# Are any mainstream comic heroes religious?

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**Created:** [October 14, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-mainstream-comic-heroes-religious/207467 "2003-10-14T23:03:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-mainstream-comic-heroes-religious/207467/41 "2003-10-17T05:54:15Z")

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Isn’t Lobo one of those ‘Heaven Doesn’t Want Me, Hell’s Afraid I’ll Take Over’ instances?

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-mainstream-comic-heroes-religious/207467/42 "2003-11-02T21:31:41Z")

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OK, thanks for the X-men corrections. I stand corrected.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-mainstream-comic-heroes-religious/207467/43 "2003-11-03T17:34:41Z")

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\>\>“With so many characters receiving powers from God or from The Gods, it would be kind of hard to be an athiest.”

No, not hard at all. If you really didn’t want to believe, you’d just assume Thor (or whoever) was mistaken or delusional or a huckster. Or maybe just an opportunist, like those emporers that claimed their office was due to their descent from the gods. How many Romans really believed them?

Come to think of it, I might be one of those skeptics. I probably walk past a dozen miracles a day, and attribute them to natural causes.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-mainstream-comic-heroes-religious/207467/44 "2003-11-03T22:48:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by digs \*  
> \*\*Come to think of it, I might be one of those skeptics. I probably walk past a dozen miracles a day, and attribute them to natural causes. \*\*

Heck, when you consider that the existance of superpowers is more-or-less public knowledge, this wouldn’t be too hard to believe at all.

…and might mean that if the messiah came again, he might just be lynched as a “mutie.” :smack: 😃

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