Thor's a real god

Powersurge Wrote:
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> The Crusader was an interesting character. I
> remember reading that one back when I was, like,
> 13 or 14. I actually used him in my "Morningstar"
> campaign. He had taken the name Puritan and was in
> association with with a group of fundies that were
> protest the genetic research being conducted by
> GenTech... which created the Morningstar
> synthoid.
>
> Anyway, in my write up on the Crusader/Puritan, I
> nailed down Mephisto as the ultimate source of his
> powers.
>
> As for deities as comicbook characters... I'm not
> sure how I feel about that. For one, the risk of
> impious portrayals is always there. It also
> sharply defines a force that should naturally
> inspire a sense of awe and wonder... robbing the
> divine of mystery.
>
> On the otherhand, Thor has always been a magnet
> for storytelling. And for the most part, Marvel's
> portrayal of Thor has never offended me to any
> significant degree.
>
> I dunno... I think that when it comes right down
> to it, I would prefer to see the power of various
> deities working through/empowering mortal agents
> and the sense of mystery that should properly
> surround the divine kept in place.


I think that is essentually what God does. By God I mean the Christian God. He has empowered others to do great things. THough we see this more in his polar opposite in hell cretures. Ghostrider.

I was making sweeping references to origin stories. A god is born with his powers. A mutant is born with his powers.

I prefer the "accident" origin to the "born with power" origin, that's all.