Clark Kent was LDS

[Moksha]

This was so good I have to share it. It is from my friend BillThinks4Himself at Beliefnet. He has given me Carte Blanche to repost his stuff which is always at a genius level. Enjoy.

Clark Kent was LDS

by BillThinks4Himself

How do I know? The clues were there all along, to anyone who was willing to look.

1. Clark dresses like a missionary. He looks like he just came back from Mister Mac. Is that Swedish knit? I'll bet it is.

2. Clark is in Metropolis but not of it. Doesn't the paper have an icon of the world on it? Clark works in this world but his values come directly from Smallville, a nice, clean, place where people know right from wrong. He stands out like a sore thumb in the big city, where success is all about pushing, shoving and cutting in line.

3. Clark knows about the pre-earth life. He has two sets of parents - his earthly parents and his heavenly parents. He knows he was sent to Earth from a heavenly home.

4. Clark lives according to rules that are not of this world. In Metropolis, everybody is chasing a dream, going after it in whatever way they can. Clark also has dreams - of working for the Daily Planet and hooking up with Lois Lane - but they're second to his real mission, which is to do the will of his father.

5. Clark's set of instructions come from a record found in the earth. This record preserves the values of a lost civilization, one done in by the lack of foresight among its people. Clark's father might be likened to Mormon as a man of prophetic vision whose warnings went unheeded until it was too late.

6. Clark was special gifts. He has special skills he is not allowed to show off for his friends but which he uses to serve others.

7. Clark is really a god in disguise. Superman is a glorified person who condescends to human form by disguising himself as another schlub on the city bus. In truth, however, he can leap tall buildings, outrun a speeding train and is faster than a speeding bullet. His true self would blow the doors off the persona he plays when trying to blend in with others.

8. Clark wears special underwear. It comes with certain markings. Bullets bounce off of it. It covers up his vitals. It symbolizes the person he really is, which tracks back to his heavenly parents.

9. Clark could be a player but chooses, instead, to go after Lois Lane. Even when Lois throws herself at Superman (the sexually actualized alter ago), Clark prefers to woo her as Clark, the nice guy, not Kal El, the stud.

10. Clark is no showboater. He quietly does his job, often underestimated by employers and competitors alike, but somehow keeps landing on his feet.

[Suzie]

Hey and he broke the law of chastity with Lois? He got excommunicated since he serves a mission? Yikes!!

[Dossice]

Aha! This also proves that Clark Kent is Jesus, despite also being a prodigal son archetype.

Maybe the reason for this is to show that no matter how religious anyone is, they're not perfect?

Jesus/Clark Kent/Mormons can be tempted just like everyone else?

Edited August 9, 2010 by Dossice

[Dr T]

You are correct, he was tempted but Jesus lived a perfect life. He did not sin. :) GO JESUS!

[Captain_Curmudgeon]

Oddly enough, Kent Clark, who was on the faculty at CalTech, was a Mormon. Everyone called him "ManSuper."

[miztrniceguy]

Is CalTech near CalPoly?

[MichaelCraig]

Suzie..Did I miss that part? Did Clark really break the law of chastity with Lois? I haven't seen all of the movies.

[Moksha]

Suzie..Did I miss that part? Did Clark really break the law of chastity with Lois?

And what did Lois mean by that "faster than a speeding bullet" remark?

[Guest]

Suzie..Did I miss that part? Did Clark really break the law of chastity with Lois? I haven't seen all of the movies.

Yep, he did. But, he had to become fully human and lose his supermaness to do so. Superman II, I believe.

But then Zod and his gang wrecked havoc on earth so Clark had to go back to becoming superman again. So he dropped the veil of forgetfulness on Lois.

Crazy story. Dunno why I love it so much.

[Saturnfulcrum]

So...does that mean Lois Lane is Mary Magdalene? I mean, if we were going to base it off the logic of Dan Brown and The DaVinci Code, it'd make perfect sense right?