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I\u2019ve long known about (and have mentioned before) the Adherents web site\u2019s catalog of superheroes\u2019 religious affiliation. Today I learned via IO9<\/a> that on that web site there are now also graphics depicting the superheroes of a given tradition<\/a>. Here are the Baptists:<\/p>\n

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I am guessing that some are American Baptist, some are Southern Baptist, and some are from any number of tiny Baptist groups that don\u2019t get along with anyone else. And so I don\u2019t see the legion lasting. And I say that as a Baptist!<\/p>\n

I encourage readers to click through and look at the page<\/a>, if only to see some of the obscure groups to which superheroes belong, as well as which ones are Anglican, Evangelical Protestant, Sikh, and other well-known religions. And make sure you scroll all the way to the end.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"