[svcw]

To the premise: Hell no

There is only One who can die for my sins and its not superman.

(No, I did not read the whole article.)

[Jonty30]

Superman is not symbolic of Christ. Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster were fairly clear that he was modeled after Moses.

[Bratch]

I believe the author's premise is closer to "dying BECAUSE of our sins".

There was a time, for each of us, when ideas and ideals were no less tangible for their purity.

[...]

Was it that, in an effort to grow up and put away childish things, we put away the things that made us great? Are we so very broken that goodness inspires us not to rise to the challenge and to the occasion, but turn our heads in scorn, or bow them in shame? Has the realization that all real world heroes have feet of clay made it impossible for us to feel the electric thrill of platonic ideals given form and animus?