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“Succession” actor Brian Cox<\/a> gave a harsh assessment of religion and its impact on the world in a new wide-ranging interview out this week.<\/p>\n

In a new episode of The Starting Line podcast<\/a>, the Scottish actor, who is a self-professed atheist and socialist, argued that religion has sold humans a false story about reality and contributed to their own “stupidity.”<\/p>\n

“Human beings are so f\u2014d, \u00a0basically\u2026 because they’re so stupid,” he said.<\/p>\n

Religion has “led us into all kinds of horror,<\/a>” he went on to say, referencing the Holocaust and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. “The same things are being repeated again and again in belief systems which do not serve,” he said.<\/p>\n

The actor claimed the conflict in the Middle East is “never going to go away,” because it is fueled by these faulty systems which hurt both Muslims and Jews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lamenting the lives lost in the conflict, he added, “People are so stupid\u2026 and they cannot see the writing on the wall.”<\/p>\n

The problem with religion is that it shields humans from examining how they are contributing to society’s problems, he argued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s all about this notion of God, the idea that there\u2019s a God that takes care of us all. There\u2019s no such thing, doesn\u2019t happen, that\u2019s not what it\u2019s about. It\u2019s about us, and we don\u2019t examine ourselves nearly enough. We don\u2019t look at who we are. We\u2019re always looking outside of ourselves, instead of looking inside ourselves,” he explained of humanity’s relationship with religion.<\/p>\n

He also criticized the Bible<\/a> as “one of the worst books ever.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

FAMOUS ATHEIST SAYS HE IDENTIFIES AS A \u2018CULTURAL CHRISTIAN\u2019 AND IS \u2018HORRIFIED\u2019 BY PROMOTION OF ISLAMIC HOLIDAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He pointed to the creation account of Adam and Eve in scripture to complain that “propaganda” from the religious text has contributed to a “patriarchal” society.<\/p>\n

“Because it starts with the idea that Adam’s rib – you know that [from] Adam’s rib, this woman was created, and they\u2019ll believe it because they\u2019re stupid enough.”<\/p>\n

“It is not the truth, it’s a mythology,” he continued. “We\u2019ve created that idea of God, and we\u2019ve created it as a control issue, and it\u2019s also a patriarchal issue… and it\u2019s essentially patriarchal – we haven\u2019t given enough scope to the matriarchy.”<\/p>\n

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Humans simply haven’t “evolved” to the point where we look inside ourselves to deal with our problems rather than trying to solve our problems with religion, he argued.<\/p>\n

The “Succession” star explained how he’s found more answers to life’s questions through acting. He explained that he believes the “one true church” to be the theater because it “is the church of humanity.”<\/p>\n

“It’s people dealing with\u2026 those false gods we create for ourselves and the notion of the word God anyway, is a conceit. It’s a terrible conceit that we don’t really acknowledge.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/succession-actor-bashes-bible-calls-religion-bad-influence-humanity-people-stupid <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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