Superhero movies and shows have some pretty deep philosophical concepts if you pay attention. Here's a couple:
Why I don’t want to mind read after watching the Flash. If I could, then I’d always be thinking about what I just saw in their minds. I do that now with the books I read, which is literally thoughts on paper.
And some hidden secrets would mar relationships since I would have a hard time looking at someone the same again. I definitely don't want anyone looking in my head at that darkness.
An interesting theological point I just thought of is that God knows just how horrible we are, that I am. Yet, "
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
That's Romans 5:8. It wasn't a surprise to Him. He wasn't like "aww man, I bought a lemon."
Then I was watching Black Lightning and Khalil’s divided loyalties. Man can’t serve two masters, he’ll hate the one and love the other. That's in the Sermon on the Mount.
You will have to choose when they conflict. Even if it’s your own set of standards. This may be where situational ethics comes into play-or no right answer/good answer. It's why politics are so sticky.
A person says one thing, yet does another. We don't ask why they did it. We don't ask what did they know that we didn't.
Trouble also comes when we don't know who we are or what we stand for as individuals. You have to think deeply about things because it's nuanced. I've said a child's Sunday school theology won't work for an adult. It applies to life in this way as well, a bumper sticker philosophy won't cut it in real life.
It's only a foot wide and a millimeter deep.
