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Superman, a humanist?

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3 Comments to "Superman, a humanist?"

1. littlewanton says:

   March 30, 2010 at 21:07

   Fantastic Petey, I do not know where you are going to seek this kind of stuff. ... I'm so happy to know you ... you make me look good and smart lol LMAO

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   • Dehumanizer says:

     March 31, 2010 at 08:30

     Enjoy, enjoy. Your luck is that you know there are good years.

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2. Dehumanizer says:

   March 31, 2010 at 08:39

   What I find interesting here is this: if the author wanted to put this BD Superman to be a believer, it would have done, in the U.S., unlike Europe, no one is "ashamed" of taking as a believer, too the contrary.

   We can now think, yes, but if he had declared as belonging to a particular religion, would be to exclude all others. True, there is relatively unthinkable to see a Superman Catholic or Methodist.

   Even so, they could - and this is relatively common in many stories I've read of other characters - to make the HS to believe in a god more generic, using one of two arguments: 1) the argument from ignorance ("how did it all this exists? God! "), and 2) the argument of the consequences (" there must be something else "). Even at Marvel have seen several characters - including scientists - use these arguments as fallacious.

   To not do so, is because the author of BD in question is almost sure to be an atheist. This is because they could not, of course, offend 75% of the public put into the mouth of a HS It really atheistic position (such as "I have seen much of the universe, and have not seen any evidence of the existence of a god or gods"), therefore, put him to say what he says there is already quite good - is the best that can be expected as long as there so much ignorance, so much prejudice, and so much irrationality and superstition among the target audience.

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