a start: — What would you say?
RESURRECTED OR RESUSCITATED?
1.
LITTLE GIRL WHO "DIED" TELLS HOW SHE CAME BACK TO LIFE (After 4 Days)
— ("Daily News" 15/11/55).
2. MAN
DIED FOR TWO HOURS: STILL LIVES — "Miracle" amazes doctors —
("Sunday Tribune" 27/3/60).
3. HE
DIED FOR 4 MINUTES — Man's heart stops but he lives on — ("Sunday
Express" 23/7/61).
4. HE
DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE DIED FOR 90 SECONDS — ("Cape Argus" 16/3/61).
5. DR.
HITGE RETURNED FROM THE DEAD — ("Cape Argus" 4/5/61).
6. THE
COFFIN MOVED — Young man narrowly escaped being buried alive —
("Sunday Tribune" 13/5/62).
7. BACK
FROM THE DEAD — After being thought dead for 2 days — ("Post"
25/7/65).
8.
"CORPSE" WINKS AT UNDERTAKER — Doctor wrote out a death certificate —
("Daily News" 25/3/75).
9.
"CLINICALLY DEAD" — Toddler alive after hour-long revival battle — ("Natal Mercury" 5/12/82).
10. WAS
HE DEAD OR ALIVE? — The dilemma facing transplant Doctors — ("Sunday
Tribune" 17/7/83).
11. SHAKEN AND STIRRED — Declared clinically dead "from too much
Christmas liquor" — ("Daily News" 3/1/84).
This
sombre list would be incomplete without the picture of an exclusive
club, the only qualification of whose membership is — TO HAVE DIED AND
LIVED AGAIN! If everything happened to Jesus "according to the
Scriptures", then, he could easily become its doyen (Senior member of a
body).
