2006-09-22 16:28:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If they didn't have supervillains, they wouldn't be superheroes.
You ever notice most superheroes are really more like vigilantes taking the law into their own hands than they are heroes?
2006-09-22 16:42:49 · answer #1 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Great question :-)
Well, I am an unbeliever and it seems to me that most of the religious & spiritual beliefs are built up on such a duality: "good vs bad".
Maybe some religious & spiritual beliefs aren't built this way?
Anyway, what would be a superhero without a supervillan?
Superman without a supervillan? That would make an (even more) boring movie...
There are tales that tell about superheroes who also are supervillans. Both sides at once.
What would become religions & spirituality without superheroes?
Aren't religions & spiritualities the adult forms of the tales that kids listen to before sleeping?
I prefer Mythology: at least, those are tales for adult persons.
2006-09-22 22:57:33 · answer #2 · answered by Axel ∇ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ah OK-
but not every superhero has real life superNATURAL abilities?
Jesus is my hero. He supernaturally rose from the dead after shedding His precious blood on the cross for our sins. He did so many miraculous supernatural things! Yeah for My super hero Jesus!!!!
"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written." John 21:25
Are you ready to accept Him? Jim?
p.s. satan tried to exalt himself above God, automatically becoming the worst supervillan this world has or will ever see....
2006-09-22 16:54:46 · answer #3 · answered by redeemed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but this question is far more complicated than we humans can comprehend.
Think about it: if there was no evil, we wouldn't really have to choose good, and thus there would be no need for Free Will.
If there was no evil in the universe and beyond, either God would not have created us, or He would have to have made us like puppets, blindly living in blissfull co-existence with Him, neither of which would be as beneficial to humanity as the current system of salvation, whereby we have Free Will and thus risk losing our soul eternally, but with the opposite chance to live eternally with God and still be be ourselves.
That's just a start for this an answer to this question.
Email me if you want a more thorough answer or a open-minded discussion about anything R&S.
2006-09-22 16:30:08 · answer #4 · answered by STILL standing 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the individuals who say those issues haven't any info that those are illuminati symbols or maybe if or not they exist or no longer. also even if I see a video with some triangles in it, I ain't gonna commence worshipping the devil hastily. i imagine there is secret societies operating issues yet they have more advantageous acceptable events like politics, wars and the commercial gadget really than song videos and that i doubt in the experience that they are satanic, it truly is the fictitious version believed in reality by making use of those who watched angels and deamonds too many circumstances lol.
2016-11-23 16:26:06 · answer #5 · answered by incera 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hero archetype either needs villains or trials to overcome, and preferably both. The labors of Hercules, Jesus' forty days of temptation in the desert, the quest of the Knights for the Holy Grail. It's all part of good story-telling.
2006-09-22 16:38:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes they do. If there was no comparison value how would you determine who had the hero qualities and who had the evil one.
Good and evil are opposite sides to the same coin.. you can't have one without the other.
2006-09-23 01:42:06 · answer #7 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course young man. Otherwise it would be a boring story...
wouldn't it? Jesus writes the story of our lives whether or not we choose to believe in Him.
Jim I think your smart to know what I mean and more importantly I feel in my heart that I know what you are truly looking for....? But I will let you answer that for yourself.
2006-09-22 16:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Happy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This world is made up of duality. Up creates down,in creates out,good creates evil, love creates hate, to answer your question ,YES.
2006-09-22 16:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by Weldon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point...the old Yin and Yang Theory or Superherodom.
2006-09-22 16:30:48 · answer #10 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋