Monday, July 21, 2008

The Dark Knight Questions

1. Can a person deserve something "better" than the truth? What sort of context would call for this?

2. What is the difference between the leader (hero) a people need and the leader they deserve? How can you be the leader that is needed while becoming the leader that is deserved? Is this possible?




3 comments:

Bennett said...

I'm not sure what I think about the answers to these questions completely yet, but I will think more on them. But this is the first thing that came to mind:

The chorus from a 1994 Newsboys song called, "Real Good Thing" from the "Going Public" album goes like this-
"When you get what you don't deserve, it's a real good thing.
When you don't get what you deserve, it's a real good thing."

Hmmm...

J.S. said...

statements made are not made as concrete intentionally; whether they are or not is another matter. following statements made are made for stimulation and response, whatever result:

1) Jesus was, is, [the] Truth, and claimed such. The people were not satisfied with this and they wanted more. this resulted in those people who wanted more than this Truth to shout 'crucify him.'

2)Jesus was, is, the leader the people need, but again the people did not want a poor carpenter's son from Nazareth leading them in this Truth, they wanted a King to lead them out of Roman dominion & a crappy leading by Herod and into a kingdom they already understood.

the people wanted Jesus to take it to the "next level" and those people never took it to the next level. they simply left it at the gruesome death and supposed bewildering resurrection of the acclaimed Truth-incarnate leader (unless they converted).

it seems as though Christopher Nolan is possibly taking it to said next level; directly or indirectly so may be irrelevant.

Geoff Kasler said...

hey... you probably wouldn't recognize me, you had many orientations to attend, but I'm going to Mount Vernon next year, I know you, and I found your blog. I am actually on One Accord for this coming year. I can't wait.