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Here's the Source, don't miss the comments

Superman-------Methodist
Spider-Man-------Protestant
Batman----------Episcopalian/Catholic (lapsed)
Wonder Woman----Greco-Roman Classical Religion
Aquaman---------Greco-Roman Classical Religion
The Hulk---------Catholic (lapsed)
Captain America---Protestant
Invisible Woman---Episcopalian
Nightcrawler------Catholic
Shadowcat--------Jewish
Daredevil---------Catholic
Hawkman---------Egyptian classical religion
The Thing--------Jewish
The Atom---------Jewish (lapsed)
Zatanna----------Dianic Wiccan
Elektra-----------Greek Orthodox

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The Thing--------Jewish

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DOCTOR STRANGE: So that you will know this was not simply a dream . . . there is an etymology [sic: entomology] book on your third shelf. Look to page seventy-three.

SPIDER-MAN: And then . . .?

DOCTOR STRANGE: Pray.

SPIDER-MAN: . . . pray . . .

[Peter Parker wakes up from his dream (which was not simply a dream), in which Doctor Strange appeared to him and conversed with him on the astral plane. He finds the book on his shelf and opens to the page Doctor Strange described. The page has a picture and description of a "Spider Wasp."]

The spider wasp is the most efficient spider-killer in the insect kingdom. Its sting quickly subdues its prey by paralyzing the spider's central nervous system. But it does not kill the spider all at once. The spider wasp carries its prey to its nest, or if the spider is too large to carry in flight, the wasp simply drags it to the nest. In order to make the spider easier to drag, some spider wasps bite off the spider's legs, often drinking the blood that leaks form the wounds. The spider wasp places a single spider in each nest, which is often constructed after catching the prey.

[Peter Parker's face shows that he is rather horrified after reading this description.]

PETER PARKER/SPIDER-MAN: Hey, God? It's Peter again. Listen, not that I'm complaining or anything, but next incarnation, just for a change of pace, you think you could have me get bitten by a radioactive Jennifer Lopez? Just a thought."

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He doesn't look Jewish

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Lex Luthor, for example, was Episcopalian but is now a Nietzschean atheist.

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Originally posted by Stephen:
Maybe a bit like a golem? ... Anyhow, his being Jewish was revealed some 40 years after his introduction in comics. Whether that was always the intention for the character, I dunno. But see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(comics)#Religion
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Stephen

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Originally posted by tenderfootsquest:
There are 99 Muslim superheros endorsed by the Prez coming to TV!!!

The left must be in ecstasy over the tolerance of Islam coming to American TV.

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Although Homer attends church, has been baptized and has even had conversations with God, he has indicated, on numerous occasions, that he is not religious. For example, in The Simpsons Movie, before entering the church, he says, "Relax, those pious morons are too busy talking to their phony-baloney god."

Lisa Simpson, was portrayed as Christian in the second season episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment", however since "She of Little Faith", has been a secular Buddhist, although she accepts her family's beliefs (after advice from Richard Gere), going to church with them and celebrating Christian holidays.

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It might be one of the most controversial cartoon shows currently on television, but The Simpsons has always attracted an army of devout fans.
And now programme makers can boast that the antics of Homer, Bart and the rest of the dysfunctional family are watched religiously - after receiving the blessing of the Vatican.

The official Vatican newspaper has declared that the programme's central characters - beer-swilling, doughnut-loving Homer Simpson and son Bart - are Catholics who raise questions concerning the Christian faith.

The article in Sunday's Osservatore Romano even encourages parents to let their children watch 'the adventures of the little guys in yellow'.


'Few people know it, and he does everything to hide it. But it's true: Homer J. Simpson is Catholic', the article declares.

The newspaper cited a recent study by a Jesuit priest of a 2005 episode of the show called The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star. That study concludes that The Simpsons is 'among the few TV programmes for kids in which Christian faith, religion and questions about God are recurrent themes'.

'The family recites prayers together before meals and, in its own way, believes in heaven,' the newspaper quoted the Jesuit study as saying..............................


...........But last year the Vatican described the show as "tender and irreverent, scandalous and ironic, boisterous and profound, philosophical and sometimes even theological, nutty synthesis of pop culture and of the lukewarm and nihilistic American middle class'.

Yesterday the programme's executive producer denied that its characters were Catholic, saying he was baffled by the endorsement.

'We've pretty clearly shown that Homer is not Catholic,' Al Jean said.

'I really don't think he could go without eating meat on Fridays - for even an hour.'

Mr Jean pointed out that the Simpson family attends the First Church of Springfield 'which is decidedly Presbylutheran'.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...ewsxml#ixzz12r2UrDLI

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Originally posted by CompGuy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11593990

The video makes it quite clear that the Simpsons are NOT Catholic.

And here I always thought the Pope was infallible!

Jeff
(Yes, I know--only when he speaks ex cathedra.)

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The video makes it quite clear that the Simpsons are NOT Catholic.