Family left corpse upstairs for six months expecting resurrection

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Peter Wald's family truly believed he would rise from the dead. They believed it because they had prayed for it, every single day, while his corpse lay rotting for six months in an upstairs bedroom of their Hamilton home. ... He'd suffered from diabetes and his left foot had become infected. But he had refused to go to the hospital and believed God would cure him. ... Kaling sealed in the door and the vents with duct tape to protect her family from the smell of the cadaver. ... Expecting the eviction, the family packed the dead man's belongings and had his shoes and bags ready to go. "That was how strong our faith was," Kaling says. ... "It's an extremely sad case…she truly believed her husband was going to be resurrected from the dead, even after six months," said assistant crown attorney Janet Booy. Booy says she researched the law extensively and could not find another case like this. ... But she still believes strongly in resurrection, and says there have been many "documented" cases of it around the world. Her faith was not shaken by the legal consequences, she says.

I mean you'd think that the sound of rats in there would have at least given her faith a run for its money but no... rock solid... still until this day. Very impressed. Definitely up there on a very rarefied level of stupid.



The idea of resurrection bothers a lot of believers who ask why their loved one can't be raised up if Lazarus was... it's kind of sad. This just takes it to a whole new level. Religious poison to the mind... blocks true mental health.

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