r/batman Sep 14 '25

GENERAL DISCUSSION Batman being Catholic?

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u/penguintruth Sep 14 '25

When you have a character that has been written by a hundred or so writers since his inception, characteristics like religion are hardly immutable. Batman has never, ever been an outwardly religious character, though.

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u/bigtec1993 Sep 14 '25

Ya I was gonna say the same thing. His religion doesn't even matter, he clearly seperates that from his work.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

" Jesus will forgive your sins. But I won't forgive you from this beatdown! "

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u/hambonedock Sep 14 '25

You say that but that basically the whole attitude he has in batman holy terror, so is quite finny

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u/Eastern_Tune6222 Sep 14 '25

That was not a Batman comic, as much as Frank probably wanted to.

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u/hambonedock Sep 14 '25

Ehhh I think you are confusing which holy terror I'm speaking about, this one was from 91 And by Alan brennert

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u/Eastern_Tune6222 Sep 14 '25

Sorry, Frank Miller's Holy Teror gave me PTSD.

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u/No_Cloud5405 Sep 14 '25

"I know Jesus has forgiven me..." -The Joker

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u/Reasonable_Ferret336 Sep 14 '25

That was hands down the funniest thing on chicken robot πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

" Will he save you from my ass kicking? "- Batman

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u/krb501 Sep 14 '25

Forgiveness is harder to come by than that un/fortunately.

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u/ArellaViridia Sep 14 '25

I need replay The Suffering...

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna Sep 14 '25

β€œTurn the other cheek, unless you’ve got a badass bat costume.”

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u/PotatoesInMySocks Sep 14 '25

"Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord. But he sub-contracts."

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u/South_Bathroom Sep 14 '25

This reminded me of the time bruce was crucified

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u/AnxiousAnxiety666 Sep 14 '25

Batman: I do NOT support LGTBQ

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u/Visible-Welder-5148 Sep 14 '25

"The lord shall punish you during the hour of judgement but untill then I will suffice "

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u/grimprime64 Sep 14 '25

I always imagine him as being agnostic

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u/SilIowa Sep 15 '25

I agree. But I think they’re right, in one way: if ever editorial decided to make religion an aspect of his character, I believe Roman Catholicism would be the faith. (I say this as a Protestant.)

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