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> Go on, tell me you would not totally freak out if you saw a dead body come back to life. Well I guess this is a case of imprecise language. When you wrote “d
by nkrisc 4y ago
> Go on, tell me you would not totally freak out if you saw a dead body come back to life.
Well I guess this is a case of imprecise language. When you wrote “dead body” I was not imagining someone was believed to only have just died and being actively treated or resuscitated through modern medical treatments.
And of course, there is still debate in the medical world regarding what death actually is and when someone has “died” for the very reasons you stated.
So when I read “dead body” I’m picturing someone who’s beyond the realm of possible resuscitation. Of course, what’s that means exactly has changed as medical techniques advance, and our understanding of what death is will change with it. And I’m sure it will continue to change. It also poses the interesting question of what exactly would a useful definition of “death” be?
That said, I’m sure that window was much smaller 2,000 years ago when death was much more easily defined.
- Maursault 4y ago> So when I read “dead body” I’m picturing someone who’s beyond the realm of possible resuscitation. I think you are possibly attributing a much stronger definition to "dead," that is incorrect. Dead merely means lifeless, no longer alive, or deceased. It does not mean, "beyond the possibility of resuscitation," at least not in any definition I have seen. Many have in fact died and been resuscitated. Whether this is legitimately resurrection, being raised from the dead, is where I have probably been playing fast and loose, because I don't believe a body is required for resurrection, but a body is always required for resuscitation.