Brad Pitt Turns His Back On Religion: ‘Didn’t Work For Me’
Posted on Sep 16, 2011 @ 06:00PM
Brad Pitt may have been brought up as a good Christian boy in Springfield, Missouri but he has since turned his back on the religion, which is sure to have his devout parents disappointed.
The Hollywood actor has slammed his Godly upbringing saying he didn’t agree with it. "I grew up Baptist, and then the family switched over to more of an evangelical movement, probably right around the time I was in late high school,” he told Parade magazine.
“There’s a point where you’re un-tethered from the beliefs of your childhood. That point came for me when it was finally clear my religion didn’t work for me.
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“I had questions about Christianity that I could not get answered to my satisfaction, questions that I’d been asking since I was in kindergarten. I realized it didn’t feel right to me, that one question just led to another. It was like going down a rabbit hole, each answer provoking another question. There were things I didn’t agree with.”
But Brad says that although he has a totally different belief system and point of view to his parents, Jane and William, they respect each other’s opinions.
“My family is all devout Christians. Yes, absolutely. We don’t see eye to eye on this one, yet at the end of the day we love each other, we’re still family,” he shared.
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The father of six is raising his own brood now with Angelina Jolie, and as the couple is not married, it is of no surprise that he does not believe on the orthodox Biblical ban on pre-marital sex.
“My religion was telling me what not to do - what not to even think about doing. Those are the things I would try, because that was my nature,” he said of his rebellious tendencies. “I had to experience things to know what would work for me - say, something as simple as premarital sex. I can figure out what works or doesn’t work.
“I will know. You say that something is wrong for me to do? Well, I know it’s not wrong because I just did it.
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“I don’t mind a world with religion in it. There are some beautiful tenets within all religions. What I get hot about is when they start dictating how other people must live,” Brad said about the ban in most states on gay marriage. “You grow up in a religion like that and you try to pray the gay away. I feel sadness for people like that.”
Parade hits newsstands Sunday; Brad’s new movie Moneyball hits theaters on Friday, September 23.
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Sep 15, 2011 @ 14:45
u ppl r really lost. theres a God & theres Jesus. & he DID die 4u. 2 throw this away just cuz it "doesnt work 4u" or u think its "magical" is insane. course its hard, course there rules, His love is wonderful &ur missin it. just ask Jesus n2 ur heart
Posted Mon, 09/19/2011 - 11:40am
What a fool. You had questions Brad? I'm shocked. I didn't know stupid people have questions. STFU and I wish you would just go away.
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 11:46pm
Of course there is an afterlife, many of us have been made aware of it through experience. But it does not hinge on any particular religions which all claim to be the only way to God. Thank God.
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 11:54am
You're going to be surprised when you find out you're dead as a doorknob. No you won't..you wont care at all because you'll be dead! :)
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 12:44pm
It is interesting how being in Hollywood makes people think they are SMART. If he didn't have a pretty face when he was younger, he'd still be in the midwest. He needs to keep his opinions to himself and not use them to justify his sleazy lifestyle.
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 11:41am
Pot meet kettle!!!! ho hum another eligious whacko doing what they claim only the magical man can do. JUDGING. Color me shocked.
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 12:43pm
Half the ministers and people that have lived their entire lives dedicated to the church are convicts. If THEY don't believe it, I most certainly don't!
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 11:15am
Most people with half a brain know there is no magical man judging them. Religion is for people that can't handle life and need someone to turn their problems over to.
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 11:14am
Agreed. From your mouth to the non-existing magical man in the sky's ears.
It just boggles my mind how many grown adults believe in what are essentially fairy tales.
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 12:01pm
What is the big deal here?? It's not as if he said there is no God. All he said is he doesn't believe in religion. So what?? Religion is nothing but man-made rules. It has nothing to do with God or spirituality.
Posted Sat, 09/17/2011 - 10:56am