What exactly would you prefer to believe – the Omni-potent, Omni-present God or super cool superhuman Superhero? This seemingly simple answer is not exactly that simple.
By definition, god is someone or some force which designed this whole master piece called universe and also can change the same. But then again, definition of god, especially in India, is highly subjective. However, they all boil down to the same thing –the all mighty.
To define a Superhero is however a much more complicated task. Ideally, a Superhero should be an aspirational human being. Some one that an average person wants to be. Some one with power extraordinaire to that of a guy throwing newspaper every morning in front of your house or gives you that Zinger at KFC. Some one who instils hope. A protector, a saviour. And here is where the catch lies!
Popular opinion might suggest that belief in God is something that has been taught to them even before they understood the difference between a tricycle and bicycle. On the other hand, Superhero is something that we learnt on our own. Some farfetched part of our fantasy. No one ever taught us to believe in it. It was thought about as one of those stupid fantasies that we as children indulged in. Somehow for grown-ups, God was more believable than Superheroes. One of the major reasons that was the perception was that whenever you think of Superhero you think of a Superman, a Batman even a Naagraj. But that somehow defeats all our efforts put into defining the Superhero.
A Superhero just needs to have extraordinary powers. That definition validates people like Einstein, Franklin and Napoleon as superheroes. They all had powers uncommon to masses and they almost certainly changed history. Closer home, our very own Mahatma Gandhi, Aryabhatta, Bhagat Singh etc etc are perfect examples of Superheroes. And these people were certainly flesh and bone, unlikely God which still has at least an iota of doubt about its existence. An argument which points in the direction that we have always had Superheroes walking amongst us.
Enough about the comparable powers. Even the fallacies point to the fact that we already have seen a lot of superheroes. God is supposed to be perfect. The One who has planned everything and cannot go wrong. But pick up any of your Superheroes. Take for example your neighbour friendly Superman. Though the guy has amazing powers, still falls for Lois Lane. Has a weakness in Kryptonite. Somehow that makes him seem more human and hence, more believable.
All these arguments certainly point to the observation that we might not have been as credible as we would like to believe while pronouncing the God as the sole power keeping the mechanism of universe alive. After considering these arguments and keeping in mind the all the impossible (used only for qualitative effect, no pun intended!) powers of God, can it be just possible that we might actually owe everything, or at least some part of it, to the unsung heroes –the Superheroes!
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