We want to watch the new Spider-Man movie the other day with the kiddos and that raised questions

about older Spider-Man movies with the kiddos and then

I wanted to go see the Sam Ramey films with Toby McGuire and then the amazing

Spider-Man stuff with Andrew Garfield so we've been watching through those and it is so jarring after

15 years or whatever we're at of the Marvel Cinematic universe to go back and watch the Sam

Ramey Toby McGuire Spider-Man films because they're campy and silly and the humor

hits different and the themes, the moral ethical themes are so pronounced at times, perhaps even a little

bit over pronounced, and the main character is so flawed.

Man, I just never noticed when I was young and I watched those movies how many problems

Spider-Man had that really weren't external to him they were Peter Parker problems

look what I did there and it's called alliteration And then you get toward the end of all of those shows

and there's always a moment where CGI Spider-Man,

he swings in front of an American flag

and he perches there for a minute and cranes his neck and then swings into action.

And look, I, ah, now we're here.

I like America. I like my country, particularly the land and the people and many of the values at many

times as I look at American history as is the case with my opinion of most governments throughout history?

Just like Jesus is teaching as he contrasts kingdom values with world kingdom values.

Look, I'm just not always super high on how governments behave and our government is no exception. There have been moments of no not so no

government is no exception. There have been moments of nobility, but I think you

also got to be honest about the moments of not so nobility that have

existed. That's the end of my comment on that. All of that disclaimer aside as I'm watching this thing

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