It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Jesus!

[ccgr]

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/20 ... p=features" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Mordock24]

Thats awesome! Im a hardcore superman fan and in all the sermons I have preached so far I have mentioned superman at least once

I was going to post this one but ill just add it!

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/1 ... -near-you/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ccgr]

good link! thanks for sharing it.

[ArcticFox]

Excellent references. There's one scene in the movie, referenced by the first article:

Spoiler:

Zod has arrived and is demanding that Superman be turned over to him. Clark doesn't know what to do so he goes to a church to ask a priest for advice. As he's talking, over his shoulder is a stained glass window depicting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. He's asking almost the same questions Jesus did there... "Is there no other way?" "Am I ready for this?"

And he does what Jesus did. He surrenders for the benefit of mankind.

[Bruce_Campbell]

From what I understand, the studio has been pushing this stuff long before the movie came out. I saw this site a few weeks ago. If nothing else, it's good marketing.

[ArchAngel]

Interestingly enough, I did just say Superman ends up feeling like a deity, no?

This makes sense, though. Tying metaphors with the sacrificial character of Jesus can really bring some depth to Superman.