Last week I went to see the latest Batman movie, The Dark
Knight Rises. While I don’t think the
movie was meant to be political, I kept sensing that I was watching the logical
extension of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Beyond the dark feel of the movie, I started reflecting on a
curious phenomenon: I’m going to speak in generalities here, but looking at
Hollywood as an example, it seems that the more someone (or some group) looks
to mankind to supply the answers for humanity’s future, the more likely that
future will look bleak and uncertain.
And yet, as horrendous these outlooks are, the creators of these visions
will insist that man can overcome anything.
Maybe the object is to show a future that is so bad that
people will do anything to avert it or whether these people actually believe
that kind of future is inevitable. I
think it is both: they believe it is inevitable but that mankind must still try
any drastic action imaginable to at least try to stave off the worst.
Ironically, the Christian view of apocalypse is worse than almost
any of these visions, yet Christians can remain optimistic because we believe
that these horrors are a low point before the best of all endings – that Christ
Himself returns to reign over the earth in person.
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