He's correct, though, in the sense that such a comment made casually/openly would have been more common in 1940 NYC than current-day NYC, and that it's meant to say something about Cap's personality specifically rather than be a generic comment anyone at all would have said. (I doubt any of the other Avengers or SHIELD people would have said it.) Cap's whole personality, remember, is that he's both old-fashioned—and that's not a bad thing in this case—and a modern-day Knight in Shining Armor.
I think you're reading more into it than was actually meant.
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No. If I were, I would be outright accusing him of doing it on purpose. I recognize it may have been badly worded and that it wasn't what he intended at all, but this still sounds like Flame Bait to me, intentionally or not.
Remember, there's still plenty of people who are open about their religious beliefs even in the modern day, and even in a place like modern-day New York City. There's nothing 1940's about that aspect at all.
Edited by TrevMUN
Specifically, the word "antiquated" is what's problematic. Also, the addition would work better if it focused on Cap's lack of a "filter" or politically correct language, which is something that would be unheard of in the 40s.
Reverting this addition (the change emphasized in italics):
I don't know if Black Templar was intentionally trying to invoke Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions as an offhand insult when he added this, but claiming that a character stating their adherence to a major world religion shows his "antiquated sensibilities" "more so than anything else in the film" is a glaring violation of the Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment to me.
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