Man vs God
Hello Readers
I am Om and I am the pilot of your thoughts in your superfluous mind. I believe most of you readers are not an orange cat, so the number of brain cells inside your head are not limited to one. And therefore, I also believe that you all think about things. You might think about the history of the old lantern that you saw yesterday or you might be thinking about what if life plays out and makes me a rich orphan who decides to rein his trauma on the criminals of Gautam Nagar in Delhi, India. Just Kidding!!!
If we let our imaginations run wild, believe me there won’t ever be a full stop. And you know all humans are not orange cats, humans are smart. Aree ha bhai! don’t judge the intellect of the whole mankind on the basis of speeches of some politicians and pookie babas. Humans, in their smart as a synonym for their intellect era, have discovered a way of expressing their unapologetic imagination, and that is, through films…
Aree aree wait, this isn’t the end of the blog, on the contrary this is the beginning of one.
As the predominant out of control nature of human imagination starts to ask questions, the first question that metamorphs from the Phoenix fire of thoughts, is of our existence. This question of – how humanity came into existence churns the thoughts into yet another substance of thought, or rather an element, an entity itself, a supernational being with an unknown yet formidable existence, and gives birth to the concept of “ GOD”.
The concept of God though engulfed by multiple interpretations, can be divided into 3 macro forms of interpretations – The Creator, the manager and the destroyer; the Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. The God for some is a being who created humanity, for he is the being who manages and controls the happenings in the universe and for some it is the being who has the power to destroy it all, all that exists and all that ever existed.
Has any of you watched Prometheus, in this movie, some scientists decides to wander around galaxies in search for “The Creator”. They try to answer the question, whose answer is seeked by many since the time immemorial. But to their surprise, are met by an horrific plot twist. In Prometheus, the beings that created mankind, which are referred to as “The Engineers”, whom the protagonists expected to be friendly, turns out to be very horrific, hostile beings. Their benevolent endeavour turns into a disaster. This unconventional idea of how the sacrosanctly assumed nature of “The Creator” himself turns contrary gives a unique perspective about how terrifying the nature of “The Creator” can turn out to be. This idea of fear, of an enormously powerful entity might have an existence in this universe, and the absoluteness of its powers with no limits gives birth to an insecurity that leads to this idea of “Man vs God”.
Humanity, though considers God as a benevolent being, is always afraid by this chilling thought of - What if God turns against us? What if the intentions of the creator and protector of all corrupt? This churns this thought in minds of mankind that if this D Day ever comes to be, then it will be a conflict between the Man and the God himself. Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice portrays this idea in a very romantic yet rational way. In Batman vs Superman, Batman, representing the Mankind, sunk into this paranoia of how mankind will cease to exist if this God like being, Superman or Kal-l, turns against humanity. With turns of events and foul play by the mad scientist Lex Luthor, Batman gathers resources and decides to kill Superman.
When Bruce Wayne confronts Superman, he is driven by a fundamental distrust in unchecked power—a concern that has echoed through millennia of human history. Batman’s mortal perspective reminds us of our own instinct to ensure that even the most seemingly benevolent powers don’t operate without accountability. This cautionary stance mirrors society’s wariness toward figures of authority, whether they are political, technological, or religious in nature. We are reminded that absolute power, no matter how righteous its holder may seem, inevitably brings with it the risk of misuse and corruption. In this way, Batman’s struggle with Superman is more than a superhero face-off; it becomes an allegory for humanity’s effort to limit and balance forces that, unchecked, could alter or even destroy the world as we know it.
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