Monday, October 29, 2007

Bring Back Zeus. Also Batman.


Shown here: The Sultan of Speed. The Scarlet Speedster. Flash. He not only has super-human speed, but a nifty spandex outfit. Somebody should build a temple!

This is an interesting article from the LA Times by Mary Lefkowitz, who is a professor emerita at Wellesley College (where my friend Kari Ziman went, where presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton went, and where the movie "Mona Lisa Smile" is based).

At any rate, in the article, which you can read in full here, Lefkowitz argues that religion isn't bad, monotheism is because it leads to exclusivity.

Prominent secular and atheist commentators have argued lately that religion "poisons" human life and causes endless violence and suffering. But the poison isn't religion; it's monotheism. The polytheistic Greeks didn't advocate killing those who worshiped different gods, and they did not pretend that their religion provided the right answers. Their religion made the ancient Greeks aware of their ignorance and weakness, letting them recognize multiple points of view.


I say right on, Mary Lefkowitz: let's bring back Apollo, Poseidon and company. Nevermind that they were, you know, fictitious. Might as well bring back the Justice League and worship them. I mean, they’re not real but at least they wear cool uniforms. Like Flash. Flash is so cool. Red with a yellow lightning bolt. That’s awesome.

Who's with me? Let’s start the First Apostolic Church of the SuperFriends.

The only question is this: According to Paul, is Wonder Woman able to be an Elder, or just a Deacon? Our founding verse: 1 Corinthians 12: The spirit does divide the gifts equally, as God sees fit, except to Aquaman, who kind of got screwed.

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