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Superman Created as a Christ Figure?
Parallel Revealed in New Book
by David Bartlett
In Stephen Skelton's new book The Gospel According to the World's Greatest Superhero, the Superman storytellers based Superman on Jesus on purpose. That's why the Man of Steel actually champions the truth about the Super Man Himself — Jesus — and this can show readers how to reach friends and family in today's entertainment—focused culture.
Stephen Skelton's faster-than-a-speeding-bullet discussions reveal that (1) the Superman storytellers confirm they modeled Superman on Christ; (2) Superman and his father share the name "El" (Hebrew for "God")...and his earthly parents were originally named "Mary" and "Joseph"; (3)Superman movies, TV shows, and comics are built on parallels to Christ's death, burial, resurrection, and second coming.
According to Skelton's book, at the end of the Superman Returns movie trailer, Superman can be seen floating over the Earth in the silence of space. His eyes are closed because he is listening to the world below, almost as if he is hearing prayers.
Most surprisingly, at that moment, the voice of his father is heard to say: "They can be a great people--they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you--my only son."
Although skeptics thought Skelton had grossly misrepresented quotations taken from the trailer for the new Superman movie, the trailer is now online, and Skelton has been proven right. And the final part of the preview, a virtual dramatization of John 3:16, can be seen by critics and supporters alike at the following link:
http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/trailer.html
Although the director of the new movie has already said, "Superman is the Jesus Christ of superheroes," and that Superman Returns is "a story about what happens when messiahs come back," the trailer still begs the question: Why are the movie makers promoting Superman as a Christ figure? Skelton's book answers that question, along with many others.
The Gospel According to the World's Greatest Superhero is available now for your review and I will be happy to send you a copy. Contact me to discuss excerpt ideas, author interviews, cover art, author photo, book product info, etc.
Read an except online. Harvest House link to book: http://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/books_nonfictionbook.cfm?productID=6918121
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