Getting a Handle on Messiahs-- part one
"Jesus Christ, Superstar-- Do you think you're what they say you are...?" (from the rock opera by A.L.Webber) A messiah is a saviour: someone who comes along and through word and deed swings humanity, or a culture, or an individual from a state of benightedness to one of comprehension. Or from a path of self-destruction to one of self-realization and life. Who would not want to be a messiah? What a great thing, to be so right about things that the whole of humanity is brought to joyful... Sign in to see full entry.