Much like hitting on a Hooter’s girl, there is no good reason I am writing. Just bored I suppose. When you have to sit at a job you hate, but that you are getting laid off from, your work ethic tends to wane.
I saw Superman this past week. It was good and it has inadvertently given me another chance to address the ludicrous nature of religion as a whole. I’ve read where people are upset about the parallels between the story of Christ and Superman. Let’s take a look.
- They both were only sons sent by their fathers to save mankind.
- Jesus felt like a societal outcast, as does Superman.
- Superman can heal lepers as is evident in Action Comics #823 “Superman Vanquishes The Leper Menace!” from November of 1943.
- They both could fly, wore tights, and were bulletproof.
Ok, so I’m kidding. I just feel that while there may be parallels in entertainment to religious stories, there is no way that your personal faith should be affected by that. That is unless you have the weakest faith ever. “Oh no! A spell casting child or a flying man from space or a movie about some fictional code! I just don’t know what to believe because I am so easily swayed by entertainment and I just can’t seem to make a decision without consulting a book or people I go to church with. Oh well. I guess I’ll just go ahead and disavow everything I hold to be true because I am that weak of person.”
Get over it is what I’m saying. Whether it is a Danish cartoon, a movie about an alien or some spell casting kid, I’m sure that you’re religious leader would want you to do better things than worry about some movie or book or comic. It’s just my opinion Jimbo Jackson!
RIGHT NOW
SONG – The horrible song by Shai from the nineties. I have had that song running through my head for way too long. “I will be sure that the lady is a man.” It doesn’t go that way but it sure sounds like it.
MOVIE – Kill Bill Vol. 2. It will make you glad you have eyes.
- Joel David
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