(TNT)

Like most kids in a Christian home, I grew up hearing about the end of the world.   I was taught that someday, after unprecedented war and natural disasters, Jesus Christ would return to earth, ushering in the Millennium -- one thousand years of peace.  Though I never doubted that this was the way in which our world would end,  I was quite fascinated with the movies in which other apocalyptic possibilities are explored.


In most cases, the predictions made by movie producers made logical sense, with one exception -- the zombie apocalypse.  As I learned more about this theory, I came to realize society has finally lost it.  The human race has become so terrified that a big catastrophe will wipe us out that we’ve lost our ability to reason.  

How can I be so sure?  There is an innumerable list of reasons why the zombie apocalypse is impossible:

• There is no evidence for the type of zombies most commonly seen in movies -- blood thirsty creatures with putrid, rotting flesh. 

• The idea of zombies may have begun as a result of the black plague’s affect on its victims, but not even leprosy could cause people to resemble the horrific creatures so often seen in books/movies.  

While leprosy can clearly be horribly disfiguring, I find it less disturbing than the photos of 'zombies'.

• Once someone dies, they stay dead.  There may be poisons and such that can mimic the effect of death, but if someone is really and truly dead, there is no coming back.

These are just a few of the many reasons why a zombie apocalypse, as portrayed in the movies, is  unlikely.  Not even the most disfiguring diseases known to man could have such a horrifying effect.  Over all, the zombie craze is simply another manifestation of mankind’s fear that a huge disaster will wipe us off the face of the planet. 


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Hey!  So while I wasn't able to come with as creative of a name as eibmoZach reyalScott, I do have the benefit of having the initials TNT.  I guess I get to be the one to blow the zombies to pieces. ;)  I am the lone female in this zombie-crazed writing group, and I honestly can't understand why rotting decaying corpses are of such interest to the human populace.  But, to each his own I guess.

Due to the fact that I cannot understand the thrill of zombies, I will be exploring what, exactly, is so fascinating.  Currently my argument is that zombies are simply another manifestation of the fear that humans have of somehow being destroyed from off the face of the earth.  There's evidence all around to support this...especially now that it's 2012 -- just look at the drastically increasing number of apocalyptic/horror movies.

Of course, there is also the idea that zombies are considered to have lost all humanity. I could argue that zombies are a manifestation of the decline of moral values in today's society.  Deep down somewhere, humans realize that by yielding to violent, lustful, etc.  impulses, we are losing that which makes us most human -- our ability to choose to follow a higher, better path.  The fear of a zombie apocalypse results from the realization that if something doesn't change, we will be overcome by this and humanity will be lost. 

Not sure if that last paragraph made any sense...and even if it did, it's probably a much too philosophical and religiously based argument to really write an 8-10 page academic paper on....I doubt I could find the research to support my viewpoint.  Tis rather unfortunate...that would be fun to write on. But anyway...those are my rambling thoughts.  What say you?