The religion of Bruce Wayne

[ChrisBaleBatman]

This was interesting.....it's a long read though, but interesting:

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Batman.html

 

[Joker]

who cares? It's not like he practices anything...I really doubt he's a very strong believer anyway, because having your parents brutally murdered right in front of you would probably take a bit of your faith away

 

[Mee]

I didn't read through all of it, does it ever come to some sort of conclusion?

 

[Lighthouse]

Holy s**t. That was reaaaaaaally in-depth. I'm interested, but not that interested.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Yeah....it just seemed soo in depth that I had to post to it.

Bruce isn't jewish....Catholic and Episcopalian. I thought it was atleast good to see someone clear it up.

There's others through there too. Pretty much every hero out there, Superman, Spider-Man....all of 'em.

 

[Katsuro]

Haha, this website is hilarious. Somethingawful.com featured it as an Awful Link of the Day a while back. What a joke though, building a site dedicated to predicting the religions of fictional characters.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Some of that information is prolly wrong. the first point of the Episcopalian(sp?) cross was probably drawn for its Gothic tone rather its background significance. To me, it would seem Batman would not lend himself to a religion being both a realist basing things on fact as well as seeing a number of people praising different gods a la Wonder Woman who seems to have her prayers answered and also seeing beings like Zauriel from some type of Monotheistic religion mostly likly Christian branch.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Well, I think it follows the leads there are.

Batman isn't religious........plus, being a detective AND a scientist.....he might not even believe in God actually.

 

[Wams]

who cares? It's not like he practices anything...I really doubt he's a very strong believer anyway, because having your parents brutally murdered right in front of you would probably take a bit of your faith away

Or it could strengthen ones faith.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Well, I think it follows the leads there are.

Batman isn't religious........plus, being a detective AND a scientist.....he might not even believe in God actually.

There is no way Batman can deny the existence of God.

1. The Spectre and Zauriel are agents of the Judeo-Christian God.

2. Wonder Woman is the champion of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and is submerged into Greek mythology

3. Wonder Girl is the champion of Ares, the god of war

4. Troia was once part of the Titans of Myth and married to Coeus the Titan of the Moon

5. Captain Marvel obtains his strength from the Greco-Roman gods: Hercules the once demigod turned god of strength, Atlas the Titan, Zeus the king of the gods, and Mercury the messenger god.

6. Hawkman and Hawkgirl have connections to Egyptian mythology

7. Ragman's costume contains dead souls.

8. Green Arrow and Barry Allen have been/are in Heaven

9. Etrigan/Jason Blood is involved with Hell

10. Deadman is involved with the Hindu goddess: Rama Kushna

Batman's beliefs can be simplified into that he does beleive in the gods but he doesn't worship any of them. It's impossible to be athiest in the DCU or Marvel Universe for that matter. Unless you're Mr. Terrific, whose athiesm seems to be more of a childish denial than actual disbelief.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Well, I was thinking Batman in terms of self-contained....like the movies, or the cartoons maybe.

In the comics, I have seen Batman say that one dimensions magic can be anothers science.

But, he's been in the hands of so many writers.....who the **** knows for sure.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Well, I was thinking Batman in terms of self-contained....like the movies, or the cartoons maybe.

In the comics, I have seen Batman say that one dimensions magic can be anothers science.

But, he's been in the hands of so many writers.....who the **** knows for sure.

Not in the cartoons (Etrigan, Deadman, and Wonder Woman) but definetly in the movies I can see.

And no matter what a writer puts down, BATMAN IS NOT AN ATHIEST! Continuity directly contradicts that considering all the religiously involved heroes there are out there. Hell, Crispus Allen, a Batman character is the freaking Spectre for Christ's sakes!

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Well, some writers could try and portray him as such.

I think it's just best to leave him far away from religion though...it makes things so unnecessarily complicated.

Now....he could acknowlege the existence of God.....or gods.......but he might not choose to care or believe in any of them...like you said Hippie.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Well, some writers could try and portray him as such.

I think it's just best to leave him far away from religion though...it makes things so unnecessarily complicated.

Now....he could acknowlege the existence of God.....or gods.......but he might not choose to care or believe in any of them...like you said Hippie.

Exactly, Batman is not meant to be a religous character and should not be written as one. Of any faith be it Christian, Jewish, athiest or even agnostic.

Like I said, Batman just doesn't care about them and has no desire to worship them even though he knows of their existance

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

You know what though, I think it's also a creative stand point. Batman and Superman.......those are a major characters. Worldwide, icons. Tons of fans.....which means diverse fans as well. Putting these characters to one side of the pool, either making them jewish....catholic....or athiest....business wise, you run the risk of alienating a fanbase.....and that's not right.

Bats isn't meant to be religious....and it's not an aspect of his character, like it is for Daredevil for example, so it is kinda a moot point.

Great stuff Hippie.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

There is no way Batman can deny the existence of God.

1. The Spectre and Zauriel are agents of the Judeo-Christian God.

2. Wonder Woman is the champion of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and is submerged into Greek mythology

3. Wonder Girl is the champion of Ares, the god of war

4. Troia was once part of the Titans of Myth and married to Coeus the Titan of the Moon

5. Captain Marvel obtains his strength from the Greco-Roman gods: Hercules the once demigod turned god of strength, Atlas the Titan, Zeus the king of the gods, and Mercury the messenger god.

6. Hawkman and Hawkgirl have connections to Egyptian mythology

7. Ragman's costume contains dead souls.

8. Green Arrow and Barry Allen have been/are in Heaven

9. Etrigan/Jason Blood is involved with Hell

10. Deadman is involved with the Hindu goddess: Rama Kushna

Batman's beliefs can be simplified into that he does beleive in the gods but he doesn't worship any of them. It's impossible to be athiest in the DCU or Marvel Universe for that matter. Unless you're Mr. Terrific, whose athiesm seems to be more of a childish denial than actual disbelief.

Yeah, he knows they exist, he either doesn't have faith in them, doesn't like them, or just doesn't give a f**k either way.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Yeah, he knows they exist, he either doesn't have faith in them, doesn't like them, or just doesn't give a f**k either way.

I say all of the above.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Yeah, I'm with you guys on that one.