An Atheist's Lesson
I saw "The Avengers" with my four older sons last night. Steven Greydanus was right in saying the movie "gets practically everything right and very little wrong." It was 142 minutes of incredible fun and seeing it with my sons made the evening the best movie experience I've had in a long, long time. If you haven't seen it yet, do. If you're going again, call me. I may join you. Part of the fun of the movie was the many ways it underscored how futile it is for any person to set up himself as a god. Joss Whedon , it seems, is an atheist, and it may be that the point he was trying to make was that God is only ourselves dressed up to accommodate our own needs and desires. I wouldn't disagree with him that this is our tendency and has been from the time of the Fall. In one scene, for example, Loki is protesting the Hulk's treatment of him by declaring himself a god. Before Loki can finish, though, the Hulk grabs Loki and b...