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aLovverincombat t1_jebih1l wrote

Reply to comment by michilio in ELI5: how can the female to male population be almost 1:1 but men die more than women and the birth rate of men and women is almost equal (and the fisher principle doesn’t make sense because men have a higher death rate so how can it even out)? by noobia0009

Which people die twice, exactly?

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BadAtNameIdeas t1_jebk67t wrote

Assuming they mean you can be “dead” but resuscitated immediately. It makes a great story and technically it’s a true statement, but you don’t get a death certificate for your heart stopping for 10 seconds. You are only recorded as dead once.

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mynewaccount4567 t1_jebjyjr wrote

  1. Jesus
  2. I guess people who’s hearts stop, are then revived, then die for good sometime later.

I don’t think these groups are large enough to meaningfully affect the gender balance statistics.

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twist3d7 t1_jebmhi9 wrote

Did anyone poke Jesus with a stick to make sure he was dead? No they did not. Those ancient people knew nothing. Jesus will NOT be coming back because he knows someone will poke him with a stick.

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mynewaccount4567 t1_jebo5xh wrote

No, I believe the tickle test was the primary test for death at the time. While it was pretty good for the technology of the time, it’s nowhere near as accurate as the stick test

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michilio t1_jebneh2 wrote

Did you just try to outplay the largest religion on earth...

With a stick?

I like you

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twist3d7 t1_jebptbe wrote

Thanks. If in a future copy of the Bible there appears a phrase that infers that someone DID poke Jesus with a stick, my job is done.

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michilio t1_jebq7t0 wrote

Well.. now I thought about it.. wasn´t there that roman soldier that not only poked him with a stick, but with a lance, and drew blood?

There´s been one or two, or a thousand pictures painted of it I seem to recall

Edit: Ow, they even gave the dude a nickname

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus

Ha. Stabbed Jesus with a lance? Saint. Obviously.

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twist3d7 t1_jebuf0r wrote

Things didn't work out well for him (the unnamed soldier), he should have used a stick.

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michilio t1_jebwxmd wrote

Cured from blindness, became a saint.

Just pick and choose whatever you like. That´s how it works, no?

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