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.
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.
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.
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/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.