Why don't Christians have a problem with Superman?

Question

Jor-el, ruler of all, sends his only son to deliver Earth from evil. He has human parents, he performs "miracles" every day, he fights for truth, justice and all that sh!t, lived as a human for a while, and has an arch enemy that is the most evil person in the world but at the same time very charismatic. In issue 500, Superman dies and when Lois and Mr. Henderson go to the tomb, the stone door is open and the tomb is empty, with the funeral shroud still in the coffin. Lois says, "He's gone." Mr. Henderson says, "Not really. From the looks of it, he's back."

Ok, from what it looks like to me, it seems as if Superman could very well be based off of Jesus. If so, why don't more churches have a problem with this? You say one thing about God, Jesus or the Bible at any other time, and you get folks freaking out all over, yet you never hear anyone say anything bad about Superman. Am I wrong, or what? What do you all think?

Answer 1

Everybody knows the Superman story is fiction. Not everybody has yet figured out that the bible is fiction.

Answer 2

I don't attend a mainstream church, so can't answer for the mainstream church leadership or congregants.

I never heard this story; I haven't read a "Superman" comic in YEARS. The story sounds warped, not at all like the one I grew up with.

When I was reading comic books, Jor-el was an astronomer and a rocket scientist, who figured out his planet was going to be destroyed. He tried to warn his government, but they didn't want to listen to him. In desperation, and against the law (space travel is banned on Krypton), Jor-el builds a 2-seater rocket for travel to Earth. At the last minute, his wife refuses to leave him, so they place the baby (Kal-el) in the rocket and blast him off. The rocket makes a primitive space-warp to get to Earth in time, drawing some of the (radioactive) asteroids to Earth with it.

Krypton was a heavier-G planet than Earth, so Kal-el (later Clark Kent) has a thicker skin and skeletal-muscular system. Hence his "super" strength. Our sun provides him with more vitamins than Krypton's sun did, making him invulnerable to projectiles. I never could figure out how he supposedly could fly?

He was, after all, just an alien. If the writers have gotten weird, then I expect they were trying to boost sales.

Answer 3

There are countless forms of entertainment where a hero saves one person or the entire human race from something or another. I would say that they are all a demonstration of the fight between good and evil. And don't you think it's a little odd that the good guys always win. They could all be examples of our desire for good to triumph over evil. It's not like Superman claimed to be God or something. But it is evident that the character took on some of Christ's characteristics. Since they encourage young people to have character and practice doing what's right I would say that it would be stupid for Christians to oppose it.

Answer 4

My Church had a link to the 'news story' about this all last month.. It's a fairly short but entertaining read.

http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/gleaner_lifestyles/article/0,1626,ECP_4479_4757751,00.html


I think perhaps the reason Churches don't have a problem with it is because Superman stood for Truth and Justice.. he is essentially a modern day Jesus, but he's got heat-vision and can fly and stuff.. But he loves the world, "performs miracles" if you will.. helps those in need. There are parallels for certain, but it's overall not a BAD image..

Answer 5

Why have a problem with a hero modeling our hero? Many churches have embraced Superman and his movies to teach the basics about Jesus. You have to seize truth where you find it and use it to point toward other truth. I don't think Jesus had an arch enemy. I could see non-believer parents having a problem with it I guess, but Christians shouldn't care. It would be a poor battle to take up anyway.

Answer 6

actually the original superman was based of the biblical Samson.

he originally wore sandals until the artists got tired of drawing all the details.

the flying part was also added in later. Remember he leaps tall buildings in a single bound, well that's not necessary if he can fly.

their are some other things relating to his name Kal el which has a Hebrew meaning. Or that he was a stranger in a foreign land which typifies the wandering Jew. This is not surprising considering that both of Superman's creators were Jewish.

Answer 7

Superman is a good role model. There is nothing wrong with having positive hero to think about. So many men are so full of hate, it is so good to see that not all men are evil in pop culture.
Like the guy here that is accusing Superman of being gay.

Some men are so fixated on homosexuality, I just do not want to hear about it anymore. I am a Christian, and I am sick of men and their crap.

Answer 8

There is no reason for the Christian Church to freak out over the Superman-Jesus parallels. People have been noticing and commenting on that for YEARS.

There are MANY Biblically themed and inspired works of fiction. There are many Christ like characters in literature. Lots of Christian imagry. Losts of Christian inspired music. (the early works of the band U2)

It's no big deal.

Answer 9

i'd imagine fantastic, you recognize why? reason i'm Kick-***. (sorry, couldn't get up to.) heavily, i'd imagine it grow to be an indication that existence exists else the position in the universe and use it slap down all non alien believing peoples of the international!!!! hahahahahhahahahahah.a. and then i'd see it as signal that DC comics have a more effective efficient clue about the universe than the scientists, and then.... you get the point? i'd by no skill even start up to imagine he grow to be despatched from God. Sorry.

Answer 10

The same brand of Christians who run around convinced that the Teletubbies are promoting homosexuality, Disney movies are evil and Harry Potter is Satanic are the ones who would get rabid about Superman. Most of them don't read comic books, so I'm sure this just hasn't hit their radar. Give them time. There is no fix for stupid.