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left-of-center2012

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Mon Aug 30, 2021, 05:41 PM Aug 2021

Man dies after getting buried alive to recreate Jesus's resurrection

In a bizarre incident, a Zambian priest was left tied up and buried for three days in an attempt to recreate Jesus Christ's resurrection, but ended up losing his life. James Sakara, the 22-year-old priest of the Zion church in Zambia, told his congregation that he could resurrect in three days, and asked them to bury him alive.

He took help of three church members to pull off the "resurrection." Before getting buried, he quoted from the Bible and explained that Jesus Christ’s instruction to his disciples to "do this in remembrance of me" referred to his resurrection, and not just the use of wine and bread at Holy Communion.

Sakara's three aides tied his hands together and then buried him beneath the earth, and left him there for three days. When the three men returned to dig him up, they found him dead, and tried to hold spiritual rituals to bring him back to life. But when they couldn't revive him, his followers realized his attempt to recreate Jesus Christ's resurrection had failed.

While one of the three men who assisted the priest with the experiment turned himself in to the police, the other two are believed to be on the run from cops. Sakara reportedly left behind a wife who is pregnant with his child.
May his soul rest in Peace.

https://www.latintimes.com/priest-buried-alive-3-days-dies-wanted-rise-jesus-christ-483390

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Man dies after getting buried alive to recreate Jesus's resurrection (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP
jesus was in a tomb with a rock closing it, not under the dirt, is what I recall nt msongs Aug 2021 #1
You are correct... secondwind Aug 2021 #3
Ooops ! left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #4
the results of evangelism... Thomas Hurt Aug 2021 #2
People have been resurrecting themselves without incident for over 2000 years unblock Aug 2021 #5
"What do you think - is he alive?" left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #6
"Not yet... wait for it..." William Seger Aug 2021 #9
... Aristus Aug 2021 #12
Sometimes, a little knowledge of science can be very valuable. NCjack Aug 2021 #7
I got nothin' twodogsbarking Aug 2021 #8
moron. nt Javaman Aug 2021 #10
Give him three days. See what happens. Aristus Aug 2021 #11

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5. People have been resurrecting themselves without incident for over 2000 years
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 05:50 PM
Aug 2021

I mean the instructions are pretty simple.

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