I totally didn't make any connection between zombies and the Christ resurrection AT ALL and I was raised extremely religious Xtian. It took me several minutes to figure out why this the least bit offensive to anyone, unless it's the whole "pretending to be zombies and witches and things is satanic and therefore evil" tripe that we got on Halloween, and that would apply equally any day of the year, so, Huh? Or maybe they're offended because we're supposed to be in church that day, not running around having fun?
Even after I made the connection between Undead and Resurrection, I'm still not really seeing why this is offensive. No one is saying that Christ (believed to be real and truly raised from the dead to be a fully living person again) is a Zombie (a completely fictional being that is a dead body being animated by supernatural forces having nothing to do with the person whose body that was when it was alive).
I really do think that some people Get Offended simply because they enjoy Being Offended. It's a terrific way to feel superior to other people, after all.
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Compare to Memorial Day, which is about mourning death, not celebrating eternal life - here I can see the offensiveness because making light of death on a day when there is so much pain regarding it belittles the sorrow. It's not quite as bad as Zombie-ing through an actual funeral procession, but the spirit is the same.
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Date: 2009-03-24 07:16 pm (UTC)Even after I made the connection between Undead and Resurrection, I'm still not really seeing why this is offensive. No one is saying that Christ (believed to be real and truly raised from the dead to be a fully living person again) is a Zombie (a completely fictional being that is a dead body being animated by supernatural forces having nothing to do with the person whose body that was when it was alive).
I really do think that some people Get Offended simply because they enjoy Being Offended. It's a terrific way to feel superior to other people, after all.
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Compare to Memorial Day, which is about mourning death, not celebrating eternal life - here I can see the offensiveness because making light of death on a day when there is so much pain regarding it belittles the sorrow. It's not quite as bad as Zombie-ing through an actual funeral procession, but the spirit is the same.