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In the Marvel Universe - The God of the Bible exists as Marvel published Bible Tales for Young Folks. And, in it we see that God created the heaven and the earth. God created Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve sinned against God's command. They also published the Life of Christ - Jesus Christ being 100% God and 100% man coming to die for the sins of man, His crucifixion and His resurrection from the dead.
Because in the Marvel Universe we have the God of the Bible, and they use the Bible. We will now reference the Bible for the truth.
Romans 3:10-11 As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 5:8 But, God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
John 1:12 - But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 3:16-17 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 5:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 10:27-28 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:29-30 - My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.
John 20:31 - But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
Tony Stark and his beliefs. Tony Stark's dad once talked with Tony about finding a message from God in mathematics. Tony once visited his dad in hell. Tony became an alcoholic. Then he went to Alcoholics Anonymous, first seen in Marvel Comics Presents #8. He maintains his sobriety, although, he has fallen off the wagon a few times in addition to a few times being controlled or manipulated. We still see Tony going to AA meetings and helping other heroes that are alcoholics. Iron Man V1, 128 - first addressed it in Demon in a Bottle. Then, in Iron Man V1, 169 when Rhodey had to take over because he relapsed. And, IM, V1, 182 when he is on the streets and a homeless woman dies giving birth. He saves the baby and is hospitalized. In IM, V1, 313, we see Tony going to an AA meeting.
In Iron Man V3, 25, we see Tony going to an AA meeting and Carol Danvers goes with him.
The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
From: https://www.aa.org/the-twelve-steps
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
This introduces God or a higher power that one must trust in to help them overcome what they cannot control.
This does not necessarily mean that it is the God of the Bible, but it does mean that Tony is not an atheist. in fact, we see in a few issues Tony praying to God at a funeral or for help. This does not confirm that it is the God of the Bible, but we see Tony has changed putting others before himself. My hope is the you will put your faith in Jesus Christ, the God of the Bible and call upon Him to be your Lord and Savior.
