What if god is among us

The plot of Bruce Almighty. Starts as The Despot, tries to be The Savior but isn't up to the task. Tron universe : Humans accidentally created a civilization of sentient Programs , and for the most part, they love and worship their human Users. Of the humans who find out?

Kevin Flynn started as Oblivious, went to Self-Denouncer admitting to Tron and Yori he was totally making things up as he went along , then built The Grid and tried to the The Savior, but it blew up in his face as he really wasn't up to the task, and more or less ends as The Apathetic, as he cared little about The Grid itself and only about getting Sam and Quorra to safety.

Tron 2. The people behind Thorne plan on being even worse Despots. Ma3a, the Benevolent A. Jet thwarts them, but realizing what being a User means doesn't do his sanity any favors. He ends up as a cross of Reluctant Messiah, Self-Denouncer, and The Savior, realizing that as much as he hates the idea of being a User, humans have a responsibility to the Programs and that there's always another guy like Thorne waiting in the wings. Thor : While living among humans, and even a bit among his own kind, Thor is a Prince possibly because he literally is one , but becomes a Savior later.

Loki is even more twisted, taking delight in killing humans purely because Thor has sworn to protect them, like a bratty kid breaking his brother's favorite toys.

The Lord Ruler of Mistborn combines elements of the Despot and the Prince though he probably sees himself as more of a Reluctant Messiah- and despite being the object of the state religion he's not a real god, just a human with immortality and godlike magical powers. Live-Action TV. The Twilight Zone episode, and the short story on which it's based, " It's a Good Life ," deal with what would happen if a bratty child were given Reality Warper powers akin to God. Josh's amazing abilities support this.

Tabletop Games. One of the central themes of Exalted is to explore this question. The Incarnation is, ultimately, a mystery. But it is the mystery on which every other mystery of the Christian faith depends.

Years ago, on a cold December night, I was driving across the frozen prairies of Illinois, where I grew up. I was scanning the radio dial this was in the s, long before Spotify, Pandora, and Sirius XM and suddenly I heard a woman singing plaintively:. I nearly drove off the road! I know now, 25 years later, that it would go on to become the most famous song either of them would ever be associated with—covered by numerous artists and even serving as the theme song for a TV series, Joan of Arcadia.

At the time, though, what struck me—and still strikes me every time I listen to the song—is twofold. The first is how the song asks a central question about the truth of the Christian faith. This was a question asked in one way or another by many people who met Jesus.

A famous traveling rabbi—sure. But God incarnate? How was that even possible? Our passage from John 1 today is the most famous statement in the entire Scriptures of how central the Incarnation is to our faith.

If God had a face what would it look like? A face of compassion, with pure and pitying eyes, truth-speaking lips Matthew ,36 , and a face set like flint to carry his highly important, brutally difficult mission Isaiah ,7.

He, being divinely holy, would live among sinners yet be without sin and give his perfect life as a sacrifice for a guilty human race. He, the beloved and pleasing Son of God, would allow himself to be forsaken by his Father that rebels might become his brothers and sisters, dearly loved children of the heavenly Father.

He, the everlasting Word, would speak words of good news and good cheer to all nations, but choose to reveal them and their power in a gospel message recorded by prophets and apostles that comes to human hearts in word and water, wine and wheat.

He, the All-knowing and All-ruling, would serve as the only needed mediator, pointing God and man to his sacrifice that made peace, once for all. That is the marvel, mystery, and meaning of Christmas. We no longer need to ask the question because he has answered it once for all in Jesus Christ! Find your Christmas joy and peace in him, the God who is your brother.

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In reality, of course, humans are terrible regardless of who they think is watching them, and we will act totally by short-termist ideals regardless of the long-term consequences.

People would still lie and cheat, because not even a fear of God can change our stupid natures. What an idiot! To put it in an overly simplistic and corny way, we have to work together — regardless of who we believe is watching, or who is among us — to make the world a better place.