Thursday 4 December 2008

the Leviathan (Psalm 74:13-14; Job 41; Isaiah 27:1)

We all know of the Leviathan, if not here is a short introduction. its a sea creature which can be found within the bible it is usually portrayed as a swirling mass of either tentacles or as a massive serpent creature, which is immense in size and has the potential to destroy the earth. The reason I'm adding this mention of the leviathan is because here we have a biblical version of the beast known as Godzilla however the later has grown legs and learn to breathe nuclear fire. maybe within the post modern world where science has managed to remove most of what religious scripture has presented us with for century, god has now stated to use humanity by influencing humanity into creating beast that cannot yet be dismissed as science has no way to disprove weather a nuclear leak could cause mutations of the type that Godzilla is.



Another issue that exists is the problem of how can we be sure what the Leviathan is. This may seem like an obvious question to answer, all we have to do is look at the bible to get the answer. However what i mean here is, how can we no t be sure that the leviathan is not a representation of pollution itself a sea creature that ravages the ocean, much the same as we human being have done.



Maybe the Leviathan represents the pollution that we have caused through out the earth but most obviously within our oceans where fish of all kinds are disappearing faster then ever. The point I'm making is that we are the leviathan. and as the story of Godzilla goes we created him he represents the way we treat the world maybe the Leviathan was an early indication of how humanity would treat the earth. This may seem like a pointless and poor attempt at connecting religion and Godzilla, but if god exists outside of time then maybe the Leviathan was a warning of what could be, and with the creation of Godzilla in the 1950s during the height of fear relating to nuclear holocaust. It could be seen that Godzilla was just a reminder of the what might be.

The other way to look at it is that maybe god was showing what could happen if we carry on treating the world the way we are, perhaps god would send a creature like that of the Leviathan to put us back in our place and Godzilla was just a reminder of this.

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