They only lack the light to show the way! an understatement

[katty]

article excerpt:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2094503&page=1&entertainment=true&entertainment=true

Some see Superman, though, as not only Christian — but Christ-like.



In the trailer for "Superman Returns," Superman's father, Jor-El, says, "Even though you're being raised as a human being, you are not one of them. They can be a great people, Kal-El. They wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way.
For this reason, above all — their capacity for growth — I have sent them you: my only son."