Our second 'Engage' night was based around the Dark Knight, the second of the Batman trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan. One of the most popular films around, Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker has become legendary with just the right mix of unhinged madman and criminal genius.
Once again Russel was doing the talk, this time on the fact that actually human beings don't have it all right and we are 'twisted'. Mark Chapter 7 was the passage for the evening and from this Russel was able to draw this idea of how the Joker was actually right when he says that all humans can be drawn down to his level of immorality. An uncomfortable thought to be sure; I know I like to think that I am an innately moral person. Who wants to be compared to an unhinged criminal genius? Yet as Russel pointed out with personal examples, we all mess up and we all cause hurt through acting immorally no matter how small the action might be.
Yet once again Jesus provides the answer here. As the one perfect being, who gives us the moral standard to live by, Jesus provides the example to live by. Part of being a Christian is about growing to be more like Jesus and following his example. By following this example we are able to disprove Ledger's Joker when he accuses all humans of being immoral. And maybe we can prove Batman right... that humans do wish to have some form of morality, order and justice in the world?
And one last word, thank you to the decoration team who put in plenty of effort particularly with the bat signal created from paper, pencils and a lamp!
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