Brain Food: The Movie

ZOMBIE MESSIAH


HELLalujah!

There were lots of "Happy Easter"s wished a few weeks ago and also a couple of nice MLK, Jr. mentions as well at the beginning of this month, April, 2010. For Easter, some celebrate the anniversary of the rising from the dead by Jesus Christ, a great spiritual leader, to put a capper on his mortal life and prove that He's God. In more recent times, another great spiritual leader, Martin Luther King, Jr., had his mortality stolen from him on April 4, over 40 years ago, when he was murdered "in the name of 'love.'" Wouldn't it be nice if all great spiritual leaders could arise from the dead and continue leading us? I guess the great ones live on in some form anyway.

Yet another friend suggested that if one arises from the dead, isn't one technically a zombie. Hmmmm, brain-food for thought....

Now, with the recent success of all the zombie movies and even the literarily-praised PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, I'm thinking yet another inspirational story could take advantage of this ZOMBIE craze--try this on for size--ZOMBIE MESSIAH!

In it, our story begins with with Mary Mags (desperately, in and for love) and a still-Doubting Thomas (not quite trusting that Jesus could and would do what He said) and Repenting Judas (seeing what a great leader he stole from the world) as neo-mad-scientist/zombie-spell-seeker types and all frantically trying anything to raise the messianic dead, and it finally.... working.

However, after that, our story turns from inspiration and the using of the Word for good into something else. Whole societies arise around the great teachings but then skew the teachings to their own ends, for the exclusive betterment of only their own societies and the extreme detriment of OTHER societies and peoples and individuals different from their own accepted limitations of what a society and a people and a person should be, and then all Hell breaks loose. Every time the teachings are used "in the name of 'love'" to commit yet another atrocity, society pays for it with another zombie walking the mortal plane. Crazed societies rise up planetwide, societies that kill and are prejudiced to the point of murderous arrogance against anyone being different.

Scary story, huh...

Coming soon to a theatre near you (Copyright 2010)... ZOMBIE MESSIAH!



Or,... are you living the movie right now, living the word, right now, right here, right now in 2010...


Yes, He's in the house, using the phone upstairs. And, He sees dead people, blinded by arrogance and Jesus-complexes, zombies twisting His teachings not for love but for a blinding prejudice and murderous hate.

Oh, He's mad as all Heaven, and, you know, He's not going to take it any more.


ZOMBIE MESSIAH!

Maybe, one day, our story will end with Love, true LOVE and FREEDOM for all from the oppression of zombies.


Here are some brainy snacks to nibble on... some great words from two great MEN... it's brain-food for thought...


"From every mountainside, let freedom ring. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children... will be able to join hands and sing..., "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" --MLK, Jr.


"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven..." --JC

"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free... A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." --JC

"You know my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression ... If we are wrong, the Supreme Court of this nation is wrong. If we are wrong, the Constitution of the United States is wrong. And if we are wrong, God Almighty is wrong. If we are wrong, Jesus of Nazareth was merely a utopian dreamer that never came down to Earth. If we are wrong, justice is a lie, love has no meaning. And we are determined here... to work and fight until justice runs down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream." --MLK, Jr.


ZOMBIE MESSIAH!... Brain-Food for Thought. May justice and love and righteousness and freedom rain down upon us all. Zombies melt when justice and love and righteousness and freedom rains down upon them. Then, the spirit lives... the Spirit lives... THE SPIRIT LIVES!



(The essay above and all ideas contained therein are Copyright 2010 Michael S. Adams)