Myth vs Fact. What's that all about?

Those of you who follow @fighthezombie on Twitter will probably have seen several posts that have given a myth and a fact about zombies.  I thought I'd take a quick moment to explain what that is all about.

Basically the 'Myth' portion of each post is a reference to how pop culture tells us zombies are.  For instance zombies are seen as slow, dumb, hungry for brains, etc.  They are part of the 20th century zombie mythos and are part of the modern zombie craze.  These are the zombies of the silver screen and video games and most folks will understand what the myth part is talking about.

The 'Fact' portion might be a bit more confusing.  When I'm talking about the fact portion I'm referring to the inner zombie residing inside every Christian.  Some times it's referred to as the "flesh" or the "old man" but whatever you want to call it it is the sinful state that Christ saved us from.  We fight it everyday whether we realize it or not and THAT zombie is very different from the zombie that Hollywood and Silicon Valley has shown us over the year.  Where the zombies of Hollywood are dumb as posts the inner zombie is cunning.  Where the zombies of Silicon Valley are persistent and come in hoards the inner zombie is primarily a lone hunter who has near infinite patience. Where zombies in pop culture tell us that zombies hunger for brains the inner zombie wants to control its host's brain.  This is not at all what we imagine when someone mentions the word 'zombie' to the average person in Western society.

You see, before Christ we are all slaves to sin.  We can't help it, we were literally born that way.  Once we have accepted Christ we then have a new master, Jesus but we discover in Romans that we also have a choice.  We can choose to serve one master (sin) or the other (Christ) but we cannot serve both.  The sad part is that many of us try.  I know I have and the results have been that I end up being the slave of sin rather than Christ.  It's not usually a quick process, reverting to listening to our inner zombie.  No the real zombie is patient and will try to get you to compromise on little things before moving on to bigger things.  It, in conjunction with Satan, will try to get you to doubt God's word.  "Did God really say that or did He mean something else?" is a common theme.  The zombie inside is subtle (usually) and is in this fight to win.  We must never let our guard down or underestimate the influence it can exert over us.

In future posts I plan to take each Myth vs Fact and expound upon them.  I think this will help shed light on the true zombie's nature.  Since information is crucial in any war, knowing how our enemy within thinks and acts should prove invaluable.  After all, as G.I. Joe taught a whole generation, "Knowing is half the battle!"