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And that would put Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell in where, the Bizarro World? |
Posted on 02/06/2006 7:41:56 AM PST by dead
LONDON - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Superman and he's bringing his otherworldy powers to British schools to teach godless children about Christianity.
The Daily Telegraph reported that religious education teachers were being encouraged to use the cartoon superhero as a modern-day model for Jesus Christ to give youngsters an insight into morality and religious thinking.
"Teenagers visit the cinema and see films on television and DVDs, so it's hardly surprising that their assessments of what is heroic and what is evil, possible or impossible, are partly based on what they watch," said academic Helen Cook.
The former RE teacher, now head of post-graduate teacher training at Sheffield Hallam University in northern England, told the newspaper there were many parallels between the "Man of Steel" and Jesus:
Cook argued that children only became interested in a subject once they were given an identifiable point of reference but with church attendance on the wane, it was increasingly difficult to explain the basic tenets of faith.
"Children aren't brought up to go to Sunday school any more and find it difficult to think about abstract concepts such as God and pre-destination and films give them an insight," she was quoted as saying.
The Church of England's spokesman on religious education, John Gay, was quoted as saying that analogies could be highly effective as a teaching technique but only if used carefully.
"They go right back to the parables," he said.
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Mixed feelings about this one, but Paul espoused becoming like those you were trying to reach in order to make sure you were compatible with their more's so they would be open to the message.
I thought Mohammed was Doctor Doom?
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L. Ron Hubbard is Aquaman.
Well, that settles it. They just committed blasphemy against Jesus. Dead, you get some British flags and some lighter fluid (Australian flags will do fine as well, they look alike). I'll make up a couple of Molotov cocktails and then we can go and burn the flags in front of the British Embassy and lob the firebombs at the local Jaguar dealership.
Oops, wait a minute. Our side doesn't do that kind of stuff.
I'll probably blow up a New Zealand embassy because they have similiar accents.
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And that would put Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell in where, the Bizarro World? |
Or is it the other way round?
Interesting (if flawed) concept, given that most modern-day superhero comics are written by ethical pagans.
Post-Christian society returning to cunningly devised fables.
"Both are champions of truth and goodness over injustice and evil."
Let's not forget "truth, goodness and the American Way!"
Brits are gonna eat that up.
Who would win in a fight: Jesus or Superman?
If you listen to the accents of Radio New Zealand (RNZ) broadcasters, Michael Cullen (the Labour Finance Minister), or Judy Bailey and Richard Long (former TV1 newsreaders) there is not an ounce of difference between their accents and those of the similarly educated Britons.
"Post-Christian society returning to cunningly devised fables. "
And Britons are unashamedly proud of this. Just pick a British FRer at random (not vitmo or MadIvan or protest1 though) and you will get a mouthful of lectures about "What is meant by Christianity? Much of what you think as Christianioty is just an American manifestion of it! We British have British Christianity - a more subtle, refined, reasoned version than the vulgar fundamentalism you support!"
Tragic, but Britain of today is a pendulum that has swung extremely hard the other way.
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