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Do we have evidence of Bruce expressing religiousness as Batman? This is when he's more himself. Even if he did though, I'd probably wonder about it, since he plays the spy game even with the cowl on, not trusting allies and stuff.

We have evidence of both sides. Though some would coinsider The Chalice so far out there that it's out-of-character.

Man I hope when this happens it's at least in different pre-Crisis and post-Crisis incarnations. Otherwise I need to rationalize this through something like "Bruce loves his parents so much he gives them a new grave every year so it always looks nice" or something.

Nope. Long Halloween, Blackest Night, Identity Crisis, Batgirl: YO. Just to name a few. I would regard that with little signigicance, it's just like the look of Wayne Manor or the length of the bat-ears. There's no ultimate version.

It sorta odd we have Batman tagged as BOTH an atheist AND a christian. It's unusual, but not impossible, since it is possible to view Jesus as a mentor or role model without attaching deific significance to it. I do wonder if we have evidence in either direction though, and think until we know otherwise, all characters should default to an 'agnostic' neutral.

It's possible because he's a fictional character. Year Two, JLA #66, Gods of Gotham have him non-religious or lapsed, The Chalice, Secret Origins and Miller and Dixon have him Christian.

He's interacted with enough supernatural beings in his career that he wouldn't have beliefs resembling the usual atheists, and he even has awareness of "gods" since members of the JLA are associated with them (at least of the Greek flavor). Not to mention being killed/resurrected by a "new god", Darkseid. This is factored into Superman's religious views in Action Comics #749.

As much as the idea of a theistic Batman would weird me out, I don't think it'd make me HATE him though. Considering his behaviour, he's pretty much the model you'd want out of a theist were that the case. Tim wouldn't hate Batman for being theistic, and Batman would not hate Tim. So if they can get along, we can get along with both of them regardless of their status.

The vast majority of superheroes is probably protestant of some nature, but it plays an insignificant role in their stories. Jeff Pierce is a Christian, John Stewart is, Virgil Hawkins is (not a loyal church-going one, but he still identifies as one), Hal Jordan is, Barry Allen is. It's rarely made explicit, except when they've got a Spanish, Italian, Irish or Polish surname. They're automatically Catholic.