Santa & Superman

Santa and Superman represent our culture's mythological representation of who their ideal vision of God, the Father, and his Son, Jesus, should look like. Man does not accept the Father and the Son as they are, and so, in turn, has come up with his own version of what he would like in a god he could serve. Take Santa, he represents our ideal picture of who God should be. He doles out judments based on whether we've been bad or good. There is no relationship, no intimacy, just gifts and happiness. Take Superman, he represents our ideal picture of who Jesus should be. While Superman seeks to save and protect us like Jesus, he does not however, seek to judge our lives or get involved with us intimately. We can love a god and savior who is only there to serve us, and expect nothing in return. How foolish and shallow we are!