I used to be a big fan of comics and superheroes, although for some reason, I've never been that fond of Superman. I don't know why - I guess perhaps back in the day I just didn't like any superhero who was that invincible. I mean, other superheroes had one, maybe two powers. Superman has many, many. And although some weaknesses in superheroes were downright stupid (The Green Lantern's power had no effect on the color yellow. Yellow? "Oh, no - here comes Lemon Scented Palmolive Man! I am foiled!"), Superman's weakness (Kryptonite) just didn't seem that great.
Anyway, I know a lot of people are looking forward to the new movie. I'm not, really. I still haven't seen the latest X-Men (perhaps I'll go see it this week). I don't know why they need to resurrect the franchise. Of course, if they do as good of a job resurrecting Superman as they did Batman (the last Batman movie was great), maybe I will go see it.
Well, I found this interesting article concerning an author of a book who compares the superhero Superman to Jesus. It is an interesting article, and I can definitely see some of the similarities. And I guess you can use Superman as a way to introduce people to Jesus, although the only places I see this working is perhaps the comic book or game store down the street. Well, I guess Paul's statement that he became a Jew to win the Jew, a Greek to win the Greek, etc. applies here. Maybe I need to dig myself again into superhero lore in order to win the comic book geek.
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My brother actually did a talk on the comparisons btw Christ and Superman. He dug all the way back to the originators to present. That's why I asked you about doing something with it a while back. Guess it's not 'hip' enough :0). Not like Batman anyway.
I liked Superman b/c he was invincible. It shows to me that Christ wasn't a weekling as most images capture. Yes, the cryptonite got him but only for a short time. Same as every character. Gotta have the villian and the hero. I just love the concept of bringing the gospel into superhero form. Especially when my kids are watching it.
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