If you were to actively worship a comic book hero instead of God, what hero and why?
Note: worshipping Aquaman would probably end up as one of those suicide cults...
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I like how much sense this doesn't make, out of context.
Batman, probably, due to being awesome in pretty much every conceivable way, as opposed to most heroes who are only awesome in a few. In addition, for showcasing the importance of both intellect AND effort to achieve your goals.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I like the topic but I've still got hangups about it. What are the reasons we are worshiping them? If we are just admiring so intensely the things that make them them, what's the difference between your question and, "What's your favorite super hero?"
I mean we *could* worship Superman, but why? Do we obtain some sort of benefit for doing so? Do we owe him our allegiance because he's done so many great things?
I've always seen superheroes as sort of our version of the Greek pantheon. Are these super heroes going to be mad if we don't worship them? Will the super hero we worship show up and help us out in some specific way at least once if we spend our lifetimes asking for his/her assistance?
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
... Im gonna put you down for Superman, because he is an all powerful a-moral being who watches over mankind out of pity and not a pursuit of justice. Lets talk tights not theology.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by AchillesHeel: ... Im gonna put you down for Superman, because he is an all powerful a-moral being who watches over mankind out of pity and not a pursuit of justice. Lets talk tights not theology.
Seems like a strange request per your thread title. I'll leave your thread alone since I'm messing it up for you.
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
Yeah but in a more tongue-in-cheek manner, questioning wether or not War Machine will show up and help me himself sometime in my life makes me question the same of Jesus. And I was hoping for a much lighter conversation.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by AchillesHeel: Yeah but in a more tongue-in-cheek manner, questioning wether or not War Machine will show up and help me himself sometime in my life makes me question the same of Jesus. And I was hoping for a much lighter conversation.
That certainly wasn't where I was trying to go. I was just asking what sorts of things might we expect would come with that worship.
Your joke about the aqua-man cult was much in the same vein I was going for.
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
Ah, sorry to interupt. But we should probably avoid Thor as a "fake" symbol of worship... wait does anyone even pray to him anymore?
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Wow guys way to ruin a perfectly good thread in like 4 posts.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I'll go ahead and say Thor, though I don't actually know much about him. Just that, you know, he's a deity. Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Raymond Arnold: Wow guys way to ruin a perfectly good thread in like 4 posts.
Why don't you go ask your precious Batman why he lets bad things like this happen?
Posted by umberhulk (Member # 11788) on :
He only work night shifts.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
lol
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
I'd say Thor--um--been there, done that--nevermind.
Storm--oh--done that in the comic books too.
How about Wonder Woman--nah, Linda Carter hasn't aged well.
Power Girl--or is that worshiping her costume--or lack there of?
I'll have to think about this one.
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
Im leaning toward The Question, simply because I think his religion would simply be the chaos theory.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
quote:Originally posted by AchillesHeel: Ah, sorry to interupt. But we should probably avoid Thor as a "fake" symbol of worship... wait does anyone even pray to him anymore?
Not since he died.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Odin seems like a god choice, but I might pick Dr. Doom, or Galactus, to beseech them not to destroy me.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Sandman
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I didn't even notice that you said no Thor. Lamezors. In that case... Professor X. The solipsist in me is compelled.
Posted by Ecthalion (Member # 8825) on :
the cheshire cat
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
Can you imagince what a meeting of Black Canary fanatics would be like? just a bunch of people yelling at each other. Or the acolytes of the Lantern Corp arguing as to who is the one true Green Lantern
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote:Can you imagince what a meeting of Black Canary fanatics would be like?
Lonely.
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
I worship classic St. Hulk, patron deity of angry nerds everywhere.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Neil Gaiman's Death. Sensible, funny, and a babe.
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
I would relate believers in Hawk and Dove to those people at the swapmeet who sell crystals that can heal you.
Spiderman... comes off as a bit of an emo in the closet, cant really see a religion based on that.
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