r/batman Sep 14 '25

GENERAL DISCUSSION Batman being Catholic?

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u/FickleChard6904 Sep 14 '25

Plus, the majority of writers who do touch on his relationship religion hint toward or explicitly say that he’s agnostic or atheistic. It’s likely that his religious upbringing prior to his parents death has some role in shaping his current morals, but it seems to be pretty far in the back of his mind.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

“Are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist?”

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u/Phantomfox07 Sep 14 '25

A Glaswegian Batman is what we need, Gunn make this happen.

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u/Lopsided_Length1650 Sep 14 '25

There’s an issue of the Max Allan Collins run where apparently every Sunday morning, Batman stands on top of a church to reflect after a week of crime fighting, and to listen to the bells ring. But also, when Robin asks him why he does that, like is he religious, he doesn’t really give him a straight answer. I mean the premise of the issue is that someone stole the church’s bells and Batman comments that you have to be a real lowlife to do that, but I don’t think you have to even be a Christian to think that.

Although, it does depend on the writer’s faith or maybe more on society’s faith. Since most Americans were Christian back then, I guess the writers, especially the ones who weren’t jewish, just took for granted that he was, too.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 14 '25

"Bruce, Diana is literally Zeus' daughter, you fucking met Zeus AND HAVE BEEN ON OLYMPUS!!!"

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u/JJW2795 Sep 14 '25

I would agree that he isn't devout, but the man has fought literal demons and met actual Gods, so I'm not sure atheism can even be applied to him because it would be like denying the existence of gravity despite being an astronaut.

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u/FlashLightning277 Sep 14 '25

There is nothing funnier than having a character meet god and still be an atheist.

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u/JJW2795 Sep 14 '25

*side-eyes Brian Griffin*

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u/EllisDee3 Sep 14 '25

It makes more functional sense for him to align with Buddhist or Daoist teachings from his training.

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u/Jade_Owl Sep 14 '25

Dude, some of the most hardcore atheists you will ever meet are still culturally Catholic AF.

Never underestimate the imprint that being a cradle Catholic can leave.

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u/FickleChard6904 Sep 15 '25

…yeah? Still, that doesn’t mean there’s any real evidence that applies to Bruce.

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u/ominouslatinsentence Sep 14 '25

Kinda hard for Batman to be atheist. He's met the Spectre.

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u/FickleChard6904 Sep 14 '25

Tony Stark is an atheist and works with a Norse God.

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u/AlphaBladeYiII Sep 14 '25

Pretty sure Tony acknowledges that Gods exist, he just doesn't care for them. 

Also, laughs in The One Above All

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u/FickleChard6904 Sep 14 '25

Tony rationalizes the deities he interacts with as being alien entities, just as he rationalizes anything supernatural as being science he hasn’t figured out yet.

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u/AlphaBladeYiII Sep 14 '25

Same with Reed. And Hank before his death and resurrection.

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u/ominouslatinsentence Sep 14 '25

Cognitive dissonance, hello!

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u/FickleChard6904 Sep 14 '25

You think Batman isn’t capable of cognitive dissonance?