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$\"\"$ <\/a>Over at the Christophers blog<\/a> on Patheos, Toni Rossi has an excellent breakdown of the spiritual implications of the Avengers <\/em>movie<\/a>. He writes about a scene in which Loki (the villain) tells humanity it is their nature to kneel, to submit, to give up freedom:<\/p>\n

As I was watching the scene in the movie unfold and the old man first stood up, I expected a comment from him about how human beings are never meant to follow, that we\u2019re autonomous individuals who shouldn\u2019t submit our own will to anyone else. That\u2019s why the exchange surprised me. It didn\u2019t say that at all. It just made a comment on the type of person \u2013 and perhaps unintentionally, the type of God \u2013 we\u2019re supposed to follow.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth clicking through to read the whole thing.<\/p>\n

Perhaps these underlying themes are part of why The Avengers<\/a><\/em> <\/a>is the highest grossing movie of all time.<\/a><\/p>\n

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More reading: Read our Avengers review.<\/a><\/p>\n

Read why Iron Man is\u00a0libertarian\u00a0and The Hulk is progressive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"