Does Religion in Comic Books Bother You?

What bothers me most about the use of religion in comic books boils down the the function that it actually serves. All too often, religion is used for one of two purposes:

1- As a shortcut to characterization.

2- To fulfill a writer/artists interests or their perception of their reader's awareness.

There's nothing new about using religion as a characterization shortcut. Daredevil needs to be Catholic because Catholics are wracked with perpetual guilt. Right? Well, no. Their portrayal leans in that direction in media. Other times, though, you end up with portrayals that are so completely opposite of the stereotype that they stand out rather blatantly. Monet, for example.

I think my favorite portrayal of a religious character in comics comes from the short-lived Streets of Gotham series; issues 5 and 6. An invisible villain tries to goad a priest into killing Huntress and Man-Bat by pretending to be the voice of an angel. I initially thought this was going to be a religious-people-are-crazy type storyline, but was pleasantly surprised in the end when the priest stalls long enough to zero in on the villain's position and then clubs him with a shotgun.

I am ok with depicting religions in comic books to reflect real life. Maybe we can see some superheroes have love affairs with priests and nuns.

I think the initial "ticked off vibe" people similar to the OP give off is because they're used to only encountering people don't understand what they feel. When I brought up the possibility of having a bad-experience the OP actually seemed to lose that "edge" (/was relieved). But I agree, in the large scope - just don't read something you don't agree with/that upsets you. (However, if it was a discussion framed as "whoelse chooses not to pick up certain titles because they feel this way?" I'd have no issue. That's just reaching out for people with similar viewpoints (which we all like to have, to not feel alone in our way of thinking)).

I mean it all depends on how much they push the religious aspect with the characters and why they do it. Daredevil being Catholic is a big part of the character and makes sense given who he is, his past, and what influences him as a hero. If for example, Spider-man started being highly religious it wouldn't make sense and it would bother me as he's never really been that religious. The thing to remember with all of this is there are people out there that are heavily influenced by their religion. If there were no characters like Simon Baz or like Daredevil who let their religion shape their characters then there'd be an odd disconnect because those people do exist.

I think it really depends on how the writer uses the characters religion to explain their motivation or flesh out there character. I love Ben Grimm's jewishness because it lets me know more about who he is as a person. Nightcrawlers religiosity was also fun until that terrible story where a group wanted to set him up as the next pope to undercut catholics. That whole story was ridiculous.

That kind of like saying that you are bother by people who belive in their faith and it also shows that you do not respect the comic characters. Christianity is in Daredevil because Matt is irish american and most Irish people are catholic in comics books you are going to see different religion, politicus and perspective due to the fact that everyone has their own belive system.

Leaving religion completely out of the universe would be unrealistic, and often times a characters' religion can be an important plot point. Just because I don't share their beliefs, it doesn't mean the character should change to be more like me. That would just be narcissistic. I do, however, think religion in comic books can go too far. Observe below:

Some of my favourite characters are heaven/hell based, so no, I'm not bothered in the least.

Does it bother you that some people think differently than you do? Do you only hang out with other atheists?