There are so many challenges today for Christians in the culture war we live in. Christian authors have an open page of thousands of topics that are relevant and helpful to embattled believers. So I’m not sure I understand why Russel Moore, Editor in Chief for Christianity Today, wrote an article entitled Why Superman Matters. Spoiler alert, turns out Superman doesn’t matter. Moore contends that people like Superman, “Not so much because he is godlike but because he is, underneath it all, so very human.” The main point of Moore’s article is the premise that “What we love about the hero is not his power so much as his vulnerability”. My mind’s wide open but when I was a kid I don’t remember anyone saying, “I want to be Superman because he’s so vulnerable.”
As mind boggling as this article is, I would just like to say to editor in chief, HE’S A COMIC BOOK CHARACTER! Superman was not meant to be taken this seriously. It was written to sell comics. I don’t get the whole religion comparison but hey, you do you. I just want to say that for myself I loved watching Superman because he was “Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings at a single bound—look, up there in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superman!” As much as I adore Superman, he is not worthy to be included in a serious conversation involving the great God we serve. Perhaps we should let comic books be for entertainment and the Word of God for edification and life changing power. And just perhaps a Christian magazine should print articles that are edifying for believers and glorifying for the God who made us and saves us. Or you could do an article on why Lucy charges five cents for advice? Why doesn’t she give the advice free? Is she engaging in mind control, political activism, social influencing or commercialism? And why does Charlie Brown pay to listen to her? Just something to think about.