The second cultural artifact I have decided to choose is the show Supernatural. Supernatural first aired september 13, 2005. The Story is about two brothers named Sam and Dean Winchester. The episodes are about these two brothers as they hunt demons and other monsters that are of the supernatural, hence the title. This show portrays evil in hell is not locked by heaven anymore. Demons and monsters are on our world. The human purpose as we know is to live in Christ’s image, but on this show the human purpose is to be destroyed by the demons. Evil is always around the Winchester boys. I think that they are not being influenced by the empire, because the empire wants the perfect American life. You go to school, get a job, get married, have kids. But This life can never be for the Winchester boys. They know what is actually out there. and their destiny is to fight of the evil. Dean has always struggled with religion he does not believe in god, and if he did he calls him a “big kid with a magnifying glass, and i’m the ant.” But in the later seasons dean is a mess he keeps reliving all of his horror that he has done in his past, what he has seen, he prays to God for redemption to cleanse him, to ask for help. In the later of the episodes they interact with angels and these angels are angry with the Winchester boys, because they stopped the apocalypse from happening when it was supposed to. The angels also say that God has gone away. they do not see him anymore, almost as if he had given up. But i believe something extraordinary is going to happen. I sometimes feel that a lot of us feel that way. When we are in need and something that we ask for does not happen, or when we are in despair, we feel like god has gone away and doesn't care about us. but we know as Christ followers that is simply not true. God is always with us. This show does a good jib of showing the evil the good and the redeemed in our world today.
1.Do we sometimes feel that God has left.
2. How can we fight the evil in our own life's.
Looks like an interesting show, Gus! Almost seems like a new twist on the Western genre. There's a lot of interesting information about the show and what the creator is trying to do with it on Wikipedia:
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Why do you think the writers of the show decided to use religious symbols and characters so centrally in the show? What does it mean that "evil in hell is not locked by heaven anymore?" This seems like a significantly different understanding of evil than we've been discussing in class, which probably influences the storylines of the brothers' adventures (i.e. - evil is easier to identify).
first off, gotta say i love the show and i'm glad someone did a post on it. when i watched it when i was younger my parents used to say that i shouldn't watch it, but i always said that it was about guys fighting demons for God, so i didn't see the issue. taking a second look at it i think its a good way to get people into thinking about Christianity, but i still think that people need to be careful when they watch it, even Christians. its a fun show and i like it, but you definitely need to take it with a grain of salt.
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