Jesus as a hero in America

To many people in America today, Jesus is a hero.Why though, has he become so known as a hero. Is it because he died to save us from sin? or because of the many miraculous things he did to help the people he came in contact with? Many people just think of Jesus as a hero in ways is because they feel like they must because of what the Bible teaches he did for all of us. When we look at the definition of a hero, Jesus fits it to a tee. The definition to a hero through the eyes of Joseph Campbell is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. So why do we claim Jesus as a hero today in America instead of a man who came down to earth to do what he was called to do by his father? People look at Jesus as a hero probably has to do with they do not know the whole story and believe that Jesus came down to earth to die for us because he wanted to or because he felt like that that is what he needed to do. Jesus did not want to have the title of a hero with all of the fame and glory that a hero has. He simply came down to do do what he was called to do. People just say Jesus is a hero because he fits the definition of a hero. The teachings of a mother to a child may be that Jesus was a hero and leave it at that. That child will grow up and teach his or her children the same thing. This creates a sense that Jesus is a hero throughout many generations. This is why Jesus is titled as a hero in America today.