Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice, I wish I did (not as much as Teen Titans though)
One of my first Young Justice fanfics. I hate that modern culture in general seems to skirt Christianity in general as something for the "Jesus Freaks" to do. I wish that DC and Marvel Comics could have god, the true god as a major plot element. Maybe they do in some cases but the events seem isolated.
Enough of my babbling on with the story.
"Superboy"
"Hmm" Superboy glanced at Ms. Martian who was standing by the ring as he trained. He stopped a second to give her his full attention "what is it Megan?"
"I was just wondering if you could tell me about something?"
"Depends on what you want to know about, the genomorphs taught me a lot but I still had a lot to learn when we broke out of Cadmus."
"Okay well, I was watching a movie and it showed something called the Holy Bible and I was just wondering what that was?"
Superboy scratched the back of his neck, "I can't really tell you as well as a Christian would, I think you would be better off talking to one of them."
"What's a Christian?"
Superboy stared at her, and then he mentally slapped himself as he remembered that she was in a sense newer to this world than he was.
"Did Mars have a religion?"
"Why yes, I went to our temples every first day of the week."
"Well, Christianity is the biggest religion in this world, it isn't the only one, but it's the biggest. Its followers are called Christians and their holy book is called the Bible. I can't really tell you any more than that."
"Okay, thanks Superboy."
She gave him a hug which he very gently returned, then she walked down the hallway and he went back to training.
Robin was working on his computer when Megan came in. As he turned to face her she waved nervously.
"Hi, I hope I'm not interrupting."
"No, no, I was just finishing up anyway."
Robin turned and finished up whatever he was doing, then got off the computer. Her turned back and said "so, what's on your mind?"
"Well, I came here to ask you about something."
"So, ask."
"Well I heard about this book called a Holy Bible and it seems to be a big thing to some people and I was, well, curious."
Robin turned around and rummaged in a drawer until he found what he was looking for. He brought out a book and said "is this what you were talking about?"
"No, the book I saw was bigger and it looked a lot older an-"
"There are a lot of Bibles in the world and all of them are in different shapes and sizes."
"Oh, well, I was wondering if you could tell me about the religion."
Robin flipped open the Bible and then looked at Megan "your going to have to bear with me, now Christianity has its roots back in an older religion/culture Judaism. You see, we believe that there is one being that made everything, knows everything, is omnipotent and omnipresent. Back even before he made this reality-"
"Excuse me, but when you say he, do you mean that he's actually a boy?"
"Well, I'm not sure, people aren't really sure on that part but I'm not even sure it matters, most likely is that he's not any gender but we just use "he" because it's more personal than "it". Anyway, he made being of power to live with him in Heavan and there was peace. But one of the three Archangels, the three most powerful of the beings of power, named Lucifer, eventually decided that he was just as good as god and was going to take god's place."
Megan covered her mouth with her hands.
"So he convinced a third of the other angels to stand by him and he fought for the throne of god. But since he had finite power and god had infinite power he lost and was thrown out of Heaven. Then, God made all this reality that we live in now in six days, and sat back to watch his work on the seventh. On the sixth day of his creation he made man, a man specifically first and he made the human race special, he gave us souls and made us in his image, whether that means in physical image or something else I don't know but he did. He even gave us females to be our partners. Now both Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, lived in a paradise and didn't even have to work, they lived in a garden called Eden. Now there where special trees in Eden, like the tree of eternal life that they could eat at any time they wanted. But in the center of the garden was a very special tree called the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam and Eve only knew the goodness of god's will, but they where forbidden to eat from the tree because they would know both good and evil."
"But one day when Eve was alone by the tree she was called to it by snake with legs."
"A talking snake?"
"Yea this wasn't any ordinary snake, it was a snake by the name of Lucifer."
Megan gasped.
"It convinced her to eat the fruit of the tree and she gave it to Adam and he ate it as well."
"So what happened?"
"God sentenced the human race to a life of labor, basically made us leave the garden. That's the first part of the story."
Megan sat for a bit, digesting the information, then she said "when did it diverge from Judaism?"
"Well, in many prophecies made by god's prophets it was foretold that the son of god himself would come to redeem god's chosen people, the Jews, they where the only people who had kept faith with god while all the other nations had worshipped false gods. About 2000 years ago when the Jews where under occupation by the Roman Empire, a nation that lasted a long time. A woman named Mary became pregnant without being with any man."
"But that's impossible, at least with the technology they had then."
"Bear with me please, she bore a son whose name was Jesus. Mary was told he was the son of god that had been foretold. When he was old enough, Jesus began teaching, but most of the people alive then didn't believe he was the Messiah and even his closest friends misunderstood what he was planning to do."
Robin looked at her with intense eyes "let me ask you something Megan, have you ever made a mistake or done something wrong."
"Well, yea, everyone has haven't they?"
"Yes, and that's the central theme of Christianity. The Jews had been given laws to follow from god himself but no one was able to measure up to it, they all broke it at one point or another. Even King David, a man whom god had called "a man after my own heart" committed several sins. But Jesus lived a completely perfect life, preaching and healing many people. But many of the religious leaders at the time where Hippocrates and just concerned with the power they had. They saw Jesus as a threat to their power and they eventually had him arrested when one of his best friends betrayed him."
Megan was hooked into the story "what happened then, did he use his power to put them in their place and become king?" she asked eagerly.
"No, he was condemned and put to death, they used the most grizzly, horrific, and painful execution method they had during that day, Crucifixion."
Megan didn't understand so he elaborated "they whipped him, beat him, and mocked him, they put a crown of thorns on his head and pounded it down, then they had him carry a giant piece of wood shaped like a lowercase "t" up to a hill called Golgatha and there they set up the cross and nailed him to hang on it until he died."
Megan gasped in horror at the death of the symbol of the Christians, "why did he have to die in such a way?"
"In old times, in order to cleanse themselves of sin, the Jews would select a lamb, not just any lamb, but the best, and they would sacrifice it to god. Jesus became the ultimate lamb for humanity, his perfect life was our sacrifice, what killed him on that cross wasn't blood loss, or suffocation, it was heartbreak. Because sin separates us from god, Jesus had been with god since who knows how long, probably forever since he's a vital part of god, but he was separated from him when he went to that cross. Later when he was dead, they drove a spear into his side and water came out, scientist today have determined that that can only happen, the water gathering into your chest like that if your heart explodes. All the pain and suffering of man, separated from god killed Jesus by heartbreak. Some of his friends removed his body and buried it in a tomb they had prepared."
Megan's eyes where shining as she wiped them "is that it, you all struggle to be like your hero who was martyred?" To her utter surprise, Robin smiled widely, "the priests had soldiers placed by the tomb because they thought that Jesus's friends would try to steal his body on the third day because he said he would rise again on that day. But the disciples had no such ideas; in fact they were hiding, too afraid to go outside. On the third night the guards where confronted with two angels who opened the tomb. The next day some women who where Jesus's friend came to the tomb and at first assumed that someone had stolen their master's body but then two angels appeared and told them that Jesus was alive again. They then went and told the disciple who at first didn't believe but when Jesus himself appeared they all where amazed and ecstatic. After visiting them a few more times, he finally left to be with god his father, but his disciples dedicated the rest of their lives to spreading the good news to the rest of the world."
"So you see the true purpose of our faith is because we all need a savior because we've all sinned so we serve the lord Jesus."
Megan looked stunned "that was, an amazing story. Can I ask you something?"
"Sure Megan."
"Where did you learn all of this?"
Robin's face hardened for a moment, then softened "my parents taught me, when I die I can't wait to see them."
"Do you mean their-?"
"Yep, their dead, but don't worry, I know I'll see them again when I die, in heaven."
Ms. Martian looked lost in thought, then she said "well thanks for telling me that, it certainly gives me a lot to think about." Robin smiled "I hope it did, feel free to talk to me in case you have any questions." With that, Ms. Martian left the room to think about what she'd just been told.
About the whole heart thing, I can't remember were I heard it from so it may or may not be true, the science part I mean, but the spiritual emotional part I guarantee is 100% true.
I hope you enjoyed that, have a good night and god bless!
Sincerely, LordGodsServant