Superheroes and God

[thebitterguy]

Anyway, while theweaselking was railing against the evils of Christianity, he mentioned this: The Super Heroes Bible.

According to the Zondervan website, "The NIrV Super Heroes Bible is packed with ordinary people zapped by God into super hero status."

Included in the Super Heroes Bible are "40 FULL-COLOR PAGES: action-packed illustrations by Dennis Jones. With metallic ink! "

"450 POWERSURGE notes: highlight Bible verses that show character traits, like “Brave,” “Truthful,” and “Wise.” Is "God will summon bears to eat the children that make fun of you" an available trait?

"66 BOOK INTRODUCTIONS: summarize the super hero impact of that book."

"More than 200 character sketches tell the stories of Bible men, women, and kids—from Genesis to Revelation—and will help kids ages 6 to 10 learn what it takes to be a hero of faith. (Some bad guys are in there, too!)" I wonder how awesome it would have been to get OHOTMU type entries for the book.

Seriously, if I'd had a Bible like this, and hadn't been sent to Catholic school where I learned that the church was populated with racists and hypocrites of the worst order, well, I probably would still be vaguely agnostic. But it still looks neat.

If that bores you, I got a website that lists comic book characters by their religions.

Hey, who knew Captain Canuck was a mormon?

Comments

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I don't know about the specific faith(s) of the Captains themselves(Evans, Oak or Semple), but Richard Comely was, last I checked in the news service coverage I've read over the years. Wish I could recall exactly where it popped up, but it was either the Toronto Star, the Ottawa Citizen, or both.

I'm pretty sure that Evans-1(from the original series) was devout in whatever he believes when his first book started, if memory serves.

[thebitterguy]

Apparently Alpha Flight was religious as a group, even though it was composed of Catholics, Jews, an Aboriginal Shaman and an Inuit demi-god.

I wonder if Marinna was Catholic?

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I knew Captain Canuck was a Mormon. There was even a little Mormon sermon in the first issue.

Yes, I had the first issue. No idea where it went.

[thebitterguy]

Yeah, I hear the first issue isn't that hard to acquire, but apparently they didn't make nearly as many copies of #2. All I remember was the poorly composited photo pieces.

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

I had no idea. But then, I'd never heard of Captain Canuck either.

Do I get any extra credit on this one for being a Mormon myself? ;)

[thebitterguy]

I think you LOSE points for not knowing he's a fellow mormon. No Christmas Salmon for you!

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

Bah. I honestly didn't know of any LDS comic book characters, though it doesn't much surprise me that there are a (very) few.

[brand-of-amber.livejournal.com]

That list cracks me up.

Especially finding out what people think a Sikh is.

[thebitterguy]

It's... Uh... A guy in a turban?

[ghostwes.livejournal.com]

Rorschach is an Objectivist? WTF?

Follow up question: Objectivism is a religion? WTF?

[thebitterguy]

Yep. They worship Ayn Rand, and on high holidays they take things from each other.

That icon is creeping me out.

[kaijugal.livejournal.com]

I did. Go figure. *Wonders if she still has those comics* Of course Richard Comely himself reminded me of that last time I met him.

I think my favorite entry on that list is under "significant supporting characters" = J. Jonah. Jameson = Hates Spiderman.

I guess it's a religion to him. XD

Also under the "God Squad" heading of the particularly devout, "Wonder Woman". Um yeah, when the gods not only created you, but are in your face at least once a week, being devout is kind of a given if you're smart.