If the dictionary didn't matter, I wouldn't be able to refute your claims so effectively. A thesaurus is not so exacting as a dictionary--it casts a wide net to include all shades of meaning. So in cases where a strict definition is important, it matters less.
Good, because the last thing I would want to do would be to artificially inflate my ego. Being right all the time already makes me vulnerable to an illusion of arrogance resulting from simple self-esteem.
So we're not concerned with my ego here; we're concerned with explaining the concepts of reincarnation, resurrection and resuscitation in a way that will further your education.
Current poll results are:
1. Restoring the dead to life is:
a. Reincarnation (1 vote)
b. Resurrection (4 votes)
c. Resuscutation (1 vote)
2. Reviving the unconscious is:
a. Reincarnation (0 votes)
b. Resurrection (1 vote; this person also voted c in a split vote)
c. Resuscitation (6 votes)
3. Old soul in a new body is:
a. Reincarnation (6 votes)
b. Resurrection (0 votes)
c. Resuscitation (0 votes)
I prefer accuracy and thoroughness.
Not strictly, no. The Venn diagram of both words' full connotations would show some overlap, but resurrection is most commonly used in regards to those who have died, while resuscitation is most commonly used in regards to those who have not yet died (see poll results--or the dictionary, since that matters too).
If we are to believe the Biblical account, Lazarus most likely died twice as a result of miraculous divine intervention. We must also remember that miracles are called that because they defy natural laws--not because they prove that natural laws are wrong. We might as well sit around waiting for our bottles of Evian to turn into Moet & Chandon, just because Jesus once showed that water can turn into wine.
We must also remember that even if one out of every two or three dead persons were routinely resurrected as commonplace occurrences, we would be no closer to determining that reincarnation was possible, since resurrection and reincarnation are two completely different things.
No. The clinically dead are called that to distinguish them from the actually dead. Being "clinically dead" just means that your heart and circulation have stopped. People are not pronounced actually dead until their brain has been without oxygen long enough that it cannot be resuscitated to normal functioning. People who are clinically dead are routinely resuscitated. People who are actually dead have never been resuscitated--unless, of course, you count those one or two cases of miraculous divine intervention.
In this case, good information trumps good luck.
I would never do such a thing. What I have cautioned you against is suggesting that because one or two people in the history of the world have violated the "appointed once to die" rule by miraculous divine intervention, you have somehow established that reincarnation is possible for the general populace. Maybe you could claim that reincarnation MIGHT be possible for one or two people in the history of the world (provided, of course, they are recipients of the necessary miraculous divine intervention)--but even then, since reincarnation requires a different body, even those unique resurrections would be poor indicators of reincarnation's potential.
Being right is all the comfort I need. Being able to receive the truth would comfort you as well.
Good job!
You've admitted a few things here, and I think you deserve some credit for it this Christmas.
1) "...to include all shades of meaning," and "...show some overlap," is a nice way of sidestepping the fact that the two words are synonymous. But, you're right; many synonymous words are not always interchangeable, as they may or may not be used with differing connotations.
2) "If the dictionary didn't matter," is another sidestepping of the fact that the dictionary says,
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/resuscitate said:
to
bring someone or something back to
life or
wake someone or something:
Her
heart had
stopped, but the
doctors successfully resuscitated her.
Notice the "or"? That goes back to the synonym thing. The usage of the word may change connotation.
In our case, I used it very specifically, and here's an exhibition of the first connotation before the 'or' being used:
Clinical death - Wikipedia
As you may or may not see, you're actually wrong about the declaration of death. It's called 'clinical death', and is in relation to the heart, not the brain, specifically. Resuscitation is for the purpose of reintroducing air to the lungs, blood circulation, and brain function, i.e. things necessary for life.
3) "If we are to believe the Biblical account, Lazarus most likely died twice..." Which, is why it's better not to make absolute statements, like you have. Backtracking is fine, as long as you admit it. -- You're forgetting: Daniel's account of resurrection, Elijah's resuscitations, Elisha's resuscitations, Jesus' performances, the raising of the saints, and Peter and Paul's resuscitations. Not one or two instances, as you seem to think.
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BTW.. Where can I find this poll?
